Accreting isolated neutron stars

dc.creatorIkhsanov, N. R.
dc.creatorBiermann, P. L.
dc.date2006-12-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:36:43Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:36:43Z
dc.descriptionAccretion of interstellar material by a magnetized, slowly rotating isolated neutron star is discussed. We show that the average persistent X-ray luminosity of these objects is unlikely to exceed 4x10^26 erg/s. They can also appear as X-ray bursters with the burst duration of ~30 minutes and repetition time of \~10^5 yr. This indicates that the number of the accreting isolated neutron stars which could be observed with recent X-ray missions is a few orders of magnitude smaller than that previously estimated. Our findings argue against models in which the magnetic field of neutron stars is assumed to decay exponentially on a time scale shorter than 500 Myr.
dc.descriptionProceedings of the 363. WE-Heraeus Seminar on: Neutron Stars and Pulsars (Posters and contributed talks) Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany, May.14-19, 2006, eds. W.Becker, H.H.Huang, MPE Report 291, pp.165-168
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612685
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612685
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/120524
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleAccreting isolated neutron stars
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