X-ray binaries in globular clustersX-ray and optical studies of compact binaries and globular clusters are reviewed. Topics covered include, the formation of compact binaries by three-body interactions and by tidal capture, studies of the 11 minute binary in NGC 6624 and the 8.5 hour binary in M 15 (AC211), and an evolutionary model for compact binary formation. Optical searches for X-ray binaries in globular clusters are examined including CCD surveys and studies of NGC 6712. In addition, globular clusters with central cusps in their surface brightness profiles, questions concerning the blue color of binaries, diffuse line emission from CVs, and the possibility that X-ray burst sources in the galactic bulge were formed by tidal capture in globular clusters which have since been disrupted are discussed.
Document ID
19880058672
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Grindlay, Jonathan E. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1988
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Meeting Information
Meeting: The Harlow-Shapley Symposium on Globular Cluster Systems in Galaxies