Multi-wavelength observations of isolated neutron stars
Abstract
Forty years elapsed since the optical identification of the first isolated neutron star (INS), the Crab pulsar. 25 INSs have been now identified in the optical (O), near-ultraviolet (nUV), or near-infrared (nIR), hereafter UVOIR, including rotation-powered pulsars (RPPs), magnetars, and X-ray-dim INSs (XDINSs), while deep investigations have been carried out for compact central objects (CCOs), Rotating RAdio transients (RRATs), and high-magnetic field radio pulsars (HBRPs). In this review I describe the status of UVOIR observations of INSs, their emission properties, and I present recent results.
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@article{arxiv.0908.1010,
title = {Multi-wavelength observations of isolated neutron stars},
author = {Roberto P. Mignani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.1010},
year = {2009}
}
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10 pages, 5 figures, To be published in the proceedings of the conference "Neutron Stars and Gamma Ray Bursts: Recent Developments and Future Directions" - March 30 - April 4, 2009 (Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt)