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X Rays from Old Neutron Stars Heated by Axion Stars

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We show that axionic boson stars collide with isolated old neutron stars with strong magnetic field (>108>10^8 Gauss) and causes the neutron stars to radiate X ray by heating them. Surface temperatures of such neutron stars becomes105K106K10^5 K \sim 10^6 K. We suggest that these are possible candidates for X ray sources observed in ROSAT Survey. We discuss a possible way of identifying such neutron stars. We also point out that the collision generates a burst of monochromatic radiations with frequency given by axion mass.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9906353,
  title  = {X Rays from Old Neutron Stars Heated by Axion Stars},
  author = {Aiichi Iwazaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9906353},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 Pages, Revtex