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Neutron Star Birth Rates

D. R. Lorimer

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9911519

Abstract

A crucial test any proposed evolutionary scenario must pass is can the birth rate of the sources we see be sustained by the proposed progenitor population? In this review, I investigate the methods used to determine the birth rates of normal and millisecond radio pulsars and summarise recent results for these two distinct neutron star populations.

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