The Zoo of Neutron Stars
arXiv:astro-ph/0610593
Abstract
In these lecture notes I briefly discuss the present day situation and new discoveries in astrophysics of neutron stars focusing on isolated objects. The latter include soft gamma repeaters, anomalous X-ray pulsars, central compact objects in supernova remnants, the Magnificent seven, and rotating radio transients. In the last part of the paper I describe available tests of cooling curves of neutron stars and discuss different additional constraints which can help to confront theoretical calculations of cooling with observational data.
arXiv comment12 pages, no figures. To appear in the proceedings of the summer school "Dense Matter In Heavy Ion Collisions and Astrophysics" in a separate volume of Particles and Nuclei, Letters
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