Calvera: A low-mass strangeon star torqued by debris disk?
Abstract
Calvera is a isolated pulsar, being unique due to its non-detection in radio, optical and gamma-rays but the purely thermal emission in soft X-rays. It is suggested that Calvera could be an ordinary middle-aged pulsar with significant magnetospheric activity at a large distance. Alternatively, it is proposed in this paper that Calvera is a low-mass strangeon star with inactive magnetosphere (dead). In this scenario, we jointly fit the spectra obtained by the {\it XMM-Newton} Observatory and the {\it Chandra} X-ray Observatory with the strangeon star atmosphere model. The spectral model is successful in explaining the radiation properties of Calvera and X-ray Dim Isolated Neutron Stars, both showing similar observation features. Within the dead pulsar picture, Calvera might be of high temperature at , possessing a small stellar radius and a presumably small magnetic field and is probably braked by the fall-back disk accretion. Future advanced facilities may provide unique opportunities to know the real nature of Calvera.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1709.07679,
title = {Calvera: A low-mass strangeon star torqued by debris disk?},
author = {Yunyang Li and Weiyang Wang and Mingyu Ge and Xiongwei Liu and Hao Tong and Renxin Xu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.07679},
year = {2018}
}