Electrodynamics of magnetars: Implications for the persistent X-ray emission and spin-down of the soft gamma repeaters and anomalous X-ray pulsars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 574, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 332-355

  Thompson, C ^a   Lyutikov, M ^b,c   Kulkarni, S R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Stars: neutron; X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042140399     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340586     Document Type: Review

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