Mathematics – Probability
Scientific paper
Feb 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983natur.301..587h&link_type=abstract
Nature, vol. 301, Feb. 17, 1983, p. 587-589.
Mathematics
Probability
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Binary Stars, Globular Clusters, Neutron Stars, White Dwarf Stars, X Ray Sources, Three Body Problem, Variable Stars
Scientific paper
An encounter between a single compact star and a binary resulting in a temporarily bound three-body system is analyzed, and it is predicted that globular clusters contain at least as many cataclysmic variables, which contain white dwarfs, as bright X-ray sources, which contain neutron stars. Globular clusters contain many more white dwarfs than neutron stars, but the capture mechanisms for the formation of binaries are more efficient for neutron stars. The consequences of the frequent formation of temporarily bound triple systems are: an extra enhancement of neutron star capture with respect to white dwarf capture, a considerable probability of actual collisions between stars, and the presence of cataclysmic variables in the outer regions of globular clusters.
Hut Piet
Verbunt Frank
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