The Surface Temperature of Isolated Neutron Stars

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Sep 2004

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Chandra Proposal ID #06500014

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #06500014

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Details of the interior structures of neutron stars remain poorly understand. In the early stages of their lives, energy loss in neutron stars is dominated by neutrino emission, but the neutrino emission rate depends critically on the physical properties of hadrons at high densities. Since the neutrino luminosity controls the rate at which the star cools, measurements of the surface temperature for neutron stars of known age can probe the physics of neutron star interiors. We here propose a high-time resolution observation of PSR B1509-58, for which the off-pulse emission can provide a direct constraint on the neutron star temperature. This HRC image will provide no spectral information, and so is not in conflict with any ACIS observation of this same source.

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