@inproceedings{10de8ed20047473faf35f1da4bc2f7d6,
title = "Surrounded by spiders! New black widows and redbacks in the Galactic field",
abstract = "Over the last few years, the number of known eclipsing radio millisecond pulsar systems in the Galactic field has dramatically increased, with many being associated with Fermi gamma-ray sources. All are in tight binaries (orbital period < 24 hr) with many being classical black widows which have very low mass companions (companion mass Mc {\^a}‰ 0.1 M {\^a}{\v S}{\texttrademark}) but some are redbacks with low mass (Mc ∼ 0.2-0.4 M {\^a}{\v S}{\texttrademark}) companions which are probably non-degenerate. These latter are systems where the mass transfer process may have only temporarily halted, and so are transitional systems between low mass X-ray binaries and ordinary binary millisecond pulsars. Here we review the new discoveries and their multi-wavelength properties, and briefly discuss models of shock emission, mass determinations, and evolutionary scenarios.",
keywords = "X-rays: binaries, acceleration of particles, accretion, binaries: close, binaries: eclipsing, equation of state, gamma rays: observations, pulsars: general, pulsars: individual (PSR J2129-0429), shock waves",
author = "Roberts, {Mallory S.E.}",
year = "2012",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1017/S174392131202337X",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781107033801",
series = "Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union",
number = "S291",
pages = "127--132",
editor = "{Van Leeuwen}, Joeri",
booktitle = "Neutron Stars and Pulsars",
edition = "S291",
}