Exchange Cross Sections for Hard Binaries
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We present results on the exchange cross section for the interaction between a hard binary and a field of single stars, for arbitrary masses. The results are based partly on extensive numerical scattering experiments, and partly on analytic estimates of the mass-dependence of the cross section. They can be used to estimate the rate of exchange in an arbitrary mixture of masses, provided that the binary is hard.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9603080,
title = {Exchange Cross Sections for Hard Binaries},
author = {Douglas C. Heggie and Piet Hut and Steven L. W. McMillan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9603080},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
LaTeX, 2 pages (LaTeX, crckapb.sty), to appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 174, Dynamical Evolution of Star Clusters, eds. P. Hut and J. Makino (Dordrecht: Kluwer)