Formation of binary millisecond pulsars with relatively high surface dipole magnetic fields

Citation
W. Sutantyo et Xd. Li, Formation of binary millisecond pulsars with relatively high surface dipole magnetic fields, ASTRON ASTR, 360(2), 2000, pp. 633-636
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
ISSN journal
00046361 → ACNP
Volume
360
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
633 - 636
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(20000810)360:2<633:FOBMPW>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We have carried out numerical evolutionary calculations of binary systems t o investigate the formation of binary millisecond pulsars (pulsars with whi te dwarf companions). We apply a "standard scenario" in which the binary pu lsars are formed from low-mass and intermediate-mass X-ray binaries as well as an alternative scenario in which the neutron stars are formed by accret ion-induced collapse (AIC) of white dwarfs. The mass transfer processes are carefully followed by taking into account a number of binary interactions. Assuming that the magnetic fields of the neutron stars decay due to the ac cretion, we calculate the pulsar surface dipole magnetic field strength at the end of the mass transfer as a function of the final orbital period. We find that while the observed data of the majority of pulsars are compatible with the derived relations, we fail to produce binary pulsars with relativ ely high magnetic fields and short orbital periods (such as PSR B0655+64). We conclude that those systems are most likely formed through common-envelo pe phase.