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Population synthesis is used to model the number of neutron stars in globular clusters that are observed as LMXBs and millisecond PSRs. The dynamical interaction between binary and single stars in a GC are assumed to take place with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. G. Kuranov , K. A. Postnov

Theoretical predictions suggest that very massive stars have the potential to form through multiple collisions and eventually evolve into intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) within Population III star clusters embedded in mini dark matter…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-04 Shuai Liu , Long Wang , Yi-Ming Hu , Ataru Tanikawa , Alessandro A. Trani

It remains debatable how billion-solar-mass supermassive black holes (SMBHs) form and evolve within the first billion years. We report results from a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)/NIRSpec integral field unit (IFU) survey of 27 luminous…

In recent years, the number of pulsars with secure mass measurements has increased to a level that allows us to probe the underlying neutron star (NS) mass distribution in detail. We critically review the radio pulsar mass measurements. For…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-09 Bulent Kiziltan , Athanasios Kottas , Maria De Yoreo , Stephen E. Thorsett

We present a new dynamical scenario for the formation of short-period binary millisecond pulsars in globular clusters. Our work is motivated by the recent observations of 20 radio pulsars in 47 Tuc. In a dense cluster such as 47 Tuc, most…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Frederic A. Rasio , Eric D. Pfahl , Saul Rappaport

With its exquisite astrometric precision, the latest Gaia data release includes $\sim$$10^5$ astrometric binaries, each of which have measured orbital periods, eccentricities, and the Thiele-Innes orbital parameters. Using these and an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-05 Jeff J. Andrews , Kirsty Taggart , Ryan Foley

We study the dynamical signatures of black hole (BH) and neutron star (NS) binary mergers via Lidov-Kozai oscillations induced by tertiary companions in hierarchical triple systems. For each type of binaries (BH-BH and BH-NS), we explore a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Bin Liu , Dong Lai , Yi-Han Wang

Millisecond Pulsars (MSPs) are fast rotating, highly magnetized neutron stars. According to the "canonical recycling scenario", MSPs form in binary systems containing a neutron star which is spun up through mass accretion from the evolving…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-14 Cristina Pallanca

Theoretical models predict that a population of Intermediate Mass Black Holes (IMBHs) of mass $M_\bullet \approx 10^{4-5} \, \mathrm{M_{\odot}}$ might form at high ($z > 10$) redshift by different processes. Such objects would represent the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-05 Fabio Pacucci , Andrea Ferrara

The discovery of pulsations in some low-mass white dwarfs, including the so-called extremely low-mass white dwarfs, has opened the unprecedented opportunity of probing the internal structure of these ancient stars. We present a detailed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 A. H. Córsico , L. G. Althaus

Relativistic binary pulsars, such as B1534+12 and B1913+16 are characterized by having close orbits with a binary separation of ~ 3 R_\sun. The progenitor of such a system is a neutron star, helium star binary. The helium star, with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 G. J. Francischelli , R. A. M. J. Wijers , G. E. Brown

The maximum mass of a neutron star has important implications across multiple research fields, including astrophysics, nuclear physics and gravitational wave astronomy. Compact binary millisecond pulsars (with orbital periods shorter than…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-23 Manuel Linares

Binary-driven-hypernovae (BdHNe) within the induced gravitational collapse (IGC) paradigm have been introduced to explain energetic ($E_{\rm iso}\gtrsim 10^{52}$~erg), long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) associated with type Ic supernovae (SNe).…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-09 C. L. Fryer , F. G. Oliveira , J. A. Rueda , R. Ruffini

Simulations of neutron star-black hole (NSBH) binaries generally consider black holes with masses in the range $(5-10)M_\odot$, where we expect to find most stellar mass black holes. The existence of lower mass black holes, however, cannot…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-05 F. Foucart , M. D. Duez , L. E. Kidder , S. Nissanke , H. P. Pfeiffer , M. A. Scheel

Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) occupy the $ 10^2 - 10^5\,M_\odot $ range, but their existence remains poorly constrained. Only a few candidates have been suggested in dwarf galaxies, globular clusters, and LIGO-Virgo-Kagra…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-10 Cristiano Ugolini

An understanding of spin frequency ($\nu$) evolution of neutron stars in the low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) phase is essential to explain the observed $\nu$-distribution of millisecond pulsars (MSPs), and to probe the stellar and binary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-20 Sudip Bhattacharyya

Binary millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are believed to have descended from low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), which have experienced substantial mass transfer and tidal circularization. Therefore, they should have very circular orbits. However,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-24 Qin Han , Xiang-Dong Li

Numerical simulations have established that star clusters with densities comparable to the high redshift ($z>6$-$10$) James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) proto globular clusters may build up extremely massive (EMSs; $m_\mathrm{\star}>1000…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-28 Antti Rantala

We explore extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) in the co-evolution of massive black holes (MBHs) and nuclear star clusters (NSCs), which host diverse stellar populations across a wide range of masses. The dynamics are simulated…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-10 Fupeng Zhang , Pau Amaro Seoane

Neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes are the remnants of massive stars, which ended their lives in supernova explosions. These exotic objects can only be studied in relatively rare cases. If they are interacting with close companions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 Stephan Geier , Uli Heber , Heinz Edelmann , Thomas Kupfer , Ralf Napiwotzki , Philipp Podsiadlowski