X-ray emission from isolated neutron stars
@article{Mereghetti2011XrayEF, title={X-ray emission from isolated neutron stars}, author={Sandro Mereghetti}, journal={arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena}, year={2011}, volume={21}, pages={345-363} }
X-ray emission is a common feature of all varieties of isolated neutron stars (INS) and, thanks to the advent of sensitive instruments with good spectroscopic, timing, and imaging capabilities, X-ray observations have become an essential tool in the study of these objects. Non-thermal X-rays from young, energetic radio pulsars have been detected since the beginning of X-ray astronomy, and the long-sought thermal emission from cooling neutron star’s surfaces can now be studied in detail in many…
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