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Polarized thermal emission from X-ray Dim Isolated Neutron Stars: the case of RX J1856.5-3754

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arxiv 1604.01552 v1 pith:676YUTNO submitted 2016-04-06 astro-ph.HE

Denis Gonzalez Caniulef , Silvia Zane , Roberto Taverna , Roberto Turolla , Kinwah Wu This is my paper · ORCID
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The observed polarization properties of thermal radiation from isolated, cooling neutron stars depend on both the emission processes at the surface and the effects of the magnetized vacuum which surrounds the star. Here we investigate the polarized thermal emission from X-ray Dim Isolated Neutron Stars, taking RX J1856.5-3754 as a representative case. The physical conditions of the star outermost layers in these sources is still debated, and so we consider emission from a magnetized atmosphere and a condensed surface, accounting for the effects of vacuum polarization as the radiation propagates in the star magnetosphere. We have found that, for a significant range of viewing geometries, measurement of the phase-averaged polarization fraction and phase-averaged polarization angle at both optical and X-ray wavelengths allow us to determine whether this neutron star has an atmosphere or a condensed surface. Our results may therefore be relevant in view of future developments of soft X-ray polarimeters.

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