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Compact Object Modeling with the Startrack Population Synthesis Code
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Belczýnski, Krzysztof Kalogera, Vassiliki Rasio, Frederic A. Taam, Ronald E. Zezas, Andreas Bulik, Tomasz Maccarone, Thomas J. Ivanova, Natalia |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | We present a comprehensive description of the population synthesis code StarTrack. The original code has been significantly modified and updated. Special emphasis is placed here on processes leading to the formation and further evolution of compact objects (white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes). Both single and binary star populations are considered. The code now incorporates detailed calculations of all mass-transfer phases, a full implementation of orbital evolution due to tides, as well as the most recent estimates of magnetic braking. This updated version of StarTrack can be used for a wide variety of problems, with relevance to many current and planned observatories, e.g., studies of X-ray binaries (Chandra, XMM-Newton), gravitational radiation sources (LIGO, LISA), and gamma-ray burst progenitors (HETE-II, Swift). The code has already been used in studies of Galactic and extra-galactic X-ray binary populations, black holes in young star clusters, Type Ia supernova progenitors, and double compact object populations. Here we describe in detail the input physics, we present the code calibration and tests, and we outline our current studies in the context of X-ray binary populations. Subject headings: binaries: close — stars: evolution — stars: white dwarfs, neutron — black hole physics — X-rays: binaries |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0511811v1.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0511811v3.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://cds.cern.ch/record/912071/files/0511811.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Black Hole Calibration Diagnostic radiologic examination Dwarfism Estimated GUCY2C protein, human Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids Interferon Type II Medical Subject Headings Molecular orbital Neutrons Newton Population Rajiformes Relevance Stars, Celestial Stellar classification Swift (programming language) |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
