Last Update: January-2007

Thermal emission from Neutron Stars.

• J.A. Pons, B. Link, J.A. Miralles, and U. Geppert
  Evidence for heating of neutron stars by magnetic field decay
  Phys. Rev. Lett. (in press) - (2007).

• J.F. Perez, J.A. Pons, J.A. Miralles, and G. Miniutti
  A self-consistent model of isolated neutron stars: The case of the X-ray pulsar RX J0720.4-3125
  A&A 459 175-185 (2006).

• J.F. Perez, J.A. Miralles, and J.A. Pons
  Anisotropic thermal emission from magnetized neutron star
  A&A 451 1009-1024 (2006).

• J.F. Perez, J.A. Miralles, and J.A. Pons
  Thermal radiation from magnetic neutron star surfaces
  A&A 433 275-283 (2005).

• J.A. Pons, F.W. Walter, J.M. Lattimer et al. ,
  Towards a mass and radius determination of RXJ1856-3754, ApJ 564, 981-1006 (2002)
  

Evolution of Proto-Neutron Stars (PNSs)

• L. Villain, J.A. Pons, P. Cerda-Duran, E. Gurgoulhon,
  Evolutionary sequences of rotating PNSs, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 418, 283 (2004)
• J.A. Miralles, J.A. Pons, V. Urpin,
  Anisotropic convection in rotating PNSs, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 420, 245 (2004)
• J.A. Miralles, J.A. Pons, V. Urpin,
  Hydromagnetic instabilities in PNSs, ApJ, 574, 356-363 (2002)
• C. Hanhart, J.A. Pons, D.R. Phillips & S. Reddy,
  The likelihood of GODs' existence: Improving the SN1987a constraint on the size of large compact dimensions,
  Physics Letters B, 509, 1-9 (2001)

• J.A. Pons, A. Steiner, M. Prakash, and J.M. Lattimer,
  Evolution of PNSs with Quarks, Phys. Rev. Lett., 86, 5223-5226 (2001),
  (see also Phys. Rev. FOCUS 7, story 26)
• J.A. Miralles, J.A. Pons & J.Ma. Ibanez,
  Neutron Star formation with presence of hyperons, Nuclear Physics B (Proceed Suppl.), 93, 54-57 (2001)
• M.Prakash, J.M. Lattimer, J.A.Pons, A.S. Steiner & S.Reddy,
  Evolution of a Neutron Star from its birth to old age, Lect. Notes Phys. 578, 364-423 (2001)
• J.A. Miralles, J.A. Pons, V. Urpin,
  Convective Instability in PNSs, ApJ, 543, 1001-1006 (2000)
• J.A. Pons et al. , Evolution of PNSs with kaon condensates, ApJ, 553, 382-393 (2000)
• J.A. Pons et al. , Kaon condensation in PNS matter, Phys. Rev. C62, 035803 (2000)
• J.A. Pons et al. , Evolution of PNSs, ApJ, 513, 780-801 (1999)
• J.A. Miralles, J.A. Pons & S. Reddy, Thermal Evolution of Neutron Stars, Astrophysics & Space Science, 263, 291 (1998)
• S. Reddy, J.A. Pons, M. Prakash & J.M. Lattimer,
  Neutrinos from PNSs, Contribution to Hirschegg '98 : "International Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics",Hirschegg (Austria), January 11--17, 1998, astro-ph/9802310
• S. Reddy, J.A. Pons, M. Prakash & J.M. Lattimer,
  Neutrino Opacities at High Density and the PNS evolution,
  Contribution to the 2nd Symposium on Atomic and Nuclear Astrophysics, Oak Ridge (Tennessee), December 2--6, 1997, astro-ph/9802312

Astrophysical Sources of Gravitational Waves

• J.A. Pons, L. Gualtieri, J.A. Miralles, and V. Ferrari
  Relativistic r-modes and shear viscosity: regularizing the continuous spectrum
  MNRAS 363 121-130 (2005).
• L. Gualtieri, J.A. Pons, and G. Miniutti
  Non-adiabatic oscillations of compact stars in General Relativity
  Phys. Rev. D70 084009 (2004).
• A. Nagar, G. Diaz, J.A. Pons, and J.A. Font
  Accretion driven gravitational radiation from non-rotating compact objects: Infalling quadrupolar shells,
  Phys. Rev. D69 124028 (2004).
• V. Ferrari, L. Gualtieri, J.A. Pons, and A. Stavridis
  Rotational effects on the oscillation frequencies of newly born proto--neutron stars,
  MNRAS 350 763 (2004).
• V. Ferrari, G. Miniutti and J.A. Pons,
  Gravitational waves from newly born, hot neutron stars,
  MNRAS 342 629-638 (2003).
• G. Miniutti, J.A. Pons, E. Berti, L. Gualtieri, and V. Ferrari,
  Non-radial oscillation modes as a probe of density discontinuities in neutron stars,
  MNRAS 338 389-400 (2003).
• E. Berti, J.A. Pons, L. Gualtieri, G. Miniutti, and V. Ferrari,
  Are Post-Newtonian templates faithful and effectual in detecting gravitational signals from Neutron Star binaries ?
  Phys. Rev. D66 064013 (2002).
• J.A. Pons, E. Berti, L. Gualtieri, G. Miniutti, and V. Ferrari,
  Gravitational signals emitted by a point mass orbiting a neutron star: effects of stellar structure,
  Phys. Rev. D65 104021 (2002).
• L. Gualtieri, E. Berti, J.A. Pons, G. Miniutti, and V. Ferrari,
  Gravitational signals emitted by a point mass orbiting a neutron star: A perturbative approach,
  Phys. Rev. D64 104007 (2001).

Numerical Relativistic Hydrodynamics.

• L. Anton, O. Zanotti, J.A. Miralles, J.M. Marti, J.M. Ibanez, J.A. Font, and J.A. Pons
  Numerical 3+1 General Relativistic MHD: a local characteristic approach
  ApJ 637, 292-312 (2006).
• R. Romero, J.M. Marti, J.A. Pons, J.M. Ibanez, and J.A. Miralles
  The exact solution of the Riemann problem in irelativistic MHD with tangential magnetic fields
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics 544 323-338 (2005).
• L.Rezzolla, O.Zanotti, and J.A. Pons
  An improved exact Riemann solver for multidimensional relativistic flows,
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics 479, 199 (2003)
• J.A. Pons, J.Ma. Marti & E. Mueller,
  The exact solution of the Riemann problem with non-zero tangential velocities in relativistic hydrodynamics,
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics 422, 125-139 (2000)
• J.A. Pons, J.Ma. Marti & E. Mueller,
  An exact Riemann Solver for multidimensional Special Relativistic Hydrodynamics,
  Proceedings of the conference "Godunov methods: theory and applications", Oxford, October-1999, astro-ph/9910462
• J. Ma. Ibanez et al., Riemann Solvers in General Relativistic Hydrodynamics,
  Proceedings of the conference "Godunov methods: theory and applications", Oxford, October-1999, astro-ph/9911034
• M.A. Aloy, J.A. Pons & J.Ma. Ibanez,
  An Efficient Implementation of Flux Formulae in Multidimensional Relativistic Hydrodynamical Codes,
  Computer Physics Communications, 120, 115-121 (1999)
• J.A. Pons et al., General Relativistic Hydrodynamics with Special Relativistic Riemann Solvers,
  Astronomy & Astrophysics 339, 638-642 (1998)

Neutrino transport and neutrino processes in dense matter

• J.A. Pons, J.Ma. Ibanez & J.A. Miralles,
  Hyperbolic character of the angular moment equations of radiative transfer and numerical methods,
  MNRAS, 317, 550 (2000)
• S. Reddy, M. Prakash & J.M. Lattimer & J.A. Pons,
  Effects of Strong and Electromagnetic Correlations on neutrino interactions in Dense Matter,
  Phys. Rev. C59, 2888-2918 (1999)
• J.A. Pons, J.A. Miralles & J.Ma. Ibanez,
  Legendre expansion of the neutrino-antineutrino annihilation kernel: Influence of high order terms,
  Astronomy & Astrophysics Suppl. Series, 129, 343 (1998)