Are most Cataclysmic Variables in Globular Clusters dynamically formed?. Issue Volume 14:Issue S351(2019) (May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Belloni, Diogo; Giersz, Mirek; Sandoval, Liliana E. Rivera; Askar, Abbas; Ciecielag, Pawel
• Editors: Bragaglia, Angela; Davies, Melvyn; Sills, Alison; Vesperini, Enrico
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. Volume 14:Issue S351(2019)
• Page Start: 404
• Page End: 407
• Publication Date: 2019-05
• Subjects: methods: numerical, -- novae, -- cataclysmic variables, -- globular clusters: general, -- binaries: general; Astronomy -- Congresses; Astronomy -- Periodicals; 520
• DOI: 10.1017/S174392131900718X
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-9213

Abstract

Abstract: We have been investigating populations of cataclysmic variables (CVs) in a set of more than 300 globular cluster (GC) models evolved with themoccacode.[-120pt] One of the main questions we have intended to answer is whether most CVs in GCs are dynamically formed or not . Contrary to what has been argued for a long time, we found that dynamical destruction of primordial CV progenitors is much stronger in GCs than dynamical formation of CVs. In particular, we found that, on average, the detectable CV population is predominantly composed of CVs formed via a typical common envelope phase (≳70 per cent). However, core-collapsed models tend to have higher fractions of bright CVs than non-core-collapsed ones, which suggests then that the formation of CVs is indeed slightly favoured through strong dynamical interactions in core-collapsed GCs, due to the high stellar densities in their cores.