Why are most X-ray pulsars slow?

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Oct 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982ans..conf...97g&link_type=abstract

In Max-Planck Inst. Phys. and Astrophys. Accreting Neutron Stars p 97-100 (SEE N83-15179 05-88)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Neutron Stars, Pulsars, X Ray Astronomy, Angular Momentum, Binary Stars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Mass Accretion, X Ray Binaries

Scientific paper

The neutron stars in massive X-ray binaries can be born, it is shown, as
slow rotators, because their progenitors can be spun down considerably
by the angular momentum loss during the first stage of mass exchange.

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