The astrophysics of ultra-compact binaries
astro-ph.SR
/ Authors
G. Nelemans, M. Wood, P. Groot, S. Anderson, K. Belczynski, M. Benacquista, P. Charles, A. Cumming, C. Deloye, P. Jonker
and 17 more authors
V. Kalogera, C. Knigge, T. Marsh, P. Motl, R. Napiwotzki, K. O'Brien, E. S. Phinney, G. Ramsay, T. Shahbaz, J. -E. Solheim, D. Steeghs, M. van der Sluys, F. Verbunt, B. Warner
/ Abstract
This white paper briefly describes the astrophysics of ultra-compact binaries, with emphasis of the challenges and opportunities in the next decade.