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Magnetars: the explosive character of a small class of strongly magnetized neutron stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2014

Nanda Rea
Nanda Rea*
Affiliation:
Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC–IEEC), Campus UAB, Facultat de Ciències, Torre C5-parell, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain email: rea@ice.csic.es Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek”, University of Amsterdam, Postbus 94249, NL-1090 GE Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Abstract

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I will review our current knowledge on the most magnetic objects in the Universe, a small sample of neutron stars called magnetars. The powerful persistent high energy emission and the flares from these strongly magnetized (1015 Gauss) neutron stars are providing crucial information about the physics involved at these extremes conditions, reserving us many unexpected surprises.

Keywords

neutron starsmagnetic fields
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 9 , Symposium S302: Magnetic Fields throughout Stellar Evolution , August 2013 , pp. 429 - 434
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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