The low-mass X-ray binary-millisecond radio pulsar birthrate problem revisited

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2009-07-15

arxiv.org/abs/0907.2507v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

5 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, accepted by Science in China Series G

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We investigate the birthrate problem for low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) and millisecond radio pulsars (MRPs) in this paper. We consider intermediate-mass and low-mss X-ray binaries (I/LMXBs) as the progenitors of MRPs, and calculate their evolutionary response to the cosmic star formation rate (SFR) both semi-analytically and numerically. With typical value (~1 Gyr) of the LMXB lifetime, one may expect comparable birthrates of LMXBs and MRPs, but the calculated number of LMXBs is an order of magnitude higher than observed in the Galaxy. Instead, we suggest that the birthrate problem could be solved if most MRPs have evolved from faint rather bright LMXBs. The former may have a population of ~ 104 in the Galaxy.

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