Thermal evolution and magnetic decay of neutron stars

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Feb 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997cha%26a..21..277d&link_type=abstract

Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 21, Issue 3, p. 277-284.

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We study the interaction among thermal, rotational and magnetic evolutions of neutron stars. The following self-consistent model is considered: the star spins down due to magnetic dipole radiation, the interior heats up, the magnetic field decays due to ohmic dissipation in the crust. We show that the field decay enhances the heating effects, which in turn slows down the field decay. Thus, the thermal, rotational and magnetic evolutions may be interdependent. The evolutions moreover depend on the initial conditions. From radio and X-ray observations we may be able to place certain constraints on the age of the pulsar, the initial magnetic field and the period.

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