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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2428| Title: | The progenitors of pulsars |
| Authors: | Srinivasan, G. Bhattacharya, D. |
| Keywords: | Binary stars Neutron stars Protostars Pulsars Star formation Supernovae White dwarf stars Stellar rotation Thermal energy |
| Issue Date: | 1987 |
| Publisher: | Reidel |
| Citation: | IAU Symposium, 1987, Vol.125, p109-118 |
| Abstract: | The present discussion of single and binary pulsars emphasizes those examples of the latter which have low-mass companions. It is determined that millisec pulsars must have a scale height comparable to that of low-mass X-ray binaries, from which they probably evolve, and it is predicted that there should be of the order of about 100 potentially observable millisec pulsars within about 4 kpc, provided that the lifetime of these pulsars is greater than about 1 billion years. The majority of ultrafast pulsars will be in binaries, and will have periods of 6-10 millisec. |
| Description: | Open Access. The origin and evolution of neutron stars; Proceedings of the IAU Symposium, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, May 26-30, 1986 (A88-28476 10-90). Dordrecht, D. Reidel Publishing Co., 1987. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2428 |
| Alternative Location: | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1987IAUS..125..109S |
| Copyright: | 1987 Reidel |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (A&A) |
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