The minimum rotation period of millisecond pulsars

A simple and natural explanation for the minimum period of millisecond pulsars follows from a correlation between the accretion rate and the frozen surface dipole magnetic field resulting from Ohmic diffusion through the neutron star crust in initial stages of accretion in low mass X-ray binaries.

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Ertan, Unal, Alpar, M. Ali
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 01.06.2021
Subjects
Deposition
Diffusion rate
Dipoles
Millisecond pulsars
Neutron stars
Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
X ray binaries
X ray stars
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Summary:A simple and natural explanation for the minimum period of millisecond pulsars follows from a correlation between the accretion rate and the frozen surface dipole magnetic field resulting from Ohmic diffusion through the neutron star crust in initial stages of accretion in low mass X-ray binaries.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2106.00738