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Parallel Session APT5
(ASTROPHYSICS OF NEUTRON STARS AND BLACKHOLES: THEORY.
5)
Thermal Behaviour
of
Compact
Stars
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Scope:
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Modelling of the
thermal
behavior of compact stars (either neutron, in
their many possible
forms, or strange stars) is a very powerfull tool
to study the nature
of matter at supra-nuclear densities. This session
will focus on two
complementary approaches to this problem: isolated
cooling compact
stars and accreting ones. Review talks will
present critical
observational data and the essential theory.
Some compact stars in LMXBs (Low-Mass X-ray
Binaries) may be much heavier than isolated ones and
together they
allow to study an
extended range of masses. Transiently accreting
systems make
it possible to study the short-time thermal response
of the star while
superbursting systems directly probe the interior
physical conditions.
Moreover, recent observations seriously challenge
our standard view of
neutron stars.
The later merging of the
compact
star and its companion (probably a white dwarf for
descendants of
LMXBs) is a
possible central engine for short gamma-ray bursts
and certainly a
strong source of gravitational waves.
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Session Schedule
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14:30
(20')
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Dany
Page
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Introduction
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14:50
(30'+5')
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Peter
Jonker*
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An observers view of
X-ray
binaries and soft X-ray transients
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15:25
(40'+5')
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Andrew
Cumming* |
Long type I X-ray
bursts
and the interiors of accreting compact stars
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16:10
(18'+2')
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Stratos
Boutloukos
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A unique test for QPO
models and masses of neutron stars in LMXBs
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16:30 -
17:00
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Coffee
break |
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17:00
(30'+5')
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Dima
Yakovlev* |
Magnetars: Internal
heating and energy budget
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17:35
(18'+2')
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Juan-Antonio
Miralles
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A self-consistent
model
for the isolated neutron star RX J0720.4-3125
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17:55
(18'+2')
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Wolfgang
Kundt
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Neutron-star
atmospheres
and X-ray spectra
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18:15
(18'+2')
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Janusz
Gil
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Thermal radiation
from
spark heated polar caps
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18:35
(18'+2')
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Martin
Urbanec
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Trapping of neutrinos
in
extremely compact neutron stars
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*: Invited talks
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