Partially ionized atmospheres of neutron stars with strong magnetic fields

Details Partially ionized atmospheres of neutron stars with strong magnetic fields Partially ionized atmospheres of neutron stars with strong magnetic fields

2005-01-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0501467v1

Adv.Space Res. 35 (2005) 1158-1161

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, 1 figure, Adv. Sp. Res., in press

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.asr.2004.12.010

We construct hydrogen atmosphere models for strongly magnetized neutron stars in thermodynamic equilibrium, taking into account partial ionization. The presence of bound states affects the equation of state, absorption coefficients, and polarizability tensor of a strongly magnetized plasma. Therefore the partial ionization influences the polarization vectors and opacities of normal electromagnetic waves, and thus the spectra of outgoing radiation. Here we review a model suitable for the most typical neutron-star atmospheres and focus on the problems that remain to be solved for its extension to other atmospheric parameters.

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