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A hydrogenic molecular atmosphere of a neutron star

Astrophysics 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

A model of a hydrogenic content of atmosphere of the isolated neutron star 1E1207.4-5209 is proposed. It is based on the assumption that the main component in the atmosphere is the exotic molecular ion H32+H_3^{2+} and that there exists a magnetic field in the range of (4±2)×1014(4 \pm 2) \times 10^{14} G. Photoionization H32+\rare+3pH_3^{2+} \rar e + 3p and photodissociation H32+\rarH+2pH_3^{2+} \rar H + 2p correspond to two absorption features at 0.7 KeV and 1.4 KeV, respectively, discovered by {\it Chandra} observatory (Sanwal et al, 2002). The model predicts one more absorption feature at 80-150 eV corresponding to photodissociation H32+\rarH2++pH_3^{2+} \rar H_2^+ + p.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0404290,
  title  = {A hydrogenic molecular atmosphere of a neutron star},
  author = {A. V. Turbiner and J. C. Lopez Vieyra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0404290},
  year   = {2009}
}

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