Neutron Star Formation and Birth Properties
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Our current knowledge of neutron star formation, progenitors, and natal masses, spins, magnetic fields, and space velocities is briefly reviewed from a theorist's perspective. More observational information is badly needed to constrain theoretical possibilities.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0402200,
title = {Neutron Star Formation and Birth Properties},
author = {Hans-Thomas Janka},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0402200},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
10 pages, 4 figures, high-quality available upon request; to appear in "Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments" (IAU Symposium 218, ASP Conference Proceedings), eds. F. Camilo and B.M. Gaensler