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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
Possible models for the matter source inside the eclipsing binary system PSR 1718–19, and for the evolution of this system are reviewed, including Zwitter's (1993) stripped main-sequence (MS) turnoff star model. Both the accretion induced collapse (AIC) scenario with a young neutron star, and the capture scenario with an old neutron star are discussed. Although Burderi & King (1994) claim that the size of the Roche lobe (∼0.5 R⊙) unambiguously rules out the AIC formation scenario, we show that in our evolutionary picture an AIC scenario will be possible.