An X-ray View of Radio Millisecond Pulsars

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dc.creatorBogdanov, Slavko
dc.creatorGrindlay, Jonathan E.
dc.date2007-11-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:13:12Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:13:12Z
dc.descriptionIn recent years, X-ray observations with Chandra and XMM-Newton have significantly increased our understanding of rotation-powered (radio) millisecond pulsars (MSPs). Deep Chandra studies of several globular clusters have detected X-ray counterparts to a host of MSPs, including 19 in 47 Tuc alone. These surveys have revealed that most MSPs exhibit thermal emission from their heated magnetic polar caps. Realistic models of this thermal X-ray emission have provided important insight into the basic physics of pulsars and neutron stars. In addition, intrabinary shock X-ray radiation observed in ``black-widow'' and peculiar globular cluster ``exchanged'' binary MSPs give interesting insight into MSP winds and relativistic shock. Thus, the X-ray band contains valuable information regarding the basic properties of MSPs that are not accesible by radio timing observations.
dc.description5 pages, 5 figures, To appear in the proceedings of "40 Years of Pulsars: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars, and More", August 12-17, 2007, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0711.2367
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0711.2367
dc.identifierAIPConf.Proc.983:64-68,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1063/1.2900321
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/191636
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleAn X-ray View of Radio Millisecond Pulsars
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