In this paper the current status of high-energy research on the hard X-ray characteristics of the persistent emission from magnetars is reviewed. Focus is put on recent intriguing results for 1RXS J1708-40, from phase resolved spectral analysis over a 2 decades wide energy band (~3-300 keV) combining contemporaneous RXTE, XMM and INTEGRAL data. For 1E 1841-045 and SGR 1806-10 we also present updated results. The perspective for future MAXI observations for this source class is also addressed.
@article{arxiv.0810.4801,
title = {Hard X-ray/soft gamma-ray Characteristics of the Persistent Emission from Magnetars},
author = {L. Kuiper and P. R. den Hartog and W. Hermsen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.4801},
year = {2008}
}
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6 pages, 8 figures, Conference Proc. paper: 3rd International Maxi Workshop, 10-12 June, 2008, Wako, Saitama, Japan