On the lifetime of low mass X-ray binaries

Srinivasan, G. ; Bhattacharya, D. (1989) On the lifetime of low mass X-ray binaries Current Science, 58 (17). pp. 953-954. ISSN 0011-3891

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Abstract

It is argued that the measured mass of the binary millisecond pulsar PSR 0021-72A provides a strong evidence that a rapidly spinning neutron star may drastically curtail the X-ray lifetime of a binary system.

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