Low-mass X-ray binaries: the effects of the magnetic braking prescription
Low-mass X-ray binaries: the effects of the magnetic braking prescription
We present a population study of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) and intermediate-mass X-ray binaries with neutron star accretors, performed using the detailed one-dimensional stellar evolution code MESA. We identify all plausible Roche lobe overflowing binaries at the start of mass transfer, and compare our theoretical mass-transfer tracks to the population …