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Accretion turnoff and rapid evaporation of very light secondaries in low-mass X-ray binaries

  • Ruderman M
  • Shaham J
  • Tavani M
The Astrophysical Journal (1989) 336 507
DOI: 10.1086/167029
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Low magnetic field neutron stars in binaries can be spun up to millisecond periods by near Eddington limit accretion from very light companions. Observations of X-ray sources indicate that accretion terminates relatively abruptly (

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Ruderman, M., Shaham, J., & Tavani, M. (1989). Accretion turnoff and rapid evaporation of very light secondaries in low-mass X-ray binaries. The Astrophysical Journal, 336, 507. https://doi.org/10.1086/167029

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