Low-Energy X-ray Emission from Young Isolated Neutron Stars
| dc.creator | Ruderman, M. | |
| dc.date | 2003-10-28 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:10:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:10:52Z | |
| dc.description | A young neutron star with large spin-down power is expected to be closely surrounded by an e+/- pair plasma maintained by the conversion of gamma-rays associated with the star's polar-cap and/or outer-gap accelerators. Cyclotron-resonance scattering by the e- and e+ within several radii of such neutron stars prevents direct observations of thermal X-rays from the stellar surface. Estimates are presented for the parameters of the Planck-like X-radiation which ultimately diffuses out through this region. Comparisons with observations, especially of apparent blackbody emission areas as a function of neutron star age, support the proposition that we are learning about a neutron star's magnetosphere rather than about its surface from observations of young neutron star thermal X-rays. | |
| dc.description | 10 pages, 5 figures, in 4th AGILE Science Workshop, "X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics of Galactic Sources," 2003 June 11-13, Rome | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310777 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310777 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/6885 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Low-Energy X-ray Emission from Young Isolated Neutron Stars | |
| dc.type | text |