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Early accretion onset in long-period isolated pulsars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2024

M.D. Afonina Open the ORCID record for M.D. Afonina [Opens in a new window] ,
A.V. Biryukov  and
S.B. Popov
M.D. Afonina*
Affiliation:
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Universitetskij pr. 13, 119234, Moscow, Russia Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1/2 Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia
A.V. Biryukov
Affiliation:
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Universitetskij pr. 13, 119234, Moscow, Russia Faculty of Physics, HSE University, 21/4 Staraya Basmannaya str., Moscow, 105066, Russia Kazan Federal University, 18 Kremlyovskaya str., Kazan, 420008, Russia
S.B. Popov
Affiliation:
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Universitetskij pr. 13, 119234, Moscow, Russia ICTP-Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, I-34151 Trieste, Italy
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Corresponding author: M.D. Afonina; Email: afonina.md19@physics.msu.ru.
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Abstract

We model long-term magneto-rotational evolution of isolated neutron stars (INSs) with long initial spin periods. This analysis is motivated by the recent discovery of young long-period neutron stars (NSs) observed as periodic radio sources: PSR J0901-4046, GLEAM-X J1627-52, and GPM J1839-10. Our calculations demonstrate that for realistically rapid spin-down during the propeller stage INSs with velocities ${\lesssim}100$ km s$^{-1}$ and assumed long initial spin periods can reach the stage of accretion from the interstellar medium within at most a few billion years as they are born already at the propeller stage or sufficiently close to the critical period of the ejector-propeller transition. If NSs with long initial spin periods form a relatively large fraction of all Galactic NSs then the number of isolated accretors is substantially larger than it has been predicted by previous studies.

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accretionBondi accretioncompact objectsneutron starspulsars
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 41 , 2024 , e014
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