Radio-quiet neutron star
A radio-quiet neutron star is a neutron star that does not seem to emit radio emissions like most other neutron stars.
Most neutron stars are pulsars, and emit radio radiation.
Quark stars, theoretical neutron star-like objects composed of quark matter, may be radio quiet, according to some theories.
More plausibly, however, radio-quiet neutron stars may simply be pulsars which do not pulse in our direction. As pulsars spin, they emit radiation from their magnetic poles. When the magnetic poles do not lie on the axis of rotation, and cross the line of sight of the observer, one can detect radio emission emitted near the star's magnetic poles. Due to the star's rotation this radiation appears to pulse, colloquially called the "lighthouse effect".
List of radio-quiet neutron stars
- A group of seven individual, physically similar and relatively nearby neutron stars nicknamed The Magnificent Seven, more generally classified as XDINS (X-ray Dim Isolated Neutron Stars) or XTINS (X-ray Thermal Neutron Stars), consisting of:[1][2]
- RX J185635-3754
- RX J0720.4-3125
- RBS1556
- RBS1223
- RX J0806.4-4132
- RX J0420.0-5022
- 1RXS J214303.7+065419/RBS 1774
- RX J0822-4300 in the Puppis A supernova remnant
- 1E 1207.4-5209 in the PKS 1209-51/52 supernova remnant[3]
- IGR J11014-6103 a runaway pulsar
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References
- ↑ Treves, A. (2000). "The Magnificent Seven: Close-by Cooling Neutron Stars?". arXiv:astro-ph/0011564v2.
- ↑ Zampieri, L. (2001). "1RXS J214303.7+065419/RBS 1774: A New Isolated Neutron Star Candidate". arXiv:astro-ph/0108456v2.
- ↑ Pavlov, G. G. (2002). "1E 1207.4-5209: The puzzling pulsar at the center of the PKS 1209-51/52 supernova remnant". arXiv:astro-ph/0203271v1.