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In this first investigation of the MOCCA database with respect to cataclysmic variables, we found that for models with Kroupa initial distributions, considering the standard value of the efficiency of the common-envelope phase adopted in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-27 Diogo Belloni , Mirek Giersz , Abbas Askar , Arkadiusz Hypki

In this third of a series of papers related to cataclysmic variables (CVs) and related objects, we analyse the population of CVs in a set of 12 globular cluster models evolved with the MOCCA Monte Carlo code, for two initial binary…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-07 Diogo Belloni , Mónica Zorotovic , Matthias R. Schreiber , Nathan W. C. Leigh , Mirek Giersz , Abbas Askar

We investigate here populations of cataclysmic variables (CVs) in a set of 288 globular cluster (GC) models evolved with the MOCCA code. This is by far the largest sample of GC models ever analysed with respect to CVs. Contrary to what has…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-12 Diogo Belloni , Mirek Giersz , Liliana E. Rivera Sandoval , Abbas Askar , Paweł Ciecieląg

This is the second in a series of papers associated with cataclysmic variables (CVs) and related objects, formed in a suite of simulations for globular cluster evolution performed with the MOCCA Monte Carlo code. We study the properties of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-05 Diogo Belloni , Mirek Giersz , Helio J. Rocha-Pinto , Nathan Leigh , Abbas Askar

We have been investigating populations of cataclysmic variables (CVs) in a set of more than 300 globular cluster (GC) models evolved with the MOCCA code. One of the main questions we have intended to answer is whether most CVs in GCs are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-18 Diogo Belloni , Mirek Giersz , Liliana E. Rivera Sandoval , Abbas Askar , Pawel Ciecielag

The study of star clusters plays an important role in our understanding of the Universe since these systems are natural laboratories for testing theories of stellar dynamics and evolution. Particularly, globular clusters (GCs) are one of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-31 Diogo Belloni , Liliana E. Rivera Sandoval

Every massive globular cluster (GC) is expected to harbour a significant population of cataclysmic variables (CVs). In this review, I first explain why GC CVs matter astrophysically, how many and what types are theoretically predicted to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-13 Christian Knigge

(abridged) In this paper, we constrain the properties of primordial binary populations in Galactic globular clusters using the MOCCA Monte Carlo code for cluster evolution. Our results are compared to the observations of Milone et al.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Nathan W. C. Leigh , Mirek Giersz , Michael Marks , Jeremy J. Webb , Arkadiusz Hypki , Craig O. Heinke , Pavel Kroupa , Alison Sills

In this paper, the first of a series, we study the stellar dynamical and evolutionary processes leading to the formation of compact binaries containing white dwarfs in dense globular clusters. We examine the processes leading to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 N. Ivanova , C. O. Heinke , F. A. Rasio , R. E. Taam , K. Belczynski , J. Fregeau

The population of compact binaries in dense stellar systems is affected strongly by frequent dynamical interactions between stars and their interplay with the stellar evolution. In this contribution, we consider these effects on binaries…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Ivanova , F. A. Rasio

We present an upgraded version of the \MOCCA code for the study of dynamical evolution of globular clusters (GCs) and its first application to the study of evolution of multiple stellar populations. We explore initial conditions spanning…

We present a binary evolution study of cataclysmic variables (CVs) and related systems with white dwarf accretors, including for example, AM CVn systems, classical novae, supersoft X-ray sources, and systems with giant donor stars. Our…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 B. Kalomeni , L. Nelson , S. Rappaport , M. Molnar , J. Quintin , K. Yakut

There could be a significant population of double white dwarf binaries (DWDs) inside globular clusters (GCs), however, these are often too faint to be individually observed. We have utilized a large number GC models evolved with the Monte…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-06 Lucas Hellström , Mirosław Giersz , Arkadiusz Hypki , Diogo Belloni , Abbas Askar , Grzegorz Wiktorowicz

Based on the current detectable cataclysmic variable (CV) population in Galactic globular clusters (GCs), we show that there is not a clear relation between the number of sources per unit of mass and the stellar encounter rate, the cluster…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-08 Liliana Rivera Sandoval , Diogo Belloni , Miriam Ramos Arevalo

Dynamical interactions in globular clusters (GCs) significantly impact the formation and evolution of binary sources, including cataclysmic variables (CVs). This study investigates the connection between dynamical states of GCs and X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-30 Kwangmin Oh , Jongsuk Hong , C. Y. Hui , Sangin Kim , Mirek Giersz

The paper presents an analysis of properties of populations of blue stragglers (BSs) in evolving globular clusters, based on numerical simulations done with the MOCCA code for various initial globular clusters conditions. We find that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-18 Arkadiusz Hypki , Mirek Giersz

We answer the long-standing question of which production mechanism is responsible for the cataclysmic variables (CVs) in globular clusters. Arguments have been given that range from mostly primordial presence to a significant contribution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 David Pooley , Piet Hut

Cataclysmic variables (CVs) are tracers of dynamical evolution in globular clusters. A significant sample has been found by the relatively shallow \Halpha surveys conducted with HST thus far in just three globulars: NGC 6397 (3), NGC 6752…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jonathan E. Grindlay

We present the first volume-limited sample of cataclysmic variables (CVs), selected using the accurate parallaxes provided by the second data release (DR2) of the ESA $\mathit{Gaia}$ space mission. The sample is composed of 42 CVs within…

We present the latest catalog of more than 1200 spectroscopically-selected close binary systems observed with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey through Data Release Five. We use the catalog to search for magnetic white dwarfs in cataclysmic…

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