Isolated Neutron Stars: from the Surface to the Interior

Table of Contents......Page 4
Recent progress on anomalous X-ray pulsars......Page 8
XMM–Newton observations of soft gamma-ray repeaters......Page 19
MMIV: de SGR 1806–20 Anno Mirabili......Page 30
Long term spectral variability in the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 1900+14......Page 37
The radio nebula produced by the 27 December 2004 giant flare from SGR 1806-20......Page 42
The continuum and line spectra of SGR 1806-20 bursts......Page 46
Unveiling soft gamma-ray repeaters with INTEGRAL......Page 54
Our distorted view of magnetars: application of the resonant cyclotron scattering model......Page 63
Spitzer space telescope observations of SGR and AXP environments......Page 68
Anomalous X-ray pulsars: persistent states with fallback disks......Page 73
The anatomy of a magnetar: XMM monitoring of the
transient anomalous X-ray pulsar XTE J1810–197......Page 78
PSR J1119–6127 and the X-ray emission from high
magnetic field radio pulsars......Page 87
Chandra smells a RRAT......Page 93
QED can explain the non-thermal emission from SGRs and AXPs: variability......Page 98
Resonant Compton upscattering in anomalous X-ray pulsars......Page 105
Newborn magnetars as sources of gravitational radiation: constraints from high energy observations of magnetar candidates......Page 115
Astrophysical input for gravitational wave searches......Page 121
Dim isolated neutron stars, cooling and energy dissipation......Page 129
Accretion by isolated neutron stars......Page 133
Non-LTE modeling of supernova-fallback disks......Page 137
Chandra observations of neutron stars: an overview......Page 146
XMM-Newton observations of the isolated neutron star 1RXS J214303.7+065419/RBS1774......Page 156
Persistent and transient blank field sources......Page 162
The Magnificent Seven in the dusty prairie......Page 165
The magnificent seven: magnetic fields and surface temperature distributions......Page 174
Isolated neutron stars: magnetic fields, distances, and spectra......Page 184
Studies of neutron stars at optical/IR wavelengths......Page 195
Radio emission from AXP and XDINS......Page 203
Measuring proper motions of isolated neutron stars with Chandra......Page 209
The trigonometric parallax of the neutron star Geminga......Page 217
The puzzling X-ray source in RCW103......Page 223
Evidence for a binary companion to the central compact object 1E 1207.4-5209......Page 231
Towards self-consistent models of isolated neutron stars......Page 239
Neutron star surface emission: Beyond the dipole model......Page 250
Molecular systems in a strong magnetic field......Page 257
Thin magnetic hydrogen atmospheres and the neutron star
RX J1856.5–3754......Page 268
Ultraviolet emission from young and middle-aged pulsars......Page 276
Studying millisecond pulsars in X-rays......Page 286
X-ray observations of PSR B0355+54 and its pulsar wind nebula......Page 297
New phase-coherent measurements of pulsar braking indices......Page 305
Thermal X-ray emission from hot polar cap in drifting subpulse pulsars......Page 312
The example of effective plasma acceleration in a magnetosphere......Page 321
Impact of neutron star oscillations on the accelerating electric field in the polar cap of pulsar......Page 330
Heat blanketing envelopes and thermal radiation of strongly magnetized neutron stars......Page 337
Equation of state of neutron star cores and spin down of isolated pulsars......Page 346
Equation of state constraints from neutron stars......Page 353
Neutron star masses: dwarfs, giants and neighbors......Page 362
A microscopic equation of state for protoneutron stars......Page 367
Modelling the dynamics of superfluid neutron stars......Page 375
Cooling of neutron stars with strong toroidal magnetic fields......Page 383
Internal heating and thermal emission from old neutron stars......Page 393
Thermal emission areas of heated neutron star polar caps......Page 399
Cooling of magnetars with internal layer heating......Page 403
What do exotic equations of state have to offer?......Page 411
Precession as a probe of the neutron star interior......Page 415
Spin-one color superconductivity in compact stars?—an analysis within NJL-type models......Page 422
Exotic bulk viscosity and its influence on neutron star r-modes......Page 430
Nucleon superfluidity versus thermal states of isolated and transiently accreting neutron stars......Page 435
The drift model of "magnetars"......Page 444
Importance of Compton scattering for radiation spectra of isolated neutron stars......Page 447
Search for fast optical activity of SGR 1806-20 at the SAO RAS 6-m telescope......Page 452
Instabilities in rotating relativistic stars driven by viscosity......Page 455
10 years of RXTE monitoring of anomalous X-ray pulsar 4U 0142+61: long-term variability......Page 460
Exotic ion H[sup(++)][sub(3)] in strong magnetic fields......Page 465
The ion H[sup(+)][sub(3)] in a strong magnetic field......Page 470
X-ray intensity-hardness correlation and deep IR observations of the anomalous X-ray pulsar 1RXS J170849-400910......Page 475
RX J1856.5-3754 as a possible strange star candidate......Page 482
Chandra monitoring of the candidate anomalous X-ray pulsar AX J1845.0-0258......Page 487
Spin-down of young pulsars with a fallback disk......Page 492
Search for radio pulsations in four anomalous X-ray pulsars and discovery of two new pulsars......Page 497
On the iron interpretation of the 6.4 keV emission line from SGR 1900+14......Page 501
Mountains on neutron stars......Page 506
Optical spectroscopy of the radio pulsar PSR B0656+14......Page 509
On the peculiarities in the rotational frequency evolution of isolated neutron stars......Page 514
Gravitational waves from r-modes......Page 519
Giant pulses of pulsar radio emission......Page 524
On the role of the current loss in radio pulsar evolution......Page 529
Force-free magnetosphere of an aligned rotator with differential rotation of open magnetic field lines......Page 534
Oscillations in the neutron star crust......Page 539
Two decades of pulsar timing of Vela......Page 542
Slow glitches in the pulsar B1822-09......Page 547
Short time scale pulse stability of the Crab pulsar in the optical band......Page 550
Using XMM-Newton to measure the spectrum of the Vela pulsar and its phase variation......Page 555
A toy model for global magnetar oscillation......Page 560
Structure of pair winds from compact objects with application to emission from bare strange stars......Page 565
The complex X-ray spectrum of the isolated neutron star RBS1223......Page 570
High frequency oscillations during magnetar flares......Page 575
Magnetar corona......Page 580
Intrinsic spectra of the AXPs......Page 589
The first multi-wavelength campaign of AXP 4U 0142+61 from radio to hard X-rays......Page 594