Binary-Binary Interactions and the Formation of the PSR B1620-26 Triple System in M4
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- 22 September 1994
Abstract
The hierarchical triple system containing the millisecond pulsar PSR B1620-26 in M4 is the first triple star system ever detected in a globular cluster. Such systems should form in globular clusters as a result of dynamical interactions between binaries. We propose that the triple system containing PSR B1620-26 formed through an exchange interaction between a wide primordial binary and a {\it pre-existing\/} binary millisecond pulsar. This scenario would have the advantage of reconciling the $\sim10^9\,$yr timing age of the pulsar with the much shorter lifetime of the triple system in the core of M4.Keywords
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- Version 1, 1994-09-22, ArXiv
- Published version: The Astrophysical Journal, 438, L33.
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