5 papers
The Formation and Evolution of Multiple Star Systems
Sverre J. Aarseth, Rosemary A. Mardling
Multiple systems play an important role in the evolution of star clusters. First we discuss several formation mechanisms which depend on the presence of binaries, either primordial…
Chaos and Tidal Capture
Rosemary A. Mardling
We review the tidal capture mechanism for binary formation, an important process in globular cluster cores and perhaps open cluster cores. Tidal capture binaries may be the precurs…
Chaos and the Dynamical Evolution of Tidal Capture Binaries in Globular Clusters
Rosemary A. Mardling
Globular clusters cores harbour many low-mass X-ray binaries, cataclysmic variables, and millisecond pulsar binaries which are likely to have been formed via the process of tidal c…
The Role of Chaos in the Circularization of Tidal Capture Binaries. II. Long-Term Evolution
Rosemary A. Mardling
A self-consistent, adiabatic model for the {\it long-time} behaviour of tidal capture binaries is presented. It is shown that most capture orbits behave chaotically, with the eccen…
The Role of Chaos in the Circularization of Tidal Capture Binaries. I. the Chaos Boundary
Rosemary A. Mardling
A self-consistent model for binary evolution devised by Gingold \& Monaghan (1980) is used to show that two distinctly different types of behaviour are possible for close eccentric…