SGR 0418+5729: a low-magnetic-field magnetar

Esposito, P. and Rea, N. and Turolla, R. and Israel, G. L. and Zane, S. and Stella, L. and Kouveliotou, C. and Mereghetti, S. and Tiengo, A. and Goetz, D. and Göğüş, Ersin (2011) SGR 0418+5729: a low-magnetic-field magnetar. In: Conference on Radio Pulsars - An Astrophysical Key to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe, Chai, Italy

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Abstract

Soft gamma-ray repeaters and anomalous X-ray pulsars are a small (but growing) group of X-ray sources characterized by the emission of short bursts and by a large variability in their persistent flux. They are believed to be magnetars, i.e. neutron stars powered by extreme magnetic fields (10(14)-10(15) G). We found evidence for a magnetar with a low magnetic field, SGR 0418+5729, recently detected after it emitted bursts similar to those of soft gamma-ray repeaters. New X-ray observations show that its dipolar magnetic field cannot be greater than 8 x 10(12) G, well in the range of ordinary radio pulsars, implying that a high surface dipolar magnetic field is not necessarily required for magnetar-like activity. The magnetar population may thus include objects with a wider range of magnetic-field strengths, ages and evolutionary stages than observed so far.
Item Type: Papers in Conference Proceedings
Uncontrolled Keywords: pulsars: individual: SGR 0418+5729; X-rays: stars; stars: neutron
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy > QB460-466 Astrophysics
Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences > Basic Sciences > Physics
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Depositing User: Ersin Göğüş
Date Deposited: 22 Nov 2011 12:50
Last Modified: 26 Apr 2022 09:02
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/17454

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