Fig. 2: Distribution, in logarithmic values, of the ratio between the scattering time (tsca) and the relaxation time (trel). | Communications Physics

Fig. 2: Distribution, in logarithmic values, of the ratio between the scattering time (tsca) and the relaxation time (trel).

From: Dissecting the properties of neutron star–black hole mergers originating in dense star clusters

Fig. 2

The distribution refers to the scatterings observed in MOCCA Monte Carlo models for the configuration representing a BH–star binary interacting with a neutron star (configuration BHSTNS, red filled boxes) or viceversa (configuration NSSTBH, black open steps). Dotted lines identify the best-fit Gaussian curve. The distribution is well described by a Gaussian with best-fit values for the mean m = 0.725 + −0.008 and dispersion s = 0.174 + −0.008 (shown as a dotted red curve for BHSTNS), and m = 0.66 + −0.02 and s = 0.15 + −0.02 (shown as a dotted black curve for NSSTBH).

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