FORMATION OF BLACK WIDOWS AND REDBACKS—TWO DISTINCT POPULATIONS OF ECLIPSING BINARY MILLISECOND PULSARS

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 775; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6
• Main Authors: Chen, Hai-Liang, Chen, Xuefei, Tauris, Thomas M, Han, Zhanwen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 20.09.2013
• Subjects: Accretion; ASTROPHYSICS; ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; ECLIPSE; Eclipsing binary stars; EFFICIENCY; EVAPORATION; Evolution; Formations; IRRADIATION; M CODES; Millisecond pulsars; Populations; Progenitors (astrophysics); PULSARS; STAR ACCRETION; STAR EVOLUTION; STELLAR WINDS

Eclipsing binary millisecond pulsars (MSPs; the so-called black widows and redbacks) can provide important information about accretion history, pulsar irradiation of their companion stars, and the evolutionary link between accreting X-ray pulsars and isolated MSPs. However, the formation of such sys...