Recent Results on the Anomalous X-ray Pulsars
Astrophysics
2015-06-24 v1
Abstract
The ''Anomalous X-ray Pulsars'' (AXPs) are a small group of X-ray pulsars characterized by periods in the 5-10 s range and by the absence of massive companion stars. There are now 7 possible members of this class of objects. We review recent observational results on their X-ray spectra, spin period evolution, and searches for orbital motion and discuss the implications for possible models.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9712254,
title = {Recent Results on the Anomalous X-ray Pulsars},
author = {S. Mereghetti and L. Stella and G. L. Israel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9712254},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
4 pages, 1 figures. To appear in The Active X-ray Sky: Results from BeppoSAX and Rossi-XTE, Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements, L. Scarsi, H. Bradt, P. Giommi and F. Fiore (eds.), Elsevier Science B.V