Pulsars and Magnetars: facts and possible fiction
Seminar
QUEST Center event
No
Speaker
Nick Kylafis (Crete)
Date
20/03/2023 - 12:00 - 10:30Add to Calendar
2023-03-20 10:30:00
2023-03-20 12:00:00
Pulsars and Magnetars: facts and possible fiction
Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs) and Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters (SGRs) are relatively young, isolated neutron stars, that are thought to have super-strong ($10^{14} – 10^{15}$ G) dipole magnetic fields and even larger internal toroidal magnetic fields. Thus, they were given the name Magnetars. I will examine if this is a fact or possible fiction. I will present an alternative picture and I will discuss what it will take to decide between the two pictures.
References:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2013ApJ...764...49T/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014A%26A...562A..62K/abstract
Physics (#202), room 301
Department of Physics
physics.dept@mail.biu.ac.il
Asia/Jerusalem
public
Place
Physics (#202), room 301
Abstract
Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs) and Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters (SGRs) are relatively young, isolated neutron stars, that are thought to have super-strong ($10^{14} – 10^{15}$ G) dipole magnetic fields and even larger internal toroidal magnetic fields. Thus, they were given the name Magnetars. I will examine if this is a fact or possible fiction. I will present an alternative picture and I will discuss what it will take to decide between the two pictures.
References:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2013ApJ...764...49T/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014A%26A...562A..62K/abstract
Last Updated Date : 11/03/2023
