Physical Environment of Accreting Neutron Stars

Figure 4

and evolution in the recycling process. (a) shows the joint evolution of and . (b) and (c) are their evolution as a function of accreted mass . The solid, dashed, and dotted lines are plotted for an accretion rate of , , and , respectively. Initial values G and s were taken. (d) is a zoom-in view of (c) in a linear scale for spin periods shorter than 5 ms.

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