Accretion of the Interstellar Medium onto Isolated Neutron Stars

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Dec 2002

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"THE NINTH MARCEL GROSSMANN MEETING On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation and R

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As many as 109 neutron stars populate the Galaxy, but only ≈ 103 are directly observed as radio pulsars or in X-ray binaries. In principle also the accretion of the interstellar medium may make isolated neutron stars shine in the soft X-rays. Recent ROSAT observations have convincingly shown that neutron stars accreting from the interstellar medium are extremely rare. Two possible explanations for their elusiveness are proposed: either they are a much faster population than previously assumed, or their magnetic field decays on timescales ~ 108 - 109 yr.

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