Thermal emission from isolated neutron stars and their surface magnetic field: Going quadrupolar?

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1162-1165

  Zane, S ^a   Turolla, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic field; Neutron stars; Radiative transfer; X ray: Pulsations

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COSMIC RAYS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; HEAT RADIATION; LUMINOUS MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ISOLATED NEUTRON STARS; PULSATIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; THERMAL EMISSIONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 21744459340     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.12.070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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