A web-tool for population synthesis of near-by cooling neutron stars: An on-line test for cooling curves

TL;DR

This paper introduces Net-PSICoNS, a web-based tool for testing neutron star cooling models through population synthesis, allowing researchers to compare theoretical cooling curves with observational data.

Contribution

The paper presents a user-friendly web-tool that enables testing of neutron star cooling models via population synthesis and comparison with observational data.

Findings

The web-tool facilitates easy testing of cooling models.

It allows customization of mass spectrum and radii.

Provides comparison with ROSAT observational data.

Abstract

We present a new web-tool - Net-PSICoNS - for population synthesis of isolated near-by cooling neutron stars (NSs). The main aim is to provide an easy test of models of the NS thermal evolution which can be used by groups studying this subject. A user can upload cooling curves for a set of masses, modify the mass spectrum if necessary, change radii to fit the EoS used for cooling curve calculations, and then a population synthesis of close-by isolated cooling NSs is performed. The output includes the Log N -- Log S distribution confronted with the ROSAT observations and several other sets of data. In this paper, we summarize the idea of the test proposed by Popov et al. (2006), and present a user's manual for the web-tool.