Spindown of neutron stars in close binary systems - II
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- 1 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 196 (2) , 209-224
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/196.2.209
Abstract
We consider how the rotation period of a magnetic neutron star, initially spinning rapidly, evolves when the neutron star is a member of a close binary system in which the companion is a massive main-sequence star losing mass by a stellar wind. We develop a new model for the spindown process that describes how the interactions at the boundary of the magnetosphere affect the surrounding material (which originates from the stellar wind). Spindown time-scales are calculated and hence constraints on the parameters of the system are obtained which determine under what circumstances spindown to long periods is possible.Keywords
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