Temperature, distance and cooling of the Vela pulsar

dc.creatorPage, Dany
dc.creatorShibanov, Yu. A.
dc.creatorZavlin, V. E.
dc.date1996-01-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:20:51Z
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dc.descriptionWe use models of magnetized hydrogen atmospheres to fit the soft X-ray thermal spectrum of the Vela pulsar obtained by ROSAT. The distance and hydrogen column density required by our fits are in good agreement with other independents estimates and can be considered as an argument for the presence of hydrogen at the surface of this pulsar. The low temperature obtained, T = 7.85 +/- 0.25 10^5 K, is below the predictions of the `standard' model of neutron star cooling and strengthens previous claims for the necessity of the occurrence of fast neutrino cooling in this neutron star.
dc.description2 pages Latex with 1 figure and 1 heading in postscript. Style file: xray-wuerzburg-95.sty
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9601187
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9601187
dc.identifier`Roentgenstrahlung from the Universe', MPE Report 263 (1996) 173
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/10348
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleTemperature, distance and cooling of the Vela pulsar
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