Separated before birth: pulsars B2020+28 and B2021+51 as the remnants of runaway stars
arXiv:0705.4192 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20077693
Abstract
Astrometric data on the pulsars B2020+28 and B2021+51 suggest that they originated within several parsecs of each other in the direction of the Cyg OB2 association. It was proposed that the pulsars share their origin in a common massive binary and were separated at the birth of the second pulsar following the asymmetric supernova explosion. We consider a different scenario for the origin of the pulsar pair based on a possibility that the pulsars were separated before their birth and that they are the remnants of runaway stars ejected (with velocities similar to those of the pulsars) from the core of Cyg OB2 due to strong three- or four-body dynamical encounters. Our scenario does not require any asymmetry in supernova explosions.
arXiv comment4 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in A&A Letters
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