Star Cluster Ecology II: Binary evolution with single-star encounters
Astrophysics
2009-09-25 v1
Abstract
Three-body effects greatly complicate stellar evolution. We model the effects of encounters of binaries with single stars, based on parameters chosen from conditions prevalent in the cores of globular clusters. For our three-body encounters, we start with a population of primordial binaries, and choose incoming stars from the evolving single star populations of Portgies Zwart, Hut and Verbunt (1997). In addition, we study the formation of new binaries through tidal capture among the single stars. In subsequent papers in this series, we will combine stellar evolution with the dynamics of a full N-body system.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9706090,
title = {Star Cluster Ecology II: Binary evolution with single-star encounters},
author = {Simon F. Portegies Zwart and Piet Hut and Stephen L. W. McMillan and Frank Verbunt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9706090},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
16 pages including 11 figures, Latex