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Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are mainly characterised by their spin periods, B-fields and masses - quantities which are largely affected by previous interactions with a companion star in a binary system. In this paper, we investigate the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-30 Thomas M. Tauris , Norbert Langer , Michael Kramer

We consider the evolution of millisecond radio pulsars in binary systems with a main-sequence or evolved stellar companion. Evolution of non-accreting binary systems with "eclipsing" milisecond pulsars was described by Klu\'zniak, Czerny &…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-20 Filip Ficek , Mieszko Rutkowski , Włodek Kluźniak

We study the evolution of Low Mass X-ray Binaries (LMXBs) and of millisecond binary radio pulsars (MSPs), with numerical simulations that keep into account the evolution of the companion, of the binary system and of the neutron star.…

Magnetic braking (MB) mechanism plays a vital role throughout the evolution of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). Considering the standard MB prescription, the initial orbital periods of LMXBs that can evolve into binary millisecond pulsar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-11 Xing-Peng Yang , Wen-Cong Chen

Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are thought to born in low-mass X-ray binaries when the neutron star has gained enough angular momentum from the accreting materials of its companion star. It is generally believed that a radio MSP is born when…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-12-17 P. H. T. Tam , K. L. Li , A. K. H. Kong , J. Takata , G. C. K. Leung , K. S. Cheng , C. Y. Hui

We present a systematic study of the evolution of low- and intermediate-mass X-ray binaries (L/IMXBs) consisting of a $1.4\,M_{\odot}$ neutron star (NS) and a donor star of mass $1-8\,M_{\odot}$. Using grids of detailed MESA simulations, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-09 Yu-Dong Nie , Yong Shao , Jian-Guo He , Ze-Lin Wei , Shi-Jie Gao , Xiao-Jie Xu , Xiang-Dong Li

A millisecond pulsar (MSP) is an old neutron star (NS) that has accreted material from its companion star, causing it to spin up, which is known as the recycling scenario. During the mass transfer phase, the system manifests itself as an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-16 Shunyi Lan , Xiangcun Meng

The millisecond pulsar(MSP) is believed to be an old neutron star(NS) having undergone spin-up by the accreting material from the donor. Whereas, the discovery of eccentric millisecond pulsars (eMSPs) in the Galactic field challenges such a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-24 D. Wang , B. P. Gong

The $Fermi$-LAT has revealed that rotation powered millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are a major contributor to the Galactic $\gamma$-ray source population. Such pulsars may also be important in modeling the quiescent state of several low mass…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 J. Takata , K. S. Cheng , R. E. Taam

Radio pulsars with millisecond spin periods are thought to have been spun up by transfer of matter and angular momentum from a low-mass companion star during an X-ray-emitting phase. The spin periods of the neutron stars in several such…

Millisecond pulsars are old neutron stars that have been spun up to high rotational frequencies via accretion of mass from a binary companion star. An important issue for understanding the physics of the early spin evolution of millisecond…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-21 Thomas M. Tauris

Millisecond pulsar (MSP) binaries are unique laboratories for studying matter and radiation under extreme conditions that are unattainable on Earth. Recent detections of optical millisecond pulsations from three systems in distinct…

Binary millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are detached binary systems consisting of a MSP and a He white dwarf. If the initial orbital periods of binary MSPs are less than 0.3 day, they would evolve toward ultra-compact binary pulsars due to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-22 Wen-Cong Chen

The measured characteristics of binary pulsars provide valuable insights into the evolution of these systems. We study the aspects of binary evolution particularly relevant to binary Millisecond Pulsars (MSPs), and the formation of close…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-17 Ali Taani , Mashhoor A. Al-Wardat , Awni Khasawneh

Millisecond pulsar + helium white dwarf (MSP+He WD) binaries are thought to have descended from neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). The NSs accreted from the progenitors of the WDs and their spin periods were accordingly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-30 Zhe Cui , Xiang-Dong Li

Tight binaries of helium white dwarfs (He WDs) orbiting millisecond pulsars (MSPs) will eventually "merge" due to gravitational damping of the orbit. The outcome has been predicted to be the production of long-lived ultra-compact X-ray…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-21 Rahul Sengar , Thomas M. Tauris , Norbert Langer , Alina G. Istrate

We investigate the formation and evolutionary sequences of Galactic intermediate- and low-mass X-ray binaries (I/LMXBs) by combining binary population synthesis (BPS) and detailed stellar evolutionary calculations. Using an updated BPS code…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-16 Yong Shao , Xiang-Dong Li

The recent discovery of a population of eccentric (e ~ 0.1) millisecond pulsar (MSP) binaries with low-mass white dwarf companions in the Galactic field represents a challenge to evolutionary models that explain MSP formation as recycling:…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-21 E. D. Barr , P. C. C. Freire , M. Kramer , D. J. Champion , M. Berezina , C. G. Bassa , A. G. Lyne , B. W. Stappers

We propose a possible binary evolution model for the formation of ultra-long period pulsars (ULPPs). The model involves two key stages: first, a neutron star (NS) in wide binaries undergoes an effective spin-down phase through wind-fed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-02 Ying-Han Mao , Xiang-Dong Li , Dong Lai , Zhu-Ling Deng , Hao-Ran Yang

Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are generally agreed to originate in low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), in which mass transfer onto the neutron stars spins them up to their observed, fast rotation. The lack of MSPs and LMXBs rotating near break-up…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Andreas Reisenegger , Axel Bonacic