Population study of radio-quiet and thermally emitting isolated neutron stars

The main objective of the thesis is to study the properties of the Galactic population of radio-quiet and thermally emitting isolated neutron stars (INSs). This is done by studying further the existing neutron star sample of nearby seven sources, known as the Magnificent Seven (M7), as well as by se...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pires, Adriana Mancini
Other Authors: Pacheco, Eduardo Janot
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Biblioteca Digitais de Teses e Dissertações da USP 2009
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Online Access:http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/14/14131/tde-22072010-054601/