The progenitor of binary millisecond radio pulsar PSR J1713+0747
<b>Context.</b> PSR J1713+0747 is a binary system comprising millisecond radio pulsar with a spin period of 4.57 ms, and a low-mass white dwarf (WD) companion orbiting the pulsar with a period of 67.8 days. Using the general relativistic Shapiro delay, the masses of the WD and pulsar com...
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2011
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| Acceso en línea: | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/84271 |
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| Sumario: | <b>Context.</b> PSR J1713+0747 is a binary system comprising millisecond radio pulsar with a spin period of 4.57 ms, and a low-mass white dwarf (WD) companion orbiting the pulsar with a period of 67.8 days. Using the general relativistic Shapiro delay, the masses of the WD and pulsar components were previously found to be 0.28 ± 0.03 M⊙ and 1.3 ± 0.2 M ⊙ (68% confidence), respectively.
<b>Aims.</b> Standard binary evolution theory suggests that PSR J1713+0747 evolved from a low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB). Here, we test this hypothesis.
<b>Methods.</b> We used a binary evolution code and a WD evolution code to calculate evolutionary sequences of LMXBs that could result in binary millisecond radio pulsars such as PSR J1713+0747.
<b>Results.</b> During the mass exchange, the mass transfer is nonconservative. Because of the thermal and viscous instabilities developing in the accretion disk, the neutron star accretes only a small part of the incoming material. We find that the progenitor of PSR J1713+0747 can be modelled as an LMXB including a donor star with mass 1.3 - 1.6 M⊙ and an initial orbital period ranging from 2.40 to 4.15 days. If the cooling timescale of the WD is 8 Gyr, its present effective temperature is between 3870 and 4120 K, slightly higher than the observed value. We estimate a surface gravity of Log(g) ≈ 7.38 - 7.40. |
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