Grand Unification of Neutron Stars: Thermal Emission from High-B Pulsars

Details Grand Unification of Neutron Stars: Thermal Emission from High-B Pulsars Grand Unification of Neutron Stars: Thermal Emission from High-B Pulsars

Oct 2008

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XMM-Newton Proposal ID #06034801

Physics

Supernovae, Supernova Remnants, Diffuse (Galactic) Emission And Isolated Neutron Stars, Psr B1916+14

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The past decade has revealed a bewildering diversity in NS properties. From radio pulsars (RPs) to magnetars to the so-called isolated neutron stars (INSs), the leading physical characteristic in defining a NS's observational behavior has been argued, increasingly convincingly, to be magnetic field, B. Here we propose X-ray observations of high-B radio pulsars, which we argue represent a key juncture among the 3 observationally distinct classes listed above.Specifically we request XMM observations of 2 nearby RPs (B greater than 1.e13G), in order to test whether B is truly the `grand unification' parameter for RPs, magnetars and INSs.Indeed this is predicted in recent models of NS magnetic field decay,and if correct, explains the long-standing puzzle of the nature and origin of the INSs.

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