The Magnificent Seven: Nearby Isolated Neutron Stars with strong Magnetic Fields
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Although the true origin of the broad absorption lines in X-ray spectra of thermal isolated neutron stars is not clear yet, our current knowledge about the "magnificent seven" strongly suggests that they are highly magnetized ($10^{13} - 10^{14}$ G), slowly rotating cooling neutron stars. Further timing studies would be very useful to obtain more independent estimates of the magnetic field strength (as they currently only exist from RX J0720.4-3125).
Proceedings of the 2005 EPIC XMM-Newton Consortium Meeting, Ringberg Castle, Germany, April 11-13 2005, Edt. U.G. Briel, S. Sembay and A. Read, MPE Report 288, June 2005
Proceedings of the 2005 EPIC XMM-Newton Consortium Meeting, Ringberg Castle, Germany, April 11-13 2005, Edt. U.G. Briel, S. Sembay and A. Read, MPE Report 288, June 2005