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Masses of Neutron Stars in X-ray Binary Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

R. L. Kelley  and
S. Rappaport
R. L. Kelley
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Center for Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S. Rappaport
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Center for Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The masses of 6 neutron stars have now been established through studies of binary X-ray and radio pulsars. All of the masses are found to be consistent with, but not necessarily constrained to, the range 1.2–1.6 M⊙. In this talk we discuss the methods and assumptions used in determining the masses of neutron stars in binary X-ray pulsar systems. For other recent reviews of this subject, the reader is referred to Bahcall (1978), Rappaport and Joss (1981), and references therein. Neutron-star parameters may also be obtained from studies of X-ray bursts that result from thermonuclear flashes near the surface of an accreting neutron star (see Joss 1980 and references therein), which we will not discuss here.

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VIII. Neutron Stars in Binary Systems
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 95: Pulsars , 1981 , pp. 353 - 356
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Copyright © Reidel 1981 

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