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(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

We study the first 100Myr of the evolution of isolated star clusters initially containing 144179 stars, including 13107 (10%) primordial hard binaries. Our calculations include the effects of both stellar and binary evolution. Gravitational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Simon Portegies Zwart , Steve McMillan , Jun Makino

In contrast to the field, the binaries in dense stellar systems are frequently not primordial, and could be either dynamically formed or significantly altered from their primordial states. Destruction and formation of binaries occur in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Natalia Ivanova

We have developed a new parallel supercomputer code based on Henon's Monte Carlo method for simulating the dynamical evolution of globular clusters. This new code allows us to calculate the evolution of a cluster containing a realistic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. A. Rasio

We study the compact binary population in star clusters, focusing on binaries containing black holes, using a self-consistent Monte Carlo treatment of dynamics and full stellar evolution. We find that the black holes experience strong mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-07 J. M. B. Downing , M. J. Benacquista , M. Giersz , R. Spurzem

The dynamics of a close binary system of globular clusters is considered. It is shown that the star transfer process from one of the components to the other should lead to the decrease of dimension of the first cluster with simultaneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. A. Gurzadyan

The stellar-dynamical evolution of bound star clusters during the first few Myr is dominated by binary-binary and binary-star interactions, the rapid sinking of the most massive stars to the centre of the clusters and mass loss from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Pavel Kroupa

Gravitational-wave observations have just started probing the properties of black hole binary merger populations. The observation of binaries with very massive black holes and significantly asymmetric masses motivates the study of dense…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-20 Konstantinos Kritos , Vladimir Strokov , Vishal Baibhav , Emanuele Berti

The past few years have seen dramatic improvements in the scope and realism of star cluster simulations. Accurate treatments of stellar evolution, coupled with robust descriptions of all phases of binary evolution, have been incorporated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephen L. W. McMillan

Binary populations in young star clusters show multiplicity fractions both lower and up to twice as high as those observed in the Galactic field. We follow the evolution of a population of binary stars in dense and loose star clusters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 Michael Marks , Pavel Kroupa

Binary stars are common in star clusters and galaxies, but the detailed effects of binary evolution are not taken into account in some colour-magnitude diagram (CMD) studies. This paper studies the CMDs of twelve globular clusters via…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Zhongmu Li , Caiyan Mao , Ruheng Li , Ruxi Li , Maocai Li

We used deep wide field photometric observations to derive the fraction of binary systems in a sample of five high-latitude Galactic open clusters. By analysing the color distribution of Main Sequence stars we derived the minimum fraction…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 A. Sollima , J. A. Carballo-Bello , G. Beccari , F. R. Ferraro , F. Fusi Pecci , B. Lanzoni

The fraction of binary stars is an important ingredient to interpret globular cluster dynamical evolution and their stellar population. We investigate the properties of main-sequence binaries measured in a uniform photometric sample of 59…

Using the Bayesian Analysis of Stellar Evolution-9 (BASE-9) code and Gaia DR3, Pan-STARRS, and 2MASS data, we identify photometric binaries in 35 open clusters (OCs) and constrain their masses. We find a strong correlation between the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-27 Anna C. Childs , Aaron M. Geller

Spectroscopic observations of binary stars in globular clusters are essential to shed light on the poorly constrained period, eccentricity, and mass ratio distributions and to develop an understanding of the formation of peculiar stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-15 Johanna Müller-Horn , Fabian Göttgens , Stefan Dreizler , Sebastian Kamann , Sven Martens , Sara Saracino , Claire S. Ye

Utilizing a series of N-body simulations, we argue that gravitationally bound stellar clusters of modest population evolve very differently from the picture presented by classical dynamical relaxation theory. The system's most massive stars…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Joseph M. Converse , Steven W. Stahler

[abridged] We extend our analysis of the dynamical evolution of simple star cluster models, in order to provide comparison standards that will aid in interpreting the results of more complex realistic simulations. We augment our previous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Trenti , D. C. Heggie , P. Hut

Stars in globular clusters formed and evolved in the most extreme environment: high density and low metallicity. If the formation of stars and planets are at all sensitive to environmental conditions, this should therefore be evident in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-24 Andrew J. Winter , Giovanni P. Rosotti , Cathie Clarke , Mirek Giersz

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

Close to 70 radio pulsars have now been discovered in 23 globular clusters, with a record 22 pulsars observed in 47 Tuc alone. Accurate timing solutions, including positions in the cluster, are known for many of the pulsars. These recent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Frederic A. Rasio