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Nearby, Thermally Emitting Neutron Stars

Author(s) -

D. L. Kaplan,

YeFei Yuan,

XiangDong Li,

Dong Lai

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

aip conference proceedings

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177

H-Index - 75

eISSN - 1551-7616

pISSN - 0094-243X

DOI - 10.1063/1.2840384

Subject(s) - rosat , pulsar , neutron star , astrophysics , physics , sky , stars , population , astronomy , magnetic field , radiation , optics , galaxy , demography , quantum mechanics , sociology

We describe a sample of thermally emitting neutron stars discovered in theROSAT All-Sky Survey. We discuss the basic observational properties of theseobjects and conclude that they are nearby, middle-aged pulsars with moderatemagnetic fields that we see through their cooling radiation. While theseobjects are potentially very useful as probes of matter at very high densitiesand magnetic fields, our lack of understanding of their surface emission limitstheir current utility. We discuss this and other outstanding problems: thespectral evolution of one sources and the relation of this population to theoverall pulsar population.Comment: 9 pages, one table, 3 figures. To appear in the proceedings of "40 Years of Pulsars: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars, and More", August 12-17, 2007, McGill University, Montreal, Canad

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