Electronic Resource
Springer
Space science reviews
74 (1995), S. 437-446
ISSN:
1572-9672
Keywords:
stars: neutron
;
stars: x-rays
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract Surface thermal emission has been detected byROSAT from four nearby young neutron stars. Assuming black body emission, the significant pulsations of the observed light curves can be interpreted as due to large surface temperature differences produced by the effect of the crustal magnetic field on the flow of heat from the hot interior toward the cooler surface. However, the energy dependence of the modulation observed in Geminga is incompatible with blackbody emission: this effect will give us a strong constraint on models of the neutron star surface.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00751430
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