The Binary History and the Magnetic Field of Neutron Star

Abstract

There has been strong observational evidence suggesting a causal connection between the binary history of neutron stars and the evolution of their magnetic field. In this article we discuss one of the plausible mechanisms proposed for the evolution of the surface magnetic field, that of the diamagnetic screening of the field by accreted material.

arXiv commentThis article, published in 2003, is somewhat inaccessible