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Radiation from accreting magnetized neutron stars

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We review some recent developments in our understanding of accreting magnetized neutron stars. A brief summary of the observations is given, on which current phenomenological models are based. The main part of this paper is a discussion of recent work by several groups on the radiative transfer problem in a strong magnetic field and its application to models of the structure and properties of self-consistent neutron star polar cap emission regions. The assumptions and uncertainties involved are discussed, recent progress is evaluated, and current and future problems are indicated.

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Smithsonian Visiting Scientist, partially supported through NASA Grant NAGW-246, on leave from Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik MPA, Garching.

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Mészáros, P. Radiation from accreting magnetized neutron stars. Space Sci Rev 38, 325–351 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00176833

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