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Partially ionized layers of accreted envelopes of weakly and strongly magnetized neutron stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Alexander Potekhin
Affiliation:
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, 194021 St.-Petersburg, Russia
Gilles Chabrier
Affiliation:
C.R.A.L., Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon, France
Yuri Shibanov
Affiliation:
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, 194021 St.-Petersburg, Russia

Abstract

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We study equilibrium properties of partially ionized hydrogen atmospheres and subphotospheric layers of weakly (with magnetic field B ≪ 109G) and strongly (B ≫ 1010G) magnetized neutron stars. In both weak- and strong-field cases, the ionization degree, atomic occupation numbers, and equation of state are calculated. These results are used to calculate opacities of neutron-star atmospheres.

Type
Part 9. Population and Neutron Star Properties
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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