{
  "id": "1605.01281",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2016-05-04T13:51:02.000Z",
  "updated": "2016-05-04T13:51:02.000Z",
  "title": "Atmospheres and radiating surfaces of neutron stars with strong magnetic fields",
  "authors": [
    "A. Y. Potekhin",
    "W. C. G. Ho",
    "G. Chabrier"
  ],
  "comment": "27 pages, 5 figures, invited review at the conference \"The Modern Physics of Compact Stars 2015\" (Yerevan, Armenia, Sept. 30 - Oct. 3, 2015), edited by R. Avagyan, A. Saharian, and A. Sedrakian",
  "journal": "Proceedings of Science, PoS(MPCS2015)016 (2016)",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE",
    "astro-ph.SR"
  ],
  "abstract": "We review the current status of the theory of thermal emission from the surface layers of neutron stars with strong magnetic fields $B\\sim 10^{10}-10^{15}$ G, including formation of the spectrum in a partially ionized atmosphere and at a condensed surface. In particular, we describe recent progress in modeling partially ionized atmospheres of central compact objects in supernova remnants, which may have moderately strong fields $B\\sim 10^{10}-10^{11}$ G. Special attention is given to polarization of thermal radiation emitted by a neutron star surface. Finally, we briefly describe applications of the theory to observations of thermally emitting isolated neutron stars.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2016-05-04T13:51:02.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "strong magnetic fields",
      "radiating surfaces",
      "partially ionized atmosphere",
      "neutron star surface",
      "central compact objects"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "conference paper",
      "review article",
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 27,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1455757
    }
  }
}