FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR THE BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION OF NEUTRON-STAR MASSES

We use a collection of 14 well-measured neutron-star masses to strengthen the case that a substantial fraction of these neutron stars were formed via electron-capture (e-capture) supernovae (SNe) as opposed to Fe core-collapse SNe. The e-capture SNe are characterized by lower resultant gravitational...

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Main Authors: Schwab, J. (Contributor), Podsiadlowski, Ph (Author), Rappaport, Saul A (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Rappaport, Saul A. (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2015-02-26T20:18:13Z.
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