The Origin of the Rotational and Spatial Velocities of Radio Pulsars

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Jul 2005

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Astronomy Reports, Vol. 49, Issue 7, p.548-558 Abstract Full Text: [ PDF (198 kB) GZipped PS ] Order

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We analyze possible origins of the observed high rotational and spatial velocities of radio pulsars. In particular, these can be understood if all radio pulsars originate in close binary systems with orbital periods of 0.1 100 days, with the neutron star being formed by a type Ib,c supernova. The high spatial velocities of pulsars (v p up to 1000 km/s) reflect the high Keplerian velocities of the components of these binaries, while their short periods of rotation (P p < 4 s) are due to the rapid rotation of the presupernova helium-star components with masses of 2.5 10 M &sun;, which is synchronous with their orbital rotation. Single massive stars or components in wide binaries are likely to produce only slowly rotating (P p > 4 s) neutron stars or black holes, which cannot be radio pulsars. As a result, the rate of formation of radio pulsars should be a factor of a few lower than the rate of type II and type Ib,c supernovae estimated from observations. This scenario for the formation of radio pulsars is supported by (i) the bimodal spatial velocity distribution of radio pulsars; (ii) the coincidence of the observed spatial velocities of radio pulsars with the orbital velocities of the components of close binaries with nondegenerate helium presupernovae; (iii) the correlation between the orbital and rotational periods for 22 observed radio pulsars in binaries with elliptical orbits; and (iv) the similarity of the observed rate of formation of radio pulsars and the rate of type Ib,c supernovae.

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