Cosmic recycling of millisecond pulsars
We compare the rotation rate of neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) with the orbital period of the binaries. We find that, while short orbital period LMXBs span a range of neutron star rotation rates, all the long-period LMXBs have fast rotators. We also find that the rotation rates are...
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| Language: | English |
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2011-03-14.
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