A Natural Explanation for Magnetars
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We explore the possibility that a magnetar may owe its strong magnetic field to a magnetized core which, as indicated by certain equations of state, may form due to phase transitions at high density mediated by strong interaction within a sufficiently massive neutron star. We argue that the field derived from such a core could explain several inferred evolutionary behaviors of magnetars.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0705.0592,
title = {A Natural Explanation for Magnetars},
author = {Dipankar Bhattacharya and Vikram Soni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.0592},
year = {2007}
}