NSMAXG: A new magnetic neutron star spectral model in XSPEC
Abstract
The excellent sensitivity of X-ray telescopes, such as Chandra and XMM-Newton, is ideal for the study of cooling neutron stars, which can emit at these energies. In order to exploit the wealth of information contained in the high quality data, a thorough knowledge of the radiative properties of neutron star atmospheres is necessary. A key factor affecting photon emission is magnetic fields, and neutron stars are known to have strong surface magnetic fields. Here I briefly describe our latest work on constructing magnetic (B >= 10^10 G) atmosphere models of neutron stars and the NSMAXG implementation of these models in XSPEC. Our results allow for more robust extractions of neutron star parameters from observations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1311.5583,
title = {NSMAXG: A new magnetic neutron star spectral model in XSPEC},
author = {Wynn C. G. Ho},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.5583},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
Proceedings of IAUS 302 "Magnetic Fields Throughout Stellar Evolution", M. Jardine, P. Petit, & H.C. Spruit (eds.); 4 pages, 2 figures