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Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin), 2024-07, Vol.687, p.A272
2024
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Deceleration of kicked objects due to the Galactic potential
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  • Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin), 2024-07, Vol.687, p.A272
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2024
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  • Context. Various stellar objects experience a velocity kick at some point in their evolution. These include neutron stars and black holes at their birth, or binary systems when one of the two components goes supernova. For most of these objects, the magnitude of the kick and its impact on the object dynamics remains a topic of debate. Aims. We investigate how kicks alter the velocity distribution of objects born in the Milky Way disc, both immediately after the kick and at later times, and whether these kicks are encoded in the observed population of Galactic neutron stars. Methods. We simulated the Galactic trajectories of point masses on circular orbits in the disc after being perturbed by an isotropic kick, with a Maxwellian distribution where σ = 265 km s −1 . Then, we simulated the motion of these point masses for 200 Myr. These trajectories were then evaluated, either for the Milky Way population as a whole or for those passing within two kiloparsecs of the Sun, to get the time evolution of the velocities. Results. During the first 20 Myr, the bulk velocity of kicked objects becomes temporarily aligned with the cylindrical radius, implying an anisotropy in the velocity orientations. Beyond this age, the velocity distribution shifts towards lower values and settles to a median of ∼200 km s −1 . Around the Sun, the distribution also loses its upper tail, primarily due to unbound objects escaping the Galaxy. We compared this to the velocities of Galactic pulsars and find that pulsars show a similar evolution with characteristic age. Conclusions. The shift in the velocity distribution is due to bound objects spending most of their orbits at larger radii after the kick. They are, therefore, decelerated by the Galactic potential. We find the same deceleration for nearby objects and the total population, and conclude that it is also observed in Galactic pulsars. Because of this effect, the (scalar) speeds of old neutron stars provide little information about their kicks at birth.
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Englisch
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ISSN: 0004-6361
eISSN: 1432-0746
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202449996
Titel-ID: cdi_crossref_primary_10_1051_0004_6361_202449996
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