APT4 - Spectral and Timing Appearances of the Galactic and Extragalatic Black Holes |
Speaker_ |
Kramer, Michael |
Talk _ |
Radio emitting neutron stars: new additions to the zoo |
Abstract _ |
Progress in instrumentation, new surveys, and some luck, have helped us to obtain new insight into the diversity of the Galactic neutron star population. Recent discoveries have revealed radio pulsars with magnetar-like spin properties, an increased number of slowly rotating pulsars, and new classes of sources such as RRATS (Rotating Radio Transients) and quasi-active radio pulsars. In particular the ellusive RRATS may represent a major fraction of the galactic neutron star population, as they are only visible when they emit brief flashes of radio light every few hours. While RRATS may provide a missing link to the magnetar/axp population, quasi-active radio pulsars provide profound insight in the working of the neutron star radio emission process. This talk will summarize and review the various aspects of these new additions to the neutron star zoo. |