Abstract

SALAS, P.  and  SOLIS, M.A.. Estrellas de neutrones. Rev. mex. fís. E [online]. 2006, vol.52, n.1, pp.37-46. ISSN 1870-3542.

Far, far away from Earth, there are extremely dense objects in the sky from which we can only begin to learn about with the aids of modern telescopes. These objects once were bright stars which have evolved to their final destiny marked by their original mass. Massive stars go through a supernova stage and end up as the highest density objects of the Universe, called Neutron Stars, or simply as Black Holes. Here we make emphasis on neutron stars characteristics, such as flashing pulses, sudden changes in their angular velocity known as glitches, or the cooling process they all go through. We will briefly mention less known facts related to very young neutron stars with highly intense magnetic fields called "magnetars", or to the brightests explosions in the universe called "gamma ray bursts", which are probably related either to giant supernovas or to binary system collapse that involve neutron stars.

Keywords : Pulsars; glitches; supernova; superconductivity; superfluidity; magnetars.