Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-12-08
Astrophys.J. 550 (2001) L183-L187
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters; 5 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables. Two new paragraphs and one formula added
Scientific paper
10.1086/319641
We report on a new evolutionary path leading to the formation of close double neutron stars (NS), with the unique characteristic that none of the two NS ever had the chance to be recycled by accretion. The existence of this channel stems from the evolution of helium-rich stars (cores of massive NS progenitors), which has been neglected in most previous studies of double compact object formation. We find that these non-recycled NS-NS binaries are formed from bare carbon-oxygen cores in tight orbits, with formation rates comparable to or maybe even higher than those of recycled NS-NS binaries. On the other hand, their detection probability as binary pulsars is greatly reduced (by about 1000) relative to recycled pulsars, because of their short lifetimes. We conclude that, in the context of gravitational-wave detection of NS-NS inspiral events, this new type of binaries calls for an increase of the rate estimates derived from the observed NS-NS with recycled pulsars, typically by factors of 1.5-3 or even higher.
Belczynski Krzysztof
Kalogera Vassiliki
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