Neutron Stars in Globular Clusters
Abstract
Dynamical interactions that occur between objects in dense stellar systems are particularly important for the question of formation of X-ray binaries. We present results of numerical simulations of 70 globular clusters with different dynamical properties and a total stellar mass of 2*10^7 Msun. We find that in order to retain enough neutron stars to match observations we must assume that NSs can be formed via electron-capture supernovae. Our simulations explain the observed dependence of the number of LMXBs on ``collision number'' as well as the large scatter observed between different globular clusters. For millisecond pulsars, we obtain good agreement between our models and the numbers and characteristics of observed pulsars in the clusters Terzan 5 and 47 Tuc
Cite
@article{arxiv.0711.3181,
title = {Neutron Stars in Globular Clusters},
author = {Natalia Ivanova and Craig O. Heinke and Frederic A. Rasio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.3181},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages, 3 figures, to appear in "Dynamical Evolution of Dense Stellar Systems", IAUS 246, ed. E. Vesperini