REVIEWS OF TOPICAL PROBLEMS

The physics of neutron stars

© 2010 Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk and P N Lebedev Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
, , Citation Aleksandr Y Potekhin 2010 Phys.-Usp. 53 1235 DOI 10.3367/UFNe.0180.201012c.1279

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1 Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

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  1. Received 2 August 2010
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Abstract

Topical problems in the physics of and basic facts about neutron stars are reviewed. The observational manifestations of neutron stars, their core and envelope structure, magnetic fields, thermal evolution, and masses and radii are briefly discussed, along with the underlying microphysics.

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