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
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.