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Studies of neutron stars at optical/IR wavelengths

  • R. P. Mignani
  • , S. Bagnulo
  • , A. De Luca
  • , G. L. Israel
  • , G. Lo Curto
  • , C. Motch
  • , R. Perna
  • , N. Rea
  • , R. Turolla
  • , S. Zane
  • University College London
  • European Southern Observatory
  • Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna
  • INAF-OAR
  • OAS
  • SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
  • University of Padua

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Abstract

In the last years, optical studies of Isolated Neutron Stars (INSs) have expanded from the more classical rotation-powered ones to other categories, like the Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs) and the Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters (SGRs), which make up the class of the magnetars, the radio-quiet INSs with X-ray thermal emission and, more recently, the enigmatic Compact Central Objects (CCOs) in supernova remnants. Apart from 10 rotation-powered pulsars, so far optical/IR counterparts have been found for 5 magnetars and for 4 INSs. In this work we present some of the latest observational results obtained from optical/IR observations of different types of INSs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)203-210
Number of pages8
JournalAstrophysics and Space Science
Volume308
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2007

Keywords

  • Infrared
  • Neutron stars
  • Optical

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