Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-05-22
in Proc. of the XXI Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, R. Bandiera, R. Maiolino and F. Mannucci (eds.), (World Sci.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
To be published in the Proceedings of the XXI Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Observations of thermal radiation from neutron stars allow one to measure the surface temperatures and confront them with cooling scenarios. Detection of gravitationally redshifted spectral lines can yield the mass-to-radius ratio. In the few cases when the distance is known, one can measure the neutron star radius, which is particularly important to constrain the equation of state of the superdense matter in the neutron star interiors. Finally, one can infer the chemical composition of the neutron star surface layers, which provides information about formation of neutron stars and their interaction with the environments. We present the observational results on thermal radiation from active pulsars and radio-quiet neutron stars, with emphasis on the results obtained with the Chandra X-ray Observatory and discuss some implications of these results. In particular, we present a new interpretation of the thermal emission detected in the broad energy range (from optical to X-rays) from the puzzling object RX J1856.5-3754
Pavlov George G.
Zavlin Vyacheslav E.
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