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X-ray properties of rotation-powered pulsars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2013

George Pavlov
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University, United States email: [email protected]
Oleg Kargaltsev
Affiliation:
University of Florida email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Radiation of most of the known pulsars is powered by the loss of their rotational energy and angular momentum. Thanks to the Chandra and XMM-Newton observatories, X-ray emission has been detected from over 100 rotation-powered pulsars in the last 12 years. I will overview the current results of X-ray observations of rotation-powered pulsars, including the evolution of the X-ray properties, thermal and magnetospheric components of X-ray emission, and connection between the X-ray emission and emission at other wavelengths.

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Contributed Papers
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013