2017/11/14 by A. M. Pires, Pires, Adriana Mancini
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation #FOS: Physical sciences #Geophysics and Sensor Technology #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1711.05045
openalex publication_date 2017/11/14 · openalex created_date 2022/09/29 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The observational manifestation of a neutron star is strongly connected with\nthe properties of its magnetic field. During the star's lifetime, the field\nstrength and its changes dominate the thermo-rotational evolution and the\nsource phenomenology across the electromagnetic spectrum. Signatures of\nmagnetic field evolution are best traced among elusive groups of X-ray emitting\nisolated neutron stars (INSs), which are mostly quiet in the radio and\n\γ-ray wavelengths. It is thus important to investigate and survey INSs\nin X-rays in the hope of discovering peculiar sources and the long-sought\nmissing links that will help us to advance our understanding of neutron star\nevolution. The Extended R "ontgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array\n( eROS), the primary instrument on the forthcoming Spectrum-RG mission, will\nscan the X-ray sky with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution. The survey\nhas thus the unique potential to unveil the X-ray faint end of the neutron star\npopulation and probe sources that cannot be assessed by standard pulsar\nsurveys.\n