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Table 3.

Mass flux and speed of the companion star wind, and the corresponding power ratio (assuming a pulsar spin-down luminosity Lsd = 1035 erg/s).

c,w (M/yr) (a) (b)
4.5 × 10−10 9 × 10−10
(0)
vc,  w = 60 km/s
ξc, rot ∼ 0.12 ϵ = 1.13 × 10−4 ϵ = 2.26 × 10−4
ξc, grav ∼ 0.4

(1)
vc,  w = 100 km/s
ξc, rot ∼ 0.2 ϵ = 3.14 × 10−4 ϵ = 6.29 × 10−4
ξc, grav ∼ 0.67

(2)
vc,  w = 150 km/s
ξc, rot ∼ 0.3 ϵ = 7.08 × 10−4 ϵ = 1.41 × 10−3
ξc, grav ∼ 1

(3)
vc,  w = 200 km/s
ξc, rot ∼ 0.4 ϵ = 1.25 × 10−3 ϵ = 2.51 × 10−3
ξc, grav ∼ 1.33

Notes. For a stellar mechanical luminosity Lc = 1 × 1030 erg/s, we have ϵ ∼ 2 × 10−4. The influence of gravity and orbital motion are characterized by ratios Eqs. (4) and (9).

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