Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-05-29
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, minor changes to match MNRAS accepted version
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13285.x
Though about 80 pulsar binaries have been detected in globular clusters so far, no pulsar has been found in a triple system in which all three objects are of comparable mass. Here we present predictions for the abundance of such triple systems, and for the most likely characteristics of these systems. Our predictions are based on an extensive set of more than 500 direct simulations of star clusters with primordial binaries, and a number of additional runs containing primordial triples. Our simulations employ a number N_{tot} of equal mass stars from N_{tot}=512 to N_{tot}=19661 and a primordial binary fraction from 0-50%. In addition, we validate our results against simulations with N=19661 that include a mass spectrum with a turn-off mass at 0.8 M_{sun}, appropriate to describe the old stellar populations of galactic globular clusters. Based on our simulations, we expect that typical triple abundances in the core of a dense cluster are two orders of magnitude lower than the binary abundances, which in itself already suggests that we don't have to wait too long for the first comparable-mass triple with a pulsar to be detected.
Heggie Douglas C.
Hut Piet
Ransom Scott
Trenti Michele
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