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Stellar black holes in globular clustersThe recent discovery of large populations of millisec pulsars associated with neutron stars in globular clusters indicates that several hundred stellar black holes of about 10 solar masses each can form within a typical cluster. While, in clusters of high central density, the rapid dynamical evolution of the black-hole population leads to an ejection of nearly all holes on a short timescale, systems of intermediate density may involve a normal star's capture by one of the surviving holes to form a low-mass X-ray binary. One or more such binaries may be found in the globular clusters surrounding our galaxy.
Document ID
19930069241
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Kulkarni, S. R.
(California Inst. of Technology Pasadena, United States)
Hut, Piet
(Inst. for Advanced Study Princeton, NJ, United States)
Mcmillan, Steve
(Drexel Univ. Philadelphia, PA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
July 29, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Nature
Volume: 364
Issue: 6436
ISSN: 0028-0836
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
93A53238
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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