A tale of two populations: rotating radio transients and x-ray dim isolated neutron stars

Mar, 2006
5 pages
Published in:
  • Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 369 (2006) L23-L26
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We highlight similarities between recently discovered Rotating Radio Transients and X-ray Dim Isolated Neutron Stars. In particular, it is shown that X-ray Dim Isolated Neutron Stars have a birthrate comparable to that of Rotating Radio Transients. On the contrary, magnetars have too low a formation rate to account for the bulk of the radio transient population. The consequences of the recent detection of a thermal X-ray source associated with one of the Rotating Radio Transients on the proposed scenarios for these sources are also discussed.
  • stars: evolution
  • stars: neutron
  • pulsars: general