What Do We Really Know About Neutron Stars?

Woltjer, Lodewijk

doi:10.1007/10857580_20

Lodewijk Woltjer^1,2

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The masses and cooling histories of neutron stars appear to be compatible with conventional models and do not provide evidence for stars composed of strange matter. Pulsar ages and magnetic fields are discussed. When radio quiet X-ray emitting neutron stars are included, the supernova rate and the formation rate of neutron stars appear to agree rather well. The velocities of neutron stars are discussed and much of the evidence for large “kicks” at birth seems to be ambiguous.

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Observatoire de Haute Provence, F-04780, Saint-Michel l’Observatoire
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Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, I-50125, Firenze
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Peter A. Shaver Luigi DiLella Alvaro Giménez

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Woltjer, L. What Do We Really Know About Neutron Stars?. In: Shaver, P.A., DiLella, L., Giménez, A. (eds) Astronomy, Cosmology and Fundamental Physics. ESO ASTROPHYSICS SYMPOSIA. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10857580_20

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/10857580_20
Published: 08 November 2003
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
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