Cooling of neutron stars: effects of accreted envelopes, magnetic field and crustal superfluidity
arXiv:astro-ph/0405057
Abstract
We briefly review recent theoretical studies of the effects of accreted envelopes, magnetic fields and crustal superfluidity on the cooling of neutron stars. These effects are especially important for slowly cooling low-mass neutron stars, where direct Urca process of neutrino emission is forbidden. The effects are useful for interpretation of observations of several isolated middle-aged neutron stars.
5 pages, 3 figures. Invited talk, 12th workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics