On the formation history of Galactic double neutron stars

Vigna-Gómez, Alejandro; J. Neijssel, Coenraad; P. Stevenson, S.; W. Barrett, Jim; Belczyński, Krzysztof; Justham, Stephen; E. de Mink, S.; Müller, Bernhard; Podsiadlowski, Philipp; Renzo, Mathieu; Szécsi, Dorottya; Mandel, Ilya

doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2463

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On the formation history of Galactic double neutron stars

Published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society • Sep 6, 2018

Authors:

Alejandro Vigna-Gómez

Coenraad J. Neijssel

S. P. Stevenson

Abstract

Double neutron stars (DNSs) have been observed as Galactic radio pulsars, and the recent discovery of gravitational waves from the DNS merger GW170817 adds to the known DNS population. We perform rapid population synthesis of massive binary stars and discuss model predictions, including DNS formatio...

Subject

Physics

Neutron star

Astrophysics

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