paper

Black Holes and Pulsar Binaries

arXiv:astro-ph/0303312

Abstract

Stellar mass black holes are formed in the field, and are observed in binaries. Population synthesis estimates for the formation of BH-PSR binaries suggest these may be observed, but with very large formal uncertainties in the formation rate. In globular clusters, exchanges and binary interactions present more channels for BH-PSR formation, while ejection through recoil can remove a large fraction of the initial black hole population. A BH-PSR system ought to be observed in the near future, most likely in a globular cluster.

6 pages, 2 figures, pasp.sty. To appear in "Radio Pulsars" (ASP Conf. Ser.), eds M. Bailes, D. Nice, & S. Thorsett

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