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起源射电毫秒脉冲星的自旋下降

Spin-Down of Radio Millisecond Pulsars at Genesis

Thomas M. Tauris

摘要:

毫秒中子星是一种古老的中子星,它通过吸收伴星的质量而旋转到很高的旋转频率。理解毫秒双星早期自旋演化的物理学的一个重要问题是在质量转移过程的终端阶段膨胀的磁层的影响。在这里,我报告的双恒星演化计算表明,制动扭矩作用在一个中子星,当伴星从它的罗氏瓣,是能够耗散>50%的旋转能量的脉冲星。这种效应可以解释观测到的x射线和射电毫秒双星之间自旋分布的明显差异,并有助于解释与年轻的白矮星同伴之间明显的年龄差异。

英文摘要:

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 pulsars is the impact of the expanding magnetosphere during the terminal stages of the mass-transfer process. Here I report binary stellar evolution calculations that show that the braking torque acting on a neutron star, when the companion star decouples from its Roche-lobe, is able to dissipate >50% of the rotational energy of the pulsar. This effect may explain the apparent difference in observed spin distributions between x-ray and radio millisecond pulsars and help account for the noticeable age discrepancy with their young white dwarf companions.

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