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Einstein Observatory Limits on Neutron Star Surface Temperatures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

F.R. Harnden Jr.*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

Abstract

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For years the theoretical models of neutron star formation and evolution had remained largely unconstrained by observation. Following the Einstein X-ray Observatory surveys of supernova remnants and pulsars, however, strict temperature limits were placed on many putative neutron stars. The Einstein search for additional objects in the class of supernova remnants with embedded pulsars has increased the number of such objects by two. For the four objects in this class, the surface temperature limits (see Table 1) provide meaningful logically sound constraints on the neutron star models. For the future, however, still better X-ray observations are needed, both to increase the number of objects available for study and to refine the spatial and spectral capabilities of the X-ray measurements.

Type
V. Neutron Star Physics
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987