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2 resultsastro-ph.HE2019
Double Neutron Star Populations and Formation Channels
Jeff J. Andrews, Ilya Mandel
The paper classifies known Galactic double neutron star systems into three orbital sub‑populations and argues that the short‑period, high‑eccentricity group likely formed with very…
#double neutron stars#binary evolution#natal kicks#globular clusters
astro-ph.SR2019
A 9-Hr CV With One Outburst in 4 Years of Kepler Data
Zhifei Yu, John Thorstensen, Saul Rappaport +11
The authors report the discovery of a cataclysmic variable (KIC 5608384) in Kepler data that showed only a single four‑day outburst over four years, and they use photometry and spe…
#cataclysmic variables#white dwarf binaries#Kepler photometry#binary evolution