Quiescent Magnetar Emission: Resonant Compton Upscattering

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2003-11-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0311234v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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4 pages, 1 figure, to appear in "Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments" (IAU Symposium 218, ASP Conference Proceedings),

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A principal candidate for quiescent non-thermal gamma-ray emission from magnetars is resonant inverse Compton scattering in the strong fields of their magnetospheres. This paper outlines expectations for such emission, formed from non-thermal electrons accelerated in a pulsar-like polar cap potential upscattering thermal X-rays from the hot stellar surface. The resultant spectra are found to be strikingly flat, with fluxes and strong pulsation that could be detectable by GLAST.

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