Recycled Pulsars: Spins, Masses and Ages
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2016-06-17 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract
Recycled pulsars are mainly characterized by their spin periods, B-fields and masses. All these quantities are affected by previous interactions with a companion star in a binary system. Therefore, we can use these quantities as fossil records and learn about binary evolution. Here, I briefly review the distribution of these observed quantities and summarize our current understanding of the pulsar recycling process.
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@article{arxiv.1606.05117,
title = {Recycled Pulsars: Spins, Masses and Ages},
author = {Thomas M. Tauris},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.05117},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Brief summary of invited review talk @ MODEST-16. 4 pages, 3 figures. To appear in: "Cosmic-Lab: Star Clusters as Cosmic Laboratories for Astrophysics, Dynamics and Fundamental Physics", F.R Ferraro & B. Lanzoni eds, Mem. SAIt, Vol 87, n.4