Gravitational Waves and the Maximum Spin Frequency of Neutron Stars
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| Publication date | 2012 |
| Journal | Astrophysical Journal |
| Volume | Issue number | 746 | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 9 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
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| Abstract | In this paper, we re-examine the idea that gravitational waves are required as a braking mechanism to explain the observed maximum spin frequency of neutron stars. We show that for millisecond X-ray pulsars, the existence of spin equilibrium as set by the disk/magnetosphere interaction is sufficient to explain the observations. We show as well that no clear correlation exists between the neutron star magnetic field B and the X-ray outburst luminosity LX when considering an enlarged sample size of millisecond X-ray pulsars. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/746/1/9 |
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