The coalescence rate of neutron star-white dwarf binaries

L. Nyadzani, S. Razzaque

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Abstract

When two compact objects such as black holes (BH), white dwarfs (WD), and neutron stars (NS) orbit a common centre of gravity, they emit energy in the form of gravitational waves (GW). The emission of GW will result in the two objects coalescing. In this work, we revisit the coalescence of NS-WD binary systems with the addition of one NS-WD binary system to the coalescing NS-WD binary systems sample. The addition of this new system increased the coalescence rate from previously estimated 4.11+522556 Myr1 to 8.0+242.00 Myr1 at the 90% confidence level.

Original languageEnglish
JournalProceedings of Science
Volume371
Publication statusPublished - 2 Apr 2021
Event7th Annual Conference on High Energy Astrophysics in Southern Africa, HEASA 2019 - Swakopmund, Namibia
Duration: 28 Aug 201930 Aug 2019

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Multidisciplinary

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