Frontiers in Pulsars Astrophysics

Dear Colleagues,

Pulsar and neutron star (NS) astrophysics and astronomy have been one of the most  active research areas since its first discovery in 1967. Nowadays, over 3000 such objects have been found by the ground-based radio telescopes and space satellite based high energy detectors, thus the multi-energy bands and multi-frequency EM spectra present us many aspects of neutron stars. Excitingly, with the rich and fruitful discoveries by LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors, especially the rare mergers of double neutron stars and black hole neutron star binary system, the multi-messenger times is excitingly standing in front of our horizon. Without a doubt, many outstanding achievements have extended our perspective on compact objects and universe, which would greatly improve our understanding of current and future research objectives.  

The purpose of this Special Issue is to review the current developments and future perspectives, and brings together various topics on pulsars and neutron stars to form a whole picture of the current understanding of physics. We try to cover the research topics as more as possible, both theory and observation, then, in particular, we would like to focus on the currently hot topics, such as young pulsars, pulsar wind nebula, and supernovae; NS formation and EOS, mass and radius, cooling, glitch, braking index, and magnetic evolution; RRATs to Intermittent pulsars; magnetars; CCO and isolated NS; binary and millisecond pulsars; pulsar and tests of general relativity, NS, and gravitational wave; pulsar and interstellar medium; giant radio pulses and radiation mechanisms; accreting X-ray pulsars, NS transients; high/low-mass X-ray binaries and bursts, as well as the observational facilities such as FAST, SKA, LOFAR telescopes, and NICER, etc. In addition, it is also encouraged for the creative ideas on the enhancement and progress of pulsar and neutron star research fields.

Prof. Dr. Chengmin Zhang
Guest Editor

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