Why most neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries accrete transiently: an evolutionary study of transient and persistent phases

Divyansh Tripathi, Sudip Bhattacharyya, Pulkit Ojha

A neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB), in which an NS accretes matter from a low-mass donor star, is an ideal source for probing some fundamental aspects of physics and…