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Forming short-period substellar companions in 47 Tucanae - I. Dynamical model and brown dwarf tidal capture rates

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab3272

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brown dwarfs; stars: formation; stars: kinematics and dynamics; globular clusters: individual: 47 Tucanae

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  1. Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
  2. Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research [016.Veni.192.233]
  3. Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Ernest Rutherford Fellowship [ST/T003855/1]
  4. European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union [681601]
  5. DISCSIM project - ERC [341137]
  6. European Research Council (ERC) [681601] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)

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Stars in globular clusters are affected by extreme environments, and observations show that hot Jupiters are less common in the central region of globular cluster 47 Tucanae compared to the field. This study explores the effects on the low-mass stellar initial mass function and suggests that tidal capture can produce tight stellar-brown dwarf binaries. However, the results show that capture rates are lower than previous estimates, and mass segregation reduces capture efficiency. Expanding the sample or surveying other globular clusters can provide further constraints on the substellar initial mass function.
Stars in globular clusters formed and evolved in the most extreme environment: high density and low metallicity. If the formation of stars and planets is at all sensitive to environmental conditions, this should therefore be evident in globular clusters. Observations have indicated that hot Jupiters are at least an order of magnitude less prevalent in the central region of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae (Tuc) than in the field. In this work, we explore the claims in the literature for additional consequences for the low-mass stellar initial mass function. Tidal capture, the mechanism that produces X-ray binaries in globular clusters, applies also to brown dwarfs (BDs). This process produces tight stellar-BD binaries that would be detectable by transit surveys. Applying a Monte Carlo dynamical evolution model, we compute the overall BD capture rates. We find that the number of captures is lower than previous estimates. Capture efficiency increases steeply with stellar mass, which means that mass segregation reduces capture efficiency as BDs and low-mass stars occupy the same regions. The result of this effect is that the current constraints on the short-period companion fraction remain marginally consistent with initially equal numbers of BDs and stars. However, our findings suggest that expanding the sample in 47 Tuc or surveying other globular clusters for close substellar companions can yield constraints on the substellar initial mass function in these environments. We estimate the capture rates in other globular clusters and suggest that 47 Tuc remains a promising target for future transit surveys.

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