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Title:
The magnificent seven: magnetic fields and surface temperature distributions
Authors:
Haberl, Frank
Affiliation:
AA(Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik)
Publication:
Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 308, Issue 1-4, pp. 181-190 (Ap&SS Homepage)
Publication Date:
04/2007
Origin:
SPRINGER
DOI:
10.1007/s10509-007-9342-x
Bibliographic Code:
2007Ap&SS.308..181H

Abstract

Presently seven nearby radio-quiet isolated neutron stars discovered in ROSAT data and characterized by thermal X-ray spectra are known. They exhibit very similar properties and despite intensive searches their number remained constant since 2001 which led to their name “The Magnificent Seven”. Five of the stars exhibit pulsations in their X-ray flux with periods in the range of 3.4 s to 11.4 s. XMM-Newton observations revealed broad absorption lines in the X-ray spectra which are interpreted as cyclotron resonance absorption lines by protons or heavy ions and/or atomic transitions shifted to X-ray energies by strong magnetic fields of the order of 1013 G. New XMM-Newton observations indicate more complex X-ray spectra with multiple absorption lines. Pulse-phase spectroscopy of the best studied pulsars RX J0720.4-3125 and RBS 1223 reveals variations in derived emission temperature and absorption line depth with pulse phase. Moreover, RX J0720.4-3125 shows long-term spectral changes which are interpreted as due to free precession of the neutron star. Modeling of the pulse profiles of RX J0720.4-3125 and RBS 1223 provides information about the surface temperature distribution of the neutron stars indicating hot polar caps which have different temperatures, different sizes and are probably not located in antipodal positions.
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