| Slide 1 |
| Slide 2 |
| X-ray Dim Isolated Neutron Star (INS) |
| As a class, they are interesting because: |
| The striking case of RX J1856.5-3754 |
| The striking case of RX J1856.5-3754 |
| Pulsating neutron stars: 4 so far! |
| Spectral variations with pulse phase |
| Thermal Spectra: blackbody fits |
| Absorption features: RBS
1223 (Haberl et al., 2003) |
| Absorption features: RX J1605.3+3249 (van Kerkwijk et al., 2003) |
| Absorption features and magnetic fields: |
| An hotter isolated neutron star: |
| (the longest EPIC observation of a galactic source) |
| Slide 15 |
| 1E1207.4-5209: Lines vary in phase |
| Pulsed phase spectroscopy of proton cyclotron lines: theory |