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RESEARCH PRODUCT

To accrete or not to accrete: the dilemma of the recycling scenario

Burderi LFabio D'antonaTiziana Di SalvoGiuseppe LavagettoRosario IariaNatale Robba

subject

Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaAstrophysics (astro-ph)FOS: Physical sciencesAstrophysics

description

We study the evolution of a low-mass X-ray binary by coupling a binary stellar evolution code with a general relativistic code that describes the behaviour of the neutron star. We find that non-conservative mass transfer scenarios are required to prevent the formation of submillisecond pulsars and/or the collapse to a black hole. We discuss the sweeping effects of an active magneto-dipole rotator on the transferred matter as a promising mechanism to obtain highly non-conservative evolutions.

https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0404303