2006/09/25 by Oleg Kargaltsev, O. Kargaltsev, George G. Pavlov +1 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Hubble space telescope #Neutron star #Optics #Physics #Pulsar #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph #Spectral line #Spectrograph #Spectroscopy #Stars #Telescope #Ultraviolet #Vela #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10509-007-9383-1
published as Astrophys.SpaceSci.308:287-296,2007 · To appear in Astrophysics and Space Science, Proceedings of "Isolated Neutron Stars: from the Interior to the Surface", eds. D. Page, R. Turolla and S. Zane; 10 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables
arxiv created 2006/09/25 · openalex publication_date 2007/03/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present the UV spectroscopy and timing of three nearby pulsars (Vela, B0656+14 and Geminga) recently observed with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. We also review the optical and X-ray properties of these pulsars and establish their connection with the UV properties. We show that the multiwavelengths properties of neutron stars (NSs) vary significantly within the sample of middle-aged pulsars. Even larger differences are found between the thermal components of Ge-minga and B0656+14 as compared to those of radio-quiet isolated NSs. These differences could be attributed to different properties of the NS surface layers.