Magnetic, thermal and rotational evolution of isolated neutron stars

JA Pons, D Viganò - Living Reviews in Computational Astrophysics, 2019 - Springer
The strong magnetic field of neutron stars is intimately coupled to the observed temperature
and spectral properties, as well as to the observed timing properties (distribution of spin …

Dense matter in compact stars: theoretical developments and observational constraints

D Page, S Reddy - Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci., 2006 - annualreviews.org
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Physics of strongly magnetized neutron stars

AK Harding, D Lai - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
There has recently been growing evidence for the existence of neutron stars possessing
magnetic fields with strengths that exceed the quantum critical field strength of 4.4× 10 13 G …

Magnetic field dissipation in neutron star crusts: from magnetars to isolated neutron stars

JA Pons, U Geppert - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2007 - aanda.org
Context. We study the non-linear evolution of magnetic fields in neutron star crusts with
special attention to the influence of the Hall drift. Aims. Our goal is to understand the …

Atmospheres and radiating surfaces of neutron stars

AY Potekhin - Physics-Uspekhi, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The early 21st century is witnessing a breakthrough in the study of the thermal radiation of
neutron stars. Observations with modern space telescopes have provided a wealth of …

Atmospheres and spectra of strongly magnetized neutron stars

WCG Ho, D Lai - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
We construct atmosphere models for strongly magnetized neutron stars with surface fields
and effective temperatures. The atmospheres directly determine the characteristics of …

Isolated neutron stars: the challenge of simplicity

R Turolla - Neutron stars and pulsars, 2009 - Springer
The seven soft, thermal sources discovered by ROSAT offer an unprecedented opportunity
to unveil the temperature and magnetic field surface distribution of isolated neutron stars …

IXPE detection of polarized X-rays from magnetars and photon mode conversion at QED vacuum resonance

D Lai - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The recent observations of the anomalous X-ray pulsars 4U 0142+ 61 and 1RXS J170849. 0-
400910 by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) opened up a new avenue to study …

Magnetic hydrogen atmosphere models and the neutron star RX J1856. 5–3754

WCG Ho, DL Kaplan, P Chang… - Monthly Notices of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Abstract RX J1856. 5− 3754 is one of the brightest nearby isolated neutron stars (INSs), and
considerable observational resources have been devoted to it. However, current models are …

Atmosphere models of magnetized neutron stars: QED effects, radiation spectra and polarization signals

M Van Adelsberg, D Lai - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Observations of surface emission from isolated neutron stars (NSs) provide unique
challenges to theoretical modelling of radiative transfer in magnetized NS atmospheres …