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We have developed a method to compute the possible distribution of radio emission regions in a typical pulsar magnetosphere, taking into account the viewing geometry and rotational effects of the neutron star. Our method can estimate the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 R. M. C. Thomas , Y. Gupta , R. T. Gangadhara

R-modes of a rotating neutron star are unstable because of the emission of gravitational radiation. We explore the saturation amplitudes of these modes determined by nonlinear mode-mode coupling. Modelling the star as incompressible allows…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Jeandrew Brink , Saul A. Teukolsky , Ira Wasserman

The observation of the x-ray pulse profile emitted by hotspots on the surface of neutron stars offers a unique tool to measure the bulk properties of these objects, including their masses and radii. The x-ray emission takes place at the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-03-06 Hector O. Silva , Nicolás Yunes

We investigate whether the intrinsic spin of neutron stars leaves an observable imprint on the spectral properties of X-ray binaries. To evaluate this we consider a sample of nine NSs for which the spins have been measured that are not…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-20 M. J. Burke , M. Gilfanov , R. Sunyaev

The observation of the polarization emerging from a rotating star at different phases opens up the possibility to map the magnetic field in the stellar surface thanks to the well-known Zeeman Doppler Imaging. When the magnetic field is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 M. J. Martínez González , A. Asensio Ramos

The intense magnetic fields of neutron stars naturally lead to strong anisotropy and polarization of radiation emanating from their surfaces, both being sensitive to the hot spot position on the surface. Accordingly, pulse phase-resolved…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-21 Matthew G. Baring , Hoa Dinh Thi , George A. Younes , Kun Hu

Neutron stars are the most compact horizonless objects in the Universe, exhibiting the strongest known magnetic fields. They are potential sources of coincident gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation across the entire spectrum.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-29 Fabrizio Venturi Piñas , Anson Ka Long Yip , Patrick Chi-Kit Cheong , Milton Ruiz

In this paper, we discuss the influence of the gravitational darkening effect on the emergent spectrum of a fast-rotating, flattened neutron star. Model atmosphere codes always calculate spectra of emergent intensities and fluxes emitted…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-16 A. Majczyna , J. Madej , A. Różańska , M. Należyty

The discovery of the first gravitationally redshifted spectral line from a neutron star (NS) by Cottam, Paerels and Mendez has triggered theoretical studies of the physics of atomic line formation in NS atmospheres. Chang, Bildsten and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Chang , S. Morsink , L. Bildsten , I. Wasserman

We present a new numerical algorithm for the calculation of pulse profiles from spinning neutron stars in the Hartle-Thorne approximation. Our approach allows us to formally take into account the effects of Doppler shifts and aberration, of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Dimitrios Psaltis , Feryal Ozel

Since the opacity of a magnetized plasma depends on polarization of radiation, the radiation emergent from atmospheres of neutron stars with strong magnetic fields is expected to be strongly polarized. The degree of linear polarization,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. G. Pavlov , V. E. Zavlin

There are many factors that contribute to the breaking of the spherical symmetry of a neutron star. Most notably is rotation, magnetic fields, and/or accretion of matter from companion stars. All these phenomena influence the macroscopic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-05-31 Rodrigo Negreiros , Stefan Schramm , Fridolin Weber

Depending on mass and rotational frequency, gravity compresses the matter in the core regions of neutron stars to densities that are several times higher than the density of ordinary atomic nuclei. At such huge densities atoms themselves…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-04 Fridolin Weber , Milva Orsaria , Rodrigo Negreiros

We calculate the disk and boundary layer luminosities for accreting rapidly rotating neutron stars with low magnetic fields in a fully general relativistic manner. Rotation increases the disk luminosity and decreases the boundary layer…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Arun V. Thampan , Bhaskar Datta

We calculate the rotational broadening in the observed thermal spectra of neutron stars spinning at moderate rates in the Hartle-Thorne approximation. These calculations accurately account for the effects of the second-order Doppler boosts…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-17 Michi Baubock , Feryal Ozel , Dimitrios Psaltis , Sharon M. Morsink

Millisecond pulsars, representing the older neutron star population, are believed to have undergone a prolonged period of dark matter accumulation, resulting in a higher dark matter content. Their extreme rotation makes them unique…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-27 Lorenzo Cipriani , Edoardo Giangrandi , Violetta Sagun , Daniela D. Doneva , Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev

The excitation of the axial quasi-normal modes of a relativistic star by scattered particles is studied by evolving the time dependent perturbation equations. This work is the first step towards the understanding of more complicated…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 V. Ferrari , K. D. Kokkotas

We investigate the form of the radiation emitted by an axion star-neutron star binary using a $f(r)=\text{sech(r/R)}$ profile for the axion star. Our analysis takes into account the co-rotating plasma of the neutron star. We find that that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-11-16 A. Kyriazis

I summarize some constraints on the physics of neutron stars arising from X-ray observations of the surfaces of neutron stars, focusing on using models of low-magnetic-field neutron star atmospheres to interpret their X-ray spectra. I…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Craig O. Heinke

Models of relativistic rotating neutron star composed of hyperon rich matter is constructed in the framework of an effective field theory in the mean-field approach. The gross properties of compact star is calculated at both static and the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-05-12 B. K. Sharma , T. K. Jha