Studies of neutron stars at optical/IR wavelengths

Authors: Mignani, R.¹; Bagnulo, S.; De Luca, A.; Israel, G.; Lo Curto, G.; Motch, C.; Perna, R.; Rea, N.; Turolla, R.²; Zane, S.

Source: Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 308, Numbers 1-4, April 2007 , pp. 203-210(8)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

In the last years, optical studies of Isolated Neutron Stars (INSs) have expanded from the more classical rotation-powered ones to other categories, like the Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs) and the Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters (SGRs), which make up the class of the magnetars, the radio-quiet INSs with X-ray thermal emission and, more recently, the enigmatic Compact Central Objects (CCOs) in supernova remnants. Apart from 10 rotation-powered pulsars, so far optical/IR counterparts have been found for 5 magnetars and for 4 INSs. In this work we present some of the latest observational results obtained from optical/IR observations of different types of INSs.

Keywords: Neutron stars; Optical; Infrared; 97.60.Gb; 97.60.Jd

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10509-007-9340-z

Affiliations: 1: Email: rm2@mssl.ucl.ac.uk 2: Email: turolla@pd.infn.it

Publication date: 2007-04-01