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JD3 – Neutron Stars: Timing in Extreme Environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2010

Tomaso M. Belloni ,
Mariano Méndez  and
Chengmin Zhang
Tomaso M. Belloni
Affiliation:
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via E. Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate, Italy email: tomaso.belloni@brera.inaf.it
Mariano Méndez
Affiliation:
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands email: mariano@astro.rug.nl
Chengmin Zhang
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China email: zhangcm@bao.ac.cn
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Abstract

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The space-time around Neutron Stars is indeed an extreme environment. Whether they are in accreting binary systems, isolated or in non-accreting binaries (perhaps with another Neutron Star), Neutron Stars provide a window onto physical processes not accessible by other means. In particular, the study of their time variability: pulsations, quasi-periodic oscillations, thermonuclear X-ray bursts, flares and giant-flares, pulsar glitches and pulse period variations, constitutes a valuable instrument to unveil those very same physical processes. Here we briefly summarize the most important results presented at Joint Discussion 3 of the XXVII IAU General Assembly.

Keywords

stars: neutron
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Highlights H15: Highlights of Astronomy , November 2009 , pp. 111 - 115
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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