Thermal emission from low-field neutron stars
arXiv:astro-ph/0110130 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20020332
Abstract
We present a new grid of LTE model atmospheres for weakly magnetic (B<=10e10G) neutron stars, using opacity and equation of state data from the OPAL project and employing a fully frequency- and angle-dependent radiation transfer. We discuss the differences from earlier models, including a comparison with a detailed NLTE calculation. We suggest heating of the outer layers of the neutron star atmosphere as an explanation for the featureless X-ray spectra of RX J1856.5-3754 and RX J0720.4-3125 recently observed with Chandra and XMM.
8 pages A&A(5)-Latex, 6 Figures, A&A in press. The model spectra presented here are available as XSPEC tables at http://www.astro.soton.ac.uk/~btg/outgoing/nsspec/
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