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The White Dwarf Companions of Recycled Pulsars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M. H. van Kerkwijk
M. H. van Kerkwijk*
Affiliation:
Palomar Observatory, California Institute of Technology105-24, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Abstract

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I review what properties of the white-dwarf companions of recycled pulsars can be inferred from optical observations, and discuss how these can help us understand the characteristics and evolution of these binaries. I focus on spectroscopic observations, describing results obtained recently, and looking forward to what may come.

Type
Part 7 Binary Systems
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 160: Pulsars: Problems and Progress , 1996 , pp. 489 - 496
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996

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