colloquium – Alice Borghese: The zoo of isolated neutron stars

Neutron stars have shown diverse characteristics, leading us to classify them into different classes. In this talk, I will focus on the observational properties of isolated neutron stars: from magnetars, the strongest magnets we know of, to central compact objects, the so-called anti-magnetars, stopping by the rotation-powered pulsars and X-ray dim isolated neutron stars. Moreover, I will show you how some sources have exhibited features straddling those of different groups. I will then finish with some considerations on possible evolutionary links between neutron star families.