Evolution of Close Binaries: Formation and Merger of Neutron Star Binaries

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dc.creatorYungelson, Lev
dc.creatorZwart, Simon F. Portegies
dc.date1998-01-14
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dc.descriptionWe discuss the formation and evolution of binaries which contain neutron stars or black holes. It is shown that in a stellar system which for $10^{10}$ yr had star formation rate similar to the current one in the Galactic disc, the rate of neutron star mergers is $\sim 2 \times 10^{-5} yr{-1}$, consistent with the observational estimates. The rate of black hole and neutron star mergers is by an order of magnitude lower. The pairs of black holes form but do not merge because heavy mass loss by their progenitors efficiently moves the binary components apart.
dc.description9 pages, 3 figures, LaTex (uses art10.sty, frontier.sty, psfig.sty). To appear in the proceedings of the "Second Workshop on Gravitational Wave Data Analysis", held 13-15 November 1997, Orsay, France
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9801127
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9801127
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/12023
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleEvolution of Close Binaries: Formation and Merger of Neutron Star Binaries
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