Theory of cooling neutron stars versus observations

Abstract

We review current state of neutron star cooling theory and discuss the prospects to constrain the equation of state, neutrino emission and superfluid properties of neutron star cores by comparing the cooling theory with observations of thermal radiation from isolated neutron stars.

arXiv comment9 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables, to appear in the proceedings of "40 Years of Pulsars" held in Montreal, Canada, August 12-17, 2007, eds. C. Bassa, Z. Wang, A. Cumming, V. Kaspi, AIP, in press (v.2 - minor bibliography corrections)

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