The pulse-period distribution of binary X-ray pulsars |
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Authors: | Harish Chandra Bhatt |
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Institution: | (1) Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India |
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Abstract: | The pulse-period distribution of binary X-ray pulsars has been considered. A gap in this distribution, in the period rangeP 10 s toP 100s has been explained in terms of the character of mass transfer in the X-ray binary systems. It is shown that this gap arises because the rotating magnetised neutron stars in these systems are slowed down by accretion torques, either toP 10 s when the mass transfer is by means of Roche-lobe overflow in low mass binaries, or toP 100 s by stellar winds in massive binaries. The gap is maintained as the slow pulsars (P>100 s) in their spin-up phase cross the gap in a time short compared to their life-time, because of the increase in mass transfer with the evolution of the normal star. |
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