From X-ray binaries to binary and millisecond pulsars

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 355-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.P.J. van den Heuvel
Keyword(s):  
Millisecond Pulsars ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Binaries

scholarly journals Super-Eddington Accretion in the Formation of Low-Mass X-ray Binaries and Millisecond Pulsars

1997 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
pp. 828-829 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. F. Webbink ◽  
V. Kalogera
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Birth Rate ◽  
Mass Transfer Rate ◽  
Millisecond Pulsars ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Orbital Periods ◽  
X Ray Binaries

AbstractConsiderations of donor star stability, age, and mass transfer rate show that low-mass X-ray binaries and binary millisecond pulsars with orbital periods longer than a few days must have survived an initial phase of super-Eddington mass transfer. We review the physical arguments leading to this conclusion, and examine its implications for the apparent discrepancy between the death rate for low-mass X-ray binaries and the birth rate of binary millisecond pulsars.

scholarly journals Recycling Pulsars: spins, masses and ages

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S291) ◽  
pp. 137-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. M. Tauris ◽  
M. Kramer ◽  
N. Langer
Keyword(s):  
White Dwarf ◽  
Formation Process ◽  
Intermediate Mass ◽  
Millisecond Pulsars ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Spin Period ◽  
X Ray Binaries

AbstractAlthough the first millisecond pulsars (MSPs) were discovered 30 years ago we still do not understand all details of their formation process. Here, we present new results from Tauris, Langer & Kramer (2012) on the recycling scenario leading to radio MSPs with helium or carbon-oxygen white dwarf companions via evolution of low- and intermediate mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs, IMXBs). We discuss the location of the spin-up line in the PṖ–diagram and estimate the amount of accreted mass needed to obtain a given spin period and compare with observations. Finally, we constrain the true ages of observed recycled pulsars via calculated isochrones in the PṖ–diagram.

scholarly journals The Origin of Millisecond Pulsars

1996 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 547-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dipankar Bhattacharya
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Millisecond Pulsar ◽  
Millisecond Pulsars ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Additional Argument ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Pulsar Populations ◽  
X Ray Binaries ◽  
Kinematic Properties

AbstractAccording to the standard model, millisecond pulsars are the descendants of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXB). The importance of this formation route has, however, been questioned by several authors on different grounds. This paper critically reviews the arguments and assumptions underlying the standard model. The kinematic properties of the LMXB and millisecond pulsar populations are compared, and are found to be compatible. This provides an additional argument in favour of the standard model.

scholarly journals Diagnosing Structure and Evolution of Clusters with Neutron Star Binaries

1996 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 203-212
Author(s):  
Ralph A.M.J. Wijers
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Neutron Star ◽  
Millisecond Pulsars ◽  
Bulk Properties ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Cluster Evolution ◽  
Binary Evolution ◽  
X Ray Binaries

A key problem in using binaries as a tool for diagnosing cluster evolution is that the tool itself is not very well understood. The theory of binary evolution, despite real successes that can be exploited, has serious problems in many areas relevant to cluster evolution. At least as important but often neglected are connective problems, which arise when theoretical model binaries need to be related to observed classes of object, which often requires poorly understood parts of their physics which can be quite irrelevant to their bulk properties. I shall discuss these issues in general briefly, and then illustrate them with the specific example of X-ray binaries and millisecond pulsars.

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