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A New Model of “Magnetar”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

I. F. Malov
Affiliation:
Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
G. Z. Machabeli
Affiliation:
Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Abastumani, Georgia
V. M. Malofeev
Affiliation:
Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

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A new model is proposed to explain the main properties of anomalous X-ray pulsars and soft gamma-ray repeaters, in terms of drift waves in the vicinity of the light cylinder of a neutron star with a surface magnetic field ∼ 1012 G.

Type
Part 5: Magnetars, Central Compact Objects and Isolated Neutron Stars
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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