Speaker
Norbert Schartel
(ESA)
Description
With about 300 refereed papers published each year, XMM-Newton is one of the most
successful scientific missions of ESA ever. Neutron stars are classical targets of X-ray
observatories and consequently huge expectations were accompanying the lunch of
the spacecraft. Contrary to expectations, the spectra of neutron stars were generally
found continuum dominated exclusive any spectral features.
The situation has dramatically changed during the last years as variable spectral
features were detected for several neutron stars and magnetars. These findings allow
unique view of the different magnetic field components of neutron stars. In the talk I
will illustrate the achieved progress with selected highlights of XMM-Newton
observation of neutron stars.
Primary author
Norbert Schartel
(ESA)
