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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 437, 期 4, 页码 3664-3669出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stt2193
关键词
accretion; accretion discs; stars: magnetars; stars: magnetic field; stars: neutron; pulsars: general; X-rays: binaries
资金
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) in the UK
- STFC studentship
- STFC [ST/J00135X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/J00135X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
Many pulsars are formed with a binary companion from which they can accrete matter. Torque exerted by accreting matter can cause the pulsar spin to increase or decrease, and over long times, an equilibrium spin rate is achieved. Application of accretion theory to these systems provides a probe of the pulsar magnetic field. We compare the large number of recent torque measurements of accreting pulsars with a high-mass companion to the standard model for how accretion affects the pulsar spin period. We find that many long spin period (P greater than or similar to 100 s) pulsars must possess either extremely weak (B < 10(10) G) or extremely strong (B > 10(14) G) magnetic fields. We argue that the strong-field solution is more compelling, in which case these pulsars are near spin equilibrium. Our results provide evidence for a fundamental link between pulsars with the slowest spin periods and strong magnetic fields around high-mass companions and pulsars with the fastest spin periods and weak fields around low-mass companions. The strong magnetic fields also connect our pulsars to magnetars and strong-field isolated radio/X-ray pulsars. The strong field and old age of our sources suggest their magnetic field penetrates into the superconducting core of the neutron star.
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