Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992a%26a...261..472t&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 261, no. 2, p. 472-474.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Binary Stars, Globular Clusters, Pulsars, Companion Stars, Irradiation, Stellar Magnitude, Stellar Mass Accretion, Stellar Models, Stellar Orbits
Scientific paper
We discuss the properties of stars irradiated by millisecond pulsars in 'hard' binaries of dense globular clusters. Irradiation by a relativistic pulsar wind as in the case of the eclipsing millisecond pulsar PSR 1957+20 alter both the magnitude and color of the companion star. Some of the blue stragglers (BSs) recently discovered in dense globular clusters can be irradiated stars in binaries containing powerful millisecond pulsars. The discovery of pulsar-driven orbital modulations of BS brightness and color with periods of a few hours together with evidence for radio and/or gamma-ray emission from BS binaries would valuably contribute to the understanding of the evolution of collapsed stars in globular clusters. Pulsar-driven optical modulation of cluster stars might be the only observable effect of a new class of binary pulsars, i.e., hidden millisecond pulsars enshrouded in the evaporated material lifted off from the irradiated companion star.
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