AXPs/SGRs: Magnetars or Quark-stars?
Astrophysics
2008-11-26 v5 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
The magnetar model and a solid quark star model for anomalous X-ray pulsars/soft gamma-ray repeaters (AXPs/SGRs) are discussed. Different manifestations of pulsar-like stars are speculated to be due to both their nature (e.g., mass and strain) and their nurture (ambience, and consequently the type of accretion) in the solid quark star scenario. Relevant arguments made by the author's group, including a debate on solid cold quark matter, are briefly summarized too.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0611608,
title = {AXPs/SGRs: Magnetars or Quark-stars?},
author = {Renxin Xu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0611608},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
13 pages, COSPAR2006 E1.3, accepted for publication in Advances in Space Research