Rotating Radio Transients: X-ray observations

TL;DR

This paper reviews the current understanding of Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs), focusing on recent X-ray observations to explore their spectral properties and nature, suggesting they may be more numerous than typical pulsars.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of RRATs, highlighting new X-ray observational results and their implications for understanding these neutron stars.

Findings

X-ray observations offer insights into RRAT spectral energy distribution

RRATs may outnumber normal radio pulsars

Current data advances understanding of RRATs' nature

Abstract

Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs) are a new class of neutron stars discovered through the emission of radio bursts. Eleven sources are known up to now, but population studies predict these objects to be more numerous than the normal radio pulsar population. Multiwavelength observations of these peculiar objects are in progress to disentangle their spectral energy distribution, and then study in detail their nature. In this review I report on the current state of the art on these objects, and in particular on the results of new X-ray observations.