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We analyzed 186 binary pulsars (BPSRs) in the magnetic field versus spin period (B-P) diagram, where their relations to the millisecond pulsars (MSPs) can be clearly shown. Generally, both BPSRs and MSPs are believed to be recycled and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-04-10 Pan Yuanyue , Wang Na , Zhang Chengmin

Binary millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are believed to have descended from low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), which have experienced substantial mass transfer and tidal circularization. Therefore, they should have very circular orbits. However,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-24 Qin Han , Xiang-Dong Li

Millisecond pulsars are believed to descend from low mass x-ray binaries. Observable parameters of binary millisecond pulsars e.g. mass of the pulsar, mass of the companion, spin period of the pulsar, orbital period, orbital eccentricity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-15 Manjari Bagchi

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

It is believed that the radio pulsars rotating at spin periods of about 30 millisecond or even lower got such high spins through the transfer of angular momentum by accreting matter from their binary companions (or past companions) in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-28 Arpita Choudhary

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

The evolution of neutron stars in close binary systems with a low-mass companion is considered assuming the magnetic field to be confined within the solid crust. We adopt the standard scenario of the evolution in a close binary system in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 V. Urpin , U. Geppert , D. Konenkov

Close-orbit low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), radio binary millisecond pulsars (BMSPs) with extremely low-mass helium WDs (ELM He~WDs) and ultra-compact X-ray binaries (UCXBs) are all part of the same evolutionary sequence. It is therefore…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Hai-Liang Chen , Thomas M. Tauris , Zhanwen Han , Xuefei Chen

Redbacks (RBs) and black widows (BWs) are two peculiar classes of eclipsing millisecond pulsars (MSPs). The accretion-induced collapse (AIC) of an oxygen/neon/magnesium composition white dwarf to a neutron star has been suggested as one…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-18 Iminhaji Ablimit

Binaries harbouring millisecond pulsars enable a unique path to determine neutron star masses: radio pulsations reveal the motion of the neutron star, while that of the companion can be characterised through studies in the optical range.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-06 D. Mata Sánchez , A. G. Istrate , M. H. van Kerkwijk , R. P. Breton , D. L. Kaplan

We consider the population of black widow pulsars (BWPs). The large majority of these are members of globular clusters. For minimum companion masses < 0.1 Msun, adiabatic evolution and consequent mass loss under gravitational radiation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. R. King , M. E. Beer , D. J. Rolfe , K. Schenker , J. M. Skipp

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

In this review I discuss the characteristics and the formation of all classes of millisecond pulsars (MSPs). The main focus is on the stellar astrophysics of X-ray binaries leading to the production of fully recycled MSPs with white dwarf…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-19 Thomas M. Tauris

A White Dwarf (WD) star and a main-sequence companion may interact through their different stellar evolution stages. This sort of binary population has historically helped us improve our understanding of binary formation and evolution…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-30 Ali Taani

We investigate the spin-period evolutions of recycled pulsars in binary accreting systems. Taking both the accretion induced field decay and spin-up into consideration, we calculate their spin-period evolutions influenced by the initial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 J. Wang , C. M. Zhang , Y. H. Zhao , Y. Kojima , H. X. Yin , L. M. SOng

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope is discovering hundreds of new pulsars, including a slowly spinning compact binary millisecond pulsar (spin period $P_{\rm spin}=14.2$\,ms) which showed radio eclipses and evidence of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-02 Devina Misra , Karri I. I. Koljonen , Manuel Linares

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

PSR J2215+5135 (J2215) is a `redback' spider pulsar, where the intrabinary shock (IBS) wraps around the pulsar rather than the stellar-mass companion. Spider orbital light curves are modulated, dominated by their binary companion thermal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-05 Andrew G. Sullivan , Roger W. Romani

Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are faint X-ray sources commonly observed in Galactic globular clusters (GCs). In this work, we investigate 18 MSPs newly found in the GC Omega Centauri ($\omega$ Cen) and search for their X-ray counterparts using…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-26 Jiaqi Zhao , Craig O. Heinke

We have collected the parameter of 38 neutron stars (NSs) in binary systems with spin periods and measured masses. By adopting the Boot-strap method, we reproduced the procedure of mass calculated for each system separately, to determine…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-03-28 Z. Cheng , A. Taani , Y. H. Zhao