Gaia neutron stars: demographics, birth rates, and connections to other neutron star populations

arXiv:2610.00454 · astro-ph.SR, astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-09-30 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.SR, astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-09-30

Updated: 2026-09-30

Comments: 36 pages, 12 figures, including appendices. Submitted to PASP; comments are welcome

Code: https://github.com/kareemelbadry/gaiamock

Project page: https://archives.esac.esa.int/Gaia

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

Core — 10× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Bayesian Inference — 6× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
Metallicity — 6× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
Trace — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Abundance — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
Microlensing — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Bayesian Framework — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
Consistency — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
Degeneracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium — 1× in this paper
Large Magellanic Cloud — 1× in this paper
Population Synthesis — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes

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