Simulations of the progenitors of black hole--neutron star gravitational wave sources

Recent discoveries of gravitational wave (GW) events most likely originating from black hole (BH) + neutron star (NS) mergers reveal the existence of BH+NS binaries. In this work, we perform the first complete 1D~model of three BH+NS progenitor systems which are calculated self-consistently until the iron core collapse.  We apply the \texttt{MESA} code starting from a post-common envelope binary consisting of a BH and a zero-age main-sequence helium star that experiences stable mass transfer until the infall velocity of the collapsing iron core exceeds $1000{\mathrm{k}\mathrm{m}\mathrm{s}}^{-1}$. 
Our three simulated systems (A, B, and C) eventually evolve into BH+NS binaries with 
component masses of $(M_{\mathrm{B}\mathrm{H}},M_{\mathrm{N}\mathrm{S}})=(8.80,1.53)$, (8.91,\,1.45), and (5.71,\,1.34)\;$M_{\odot }$, respectively. Here attached are the inlist-files. (zip=tar.xz)