Permanent URL to this publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.5167/uzh-16537
Devecchi, B; Colpi, M; Mapelli, M; Possenti, A (2008). On the dynamical capture of a MSP by an IMBH in a globular cluster. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 246:359-360.
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Abstract
Globular clusters (GCs) are rich of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) and might also host single or binary intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs). We simulate 3- and 4-body encounters in order to test the possibility that an IMBH captures a MSP. The newly formed system could be revealed from the timing signal of the MSP, providing an unambiguous measure of the BH mass. In current surveys, the number of expected [IMBH,MSP] binaries in the Milky Way is ~0.1. If next-generation radio telescopes (e.g. SKA) will detect ~10 times more MSPs in GCs, we expect to observe at least one [IMBH,MSP] binary.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, not refereed, original work |
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| Communities & Collections: | 07 Faculty of Science > Institute of Theoretical Physics |
| DDC: | 530 Physics |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Globular clusters (GCs) are rich of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) and might also host single or binary intermediate mass black holes (IMBHs). We simulate 3- and 4-body encounters in order to test the possibility that an IMBH captures a MSP. The newly formed system could be revealed from the timing signal of the MSP, providing an unambiguous measure of the BH mass. In current surveys, the number of expected [IMBH,MSP] binaries in the Milky Way is ~0.1. If next-generation radio telescopes (e.g. SKA) will detect ~10 times more MSPs in GCs, we expect to observe at least one [IMBH,MSP] binary. |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | May 2008 |
| Deposited On: | 13 Mar 2009 16:35 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Nov 2012 05:52 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 1743-9213 |
| Additional Information: | Copyright: Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1017/S1743921308015937 |
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