Late-time Cooling of Neutron Star Transients and the Physics of the Inner Crust
Late-time Cooling of Neutron Star Transients and the Physics of the Inner Crust
Abstract An accretion outburst onto a neutron star transient heats the neutron starās crust out of thermal equilibrium with the core. After the outburst, the crust thermally relaxes toward equilibrium with the neutron star core, and the surface thermal emission powers the quiescent X-ray light curve. Crust cooling models predict ā¦