Tidal Capture Formation of Binary Systems and X-ray Sources in Globular Clusters

Authors: A. C. Fabian, J. E. Pringle, M. J. Rees - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 1975 cited by 473

We propose that the X-ray sources associated with globular clusters are very close binary systems. These result from the tidal capture of compact objects by ordinary stars in the core of the cluster.