The minimum rotation period of millisecond pulsars
Unal Ertan, M. Ali Alpar
TL;DR
This paper proposes a straightforward explanation for the shortest rotation periods observed in millisecond pulsars, linking accretion rates and magnetic field evolution during early neutron star accretion phases.
Contribution
It introduces a novel correlation between accretion rate and magnetic field decay explaining the minimum pulsar period.
Findings
Correlation between accretion rate and magnetic field decay.
Explanation for the observed minimum rotation period.
Implications for neutron star magnetic field evolution.
Abstract
A simple and natural explanation for the minimum period of millisecond pulsars follows from a correlation between the accretion rate and the frozen surface dipole magnetic field resulting from Ohmic diffusion through the neutron star crust in initial stages of accretion in low mass X-ray binaries.
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