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Gravitational-wave detectors have opened a new window through which we can observe black holes (BHs) and neutron stars (NSs). Analyzing the 11 detections from LIGO/Virgos first gravitational-wave catalog, GWTC-1, we investigate whether the power-law fit to the BH mass spectrum can also accommodate the binary neutron star (BNS) event GW170817, or whether we require an additional feature, such as a mass gap, in between the NS and BH populations. We find that with respect to the power-law fit to binary black hole (BBH) masses, GW170817 is an outlier at the 0.13% level, suggesting a distinction between NS and BH masses. A single power-law fit across the entire mass range is in mild tension with: (a) the detection of one source in the BNS mass range ($sim 1$--$2.5 ,M_odot$), (b) the absence of detections in the mass-gap range ($sim 2.5$--$5 ,M_odot$), and (c) the detection of 10 sources in the BBH mass range ($gtrsim 5 ,M_odot$). Instead, the data favor models with a feature between NS and BH masses, including a mass gap (Bayes factor of 4.6) and a break in the power law, with a steeper slope at NS masses compared to BH masses (91% credibility). We estimate the merger rates of compact binaries based on our fit to the global mass distribution, finding $mathcal{R}_mathrm{BNS} = 871^{+3015}_{-805} mathrm{Gpc}^{-3} mathrm{yr}^{-1}$ and $mathcal{R}_mathrm{BBH} = 47.5^{+57.9}_{-28.8} mathrm{Gpc}^{-3} mathrm{yr}^{-1}$. We conclude that, even in the absence of any prior knowledge of the difference between NSs and BHs, the gravitational-wave data alone already suggest two distinct populations of compact objects.
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