A combination of rotochemical heating with a large pairing gap and vortex creep explains the observed temperatures of PSR J0437-4715 and PSR B0950+08 while remaining consistent with upper limits on three other old pulsars.
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A slightly off-centered dipole augmented by a small-scale dipole on one polar cap simultaneously fits the X-ray hot spot, radio polarization, and gamma-ray light curves of PSR J0437-4715 with obliquity 42° and inclination 136°.
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Neutron star heating vs. HST observations
A combination of rotochemical heating with a large pairing gap and vortex creep explains the observed temperatures of PSR J0437-4715 and PSR B0950+08 while remaining consistent with upper limits on three other old pulsars.
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Multi-wavelength emission modelling of PSR~J0437$-$4715
A slightly off-centered dipole augmented by a small-scale dipole on one polar cap simultaneously fits the X-ray hot spot, radio polarization, and gamma-ray light curves of PSR J0437-4715 with obliquity 42° and inclination 136°.