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The current status of the problem of whether neutron stars can form, in close binary systems, by accretion-induced collapse (AIC) of white dwarfs is examined. We find that, in principle, both initially cold C+O white dwarfs in the high-mass tail of their mass distribution in binaries and O+Ne+Mg white dwarfs can produce neutron stars. Which fractions of neutron stars in different types of binaries (or descendants from binaries) might originate from this process remains uncertain.
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Canal, R., Gutierrez, J. (1997). The Possible White Dwarf-Neutron Star Connection. In: Isern, J., Hernanz, M., García-Berro, E. (eds) White Dwarfs. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 214. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5542-7_7
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