Do magnetars really exist?
Abstract
It is shown that there are neither necessary nor sufficient properties to provide unambiguous evidence for including any object in the AXP/SGR class.
- Publication:
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Neutron Stars and Pulsars: Challenges and Opportunities after 80 years
- Pub Date:
- March 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921312024490
- Bibcode:
- 2013IAUS..291..455M
- Keywords:
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- AXPs;
- SGRs;
- magnetars;
- drift model