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Using "Scenario Machine" we have carried out population synthesis of radio pulsar with black hole binaries (BH+Psr) in context of the most wide assumptions about star mass loss during evolution, binary stars mass ratio distribution, kick…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 V. M. Lipunov , A. I. Bogomazov , M. K. Abubekerov

In recent years, an increasing number of proper motions have been measured for Galactic X-ray binaries. When supplemented with accurate determinations of the component masses, orbital period, and donor luminosity and effective temperature,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 T. Fragos , B. Willems , N. Ivanova , V. Kalogera

Merging supermassive black hole binaries is expected as a consequence of galaxy mergers, yet the detailed evolution path and underlying merging mechanisms of these binaries are still subject to large theoretical uncertainties. In this work,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-29 Yun Fang , Huan Yang

We investigate how the properties of massive black hole binaries influence the observed properties of core galaxies. We compare the observed trend in stellar mass deficit as a function of total stellar mass in the core galaxy with predicted…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-11-09 CJ Harris , Kayhan Gultekin

Binaries containing a stellar-mass black hole and a recycled radio pulsar have so far eluded detection. We present a focused investigation of the formation and evolution of these systems in the Galactic disk, highlighting the factors that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Eric Pfahl , Philipp Podsiadlowski , Saul Rappaport

The evolution of binary stellar systems involves a wide range of physical processes, many of which are not yet well understood. We aim to build a general-purpose algorithm based on inverse population synthesis techniques, able to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-11 Santiago Torres , Marta Gili , Alberto Rebassa-Mansergas , Alejandro Santos-García , Alex J. Brown , Steven G. Parsons

The population of the Galactic X-ray binaries has been mostly probed with moderately sensitive hard X-ray surveys so far. The eRosita mission will provide, for the first time a sensitive all-sky X-ray survey in the 2-10 keV energy range,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-07-09 V. Doroshenko , L. Ducci , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki

Galactic field black hole (BH) low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) are believed to form in situ via the evolution of isolated binaries. In the standard formation channel, these systems survived a common envelope phase, after which the remaining…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Tassos Fragos , Jeffrey E. McClintock

We report on the implications of the peak in the cosmic star-formation rate (SFR) at redshift z ~ 1.5 for the resulting population of low-mass X-ray binaries(LMXB) and for that of their descendants, the millisecond radio pulsars (MRP).…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Nicholas E. White , Pranab Ghosh

LB-1 was originally suggested to harbour a very massive ($ \sim 70 M_\odot $) black hole, but was recently suggested to be a post-mass transfer binary containing a Be star and a helium (He) star. In this paper, we use the binary population…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 Yong Shao , Xiang-Dong Li

We have measured the orbital parameters of seven close binaries, including six new objects, in a radial velocity survey of 38 objects comprising a hot subdwarf star with orbital periods ranging from ~0.17 to 3 d. One new system, GALEX…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 A. Kawka , S. Vennes , S. O'Toole , P. Nemeth , D. Burton , E. Kotze , D. A. H. Buckley

A population number synthesis code follows in detail the evolution of a population of single stars and of close binaries. We use our code to simulate the population of neutron star - neutron star and black hole - neutron star binaries. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. De Donder , D. Vanbeveren

We investigate the galaxy populations in seven X-ray selected, intermediate-redshift groups (0.2<z<0.6). Overall, the galaxy populations in these systems are similar to those in clusters at the same redshift; they have large fractions of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Tesla E. Jeltema , John S. Mulchaey , Lori M. Lubin , Christopher D. Fassnacht

Employing hybrid population synthesis, a model of the population of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULX) in the binary systems with a black hole (BH) accretors is computed. It is compared to the model of the population of ULX with magnetized…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-06 A. G. Kuranov , K. A. Postnov , L. R. Yungelson

Knowledge of the binary population in stellar groupings provides important information about the outcome of the star forming process in different environments. Binarity is also a key ingredient in stellar population studies and is a…

Massive binaries are vital sources of various transient processes, including gravitational-wave mergers. However, large uncertainties in the evolution of massive stars, both physical and numerical, present a major challenge to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-09 Poojan Agrawal , Jarrod Hurley , Simon Stevenson , Carl L. Rodriguez , Dorottya Szecsi , Alex Kemp

Stellar populations and their distribution differ widely across the Galaxy, which is likely to affect planet demographics. Our local neighbourhood is dominated by young, metal-rich stars in the galactic thin disc, while the stellar halo and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-12 C. Boettner , P. Dayal , M. Trebitsch , N. Libeskind , K. Rice , C. Cockell , B. I. Tieleman

The evolution of the spin and tilt of black holes in compact black hole - neutron star and black hole - black hole binary systems is investigated within the framework of the coalescing compact star binary model for short gamma ray bursts…

Gravitational-wave observations of binary black hole (BBH) systems point to black hole spin magnitudes being relatively low. These measurements appear in tension with high spin measurements for high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs). We use grids…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-20 Monica Gallegos-Garcia , Maya Fishbach , Vicky Kalogera , Christopher P L Berry , Zoheyr Doctor

Gravitational-wave observations are playing an instrumental role in understanding the population of binary compact objects in the Universe. These observations have begun to hint at the mass distribution of binary black holes (BBHs), with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-19 Upasana Das , Suvodip Mukherjee