2006/09/12 by M. Ali Alpar · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Dipole #Dissipation #Magnetar #Multipole expansion #Neutron #Neutron star #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Thermal #astro-ph #r-process
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10509-007-9376-0
published as Astrophys.SpaceSci.308:133-136,2007 · To appear in Astrophysics and Space Science, in the proceedings of the conference "Isolated Neutron Stars: from the Interior to the Surface", London, April 2006; eds. D. Page, R. Turolla and S. Zane. Revised version: with minor change and typos corrected
arxiv created 2006/09/12 · openalex publication_date 2007/03/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The cooling and reheating histories of dim isolated neutron stars(DINs) are discussed. Energy dissipation due to dipole spindown with ordinary and magnetar fields, and due to torques from a fallback disk are considered as alternative sources of reheating which would set the temperature of the neutron star after the initial cooling era. Cooling or thermal ages are related to the numbers and formation rates of the DINs and therefore to their relations with other isolated neutron star populations. Interaction with a fallback disk, higher multipole fields and activity of the neutron star are briefly discussed.