Thermal
Emission from Isolated Neutron Stars:
Spectral
Features and Featureless Spectra
Silvia
Zane, MSSL, UCL, UK
Congresso
Nazionale Oggetti Compatti |||
Osservatorio
Astronomico di Roma, 9-11 Dicembre 2003
Over the last few years, intense observational resources have been devoted
to study the faint thermal emission from neutron stars and to
search for features in their spectrum.
Isolated neutron stars play a key role in compact objects astrophysics:
these are the only sources in which we can see directly the surface of the compact star.