Near-infrared, optical, and X-ray observations of the anomalous X-ray pulsar 4U 0142 + 61

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1177-1180

  Morii, Mikio ^a   Kawai, Nobuyuki ^b   Kataoka, Jun ^b   Yatsu, Yoichi ^b   Kobayashi, Naoto ^c   Terada, Hiroshi ^d  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anomalous X ray pulsar; Magnetar; Neutron star

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY DISSIPATION; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; MAGNETOSPHERE; NEUTRONS; PHOTONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

ANOMALOUS X-RAY PULSAR (AXP); MAGNETAR; NEUTRON STAR; SYNCHROTRON EMISSION;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 21744458155     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.04.051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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