Persistent and Transient Blank Field Sources
Astrophysics
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
Blank field sources (BFS) are good candidates for hosting dim isolated neutron stars (DINS). The results of a search of BFS in the ROSAT HRI images are revised. We then focus on transient BFS, arguing that they belong to a rather large population. The perspectives of future research on DINS are then discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0609194,
title = {Persistent and Transient Blank Field Sources},
author = {A. Treves and S. Campana and M. Chieregato and A. Moretti and T. Nelson and M. Orio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0609194},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
3 pages, 0 figures. Paper presented at the Conference "Isolated Neutron Stars: from the interior to the surface", London, April 2006. Astrophysics and Space Science, in press