Dim Isolated Neutron Stars, Cooling and Energy Dissipation
arXiv:astro-ph/0609180 · doi:10.1007/s10509-007-9376-0
Abstract
The cooling and reheating histories of dim isolated neutron stars(DINs) are discussed. Energy dissipation due to dipole spindown with ordinary and magnetar fields, and due to torques from a fallback disk are considered as alternative sources of reheating which would set the temperature of the neutron star after the initial cooling era. Cooling or thermal ages are related to the numbers and formation rates of the DINs and therefore to their relations with other isolated neutron star populations. Interaction with a fallback disk, higher multipole fields and activity of the neutron star are briefly discussed.
arXiv commentTo appear in Astrophysics and Space Science, in the proceedings of the conference "Isolated Neutron Stars: from the Interior to the Surface", London, April 2006; eds. D. Page, R. Turolla and S. Zane. Revised version: with minor change and typos corrected
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