The Nature of the Unidentified EUV Sources: Accreting Isolated Neutron Stars?

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Interstellar Matter, Galaxies, Radiation Sources, Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation, Solar Radiation, X Ray Binaries, Neutron Stars, Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Satellite, Rosat Mission, Stellar Spectrophotometry, H Ii Regions, Sky Surveys (Astronomy), Pulsars

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The aims of this project were: (1) to investigate the nature of the EUVE (Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Satellite) 'NOID' sources, objects detected in the EUV bandpass but with no previous identification at optical or other energies; (2) to study the possible association of NOID sources with nearby, isolated neutron stars among the 1e9 predicted to exist in the Galaxy. These dead radio pulsars have not been detected so far in large numbers, but accretion from the interstellar medium can make them bright at EUV wavelengths; and (3) to use the EUVE data to set constraints on neutron star evolution, accretion physics and population properties. The original objectives of our program remain relevant. Indeed, the level of research in this area has increased substantially since our proposal was submitted as a result of new data from the ROSAT (Roentgen Satellite).

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