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Stellar Evolution and Dynamics in Star Clusters
Simon F. Portegies Zwart, Christopher A. Tout, Hyung Mok Lee
Dynamical models of star clusters are maturing in the sense that effects other than simple point particle dynamics are taken into account. We summarize the relevance of and prospec…
Formation of Low-mass Black Hole X-ray Transients
Simon F. Portegies Zwart, Frank Verbunt, Ene Ergma
We study the formation of low-mass X-ray binaries with a black hole as accreting object. The performed semi-analytic analysis reveals that the formation rate of black holes in low-…
Observational Constraints on Kicks in Supernovae
Simon Portegies Zwart, Marco Kouwenhoven, Alastair Reynolds
The absence or presence of extremely wide binaries with a radio pulsar and an optical counterpart imposes a strong constraint on the existence and magnitude of kicks in supernova e…
Star Cluster Ecology I: A Cluster Core with Encounters between Single Stars
Simon F. Portegies Zwart, Piet Hut, Frank Verbunt
Star clusters with a high central density contain an ecological network of evolving binaries, affected by interactions with passing stars, while in turn affecting the energy budget…