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The Formation and Evolution of Binaries in Globular Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Frank Verbunt
Frank Verbunt*
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, D-8046 Garching bei München, Federal Republic of Germany

Abstract

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The number density of stars in the cores of globular clusters is high enough for close encounters between stars to be frequent. These encounters may lead to the formation of binaries. Those binaries which do not easily form via the evolution of primordial main-sequence star binaries, and are therefore rare in the galactic disk, can be common in globular clusters. Examples of such binaries are the low-mass X-ray binaries. Such binaries may evolve into radiopulsars.

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Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 8: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXth General Assembly of the IAU, 1988 , 1989 , pp. 139 - 142
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989

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