Formation of millisecond pulsars - NS initial mass and EOS constraints
Abstract
Recent measurement of a high millisecond pulsar mass (PSR J1614-2230, 1.97+/- 0.04 M⊙) compared with the low mass of PSR J0751+1807 (1.26+/- 0.14 M⊙) indicates a large span of masses of recycled pulsars and suggests a broad range of neutron stars masses at birth. We aim at reconstructing the pre-accretion masses for these pulsars while taking into account interaction of the magnetic field with a thin accretion disk, magnetic field decay and relativistic 2D solutions for stellar configurations for a set of equations of state. We briefly discuss the evolutionary scenarios leading to the formation of these neutron stars and study the influence of the equation of state.
- Publication:
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Feeding Compact Objects: Accretion on All Scales
- Pub Date:
- February 2013
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1210.8331
- Bibcode:
- 2013IAUS..290..109B
- Keywords:
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- Stars: neutron;
- pulsars: individual;
- accretion disks;
- equation of state;
- magnetic fields;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 2 figures