Is SGR 0418+5729 indeed a waning magnetar ?

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2011-07-27

arxiv.org/abs/1107.5488v1

Astrophysical Journal, 740, 105 (2011)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

8 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/740/2/105

SGR 0418+5729 is a transient Soft Gamma-ray Repeater which underwent a major outburst in June 2009, during which the emission of short bursts was observed. Its properties appeared quite typical of other sources of the same class until long-term X-ray monitoring failed to detect any period derivative. The present upper limit on $\dot P$ implies that the surface dipole field is $B_p\lesssim 7.5\times 10^{12}\ {\rm G}$ (Rea et al 2010), well below those measured in other Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters (SGRs) and in the Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs), a group of similar sources. Both SGRs and AXPs are currently believed to be powered by ultra-magnetized neutron stars (magnetars, $B_p\approx 10^{14}$--$10^{15}\ {\rm G}$). SGR 0418+5729 hardly seems to fit in such a picture. We show that the magneto-rotational properties of SGR 0418+5729 can be reproduced if this is an aged magnetar, $\approx 1\ {\rm Myr}$ old, which experienced substantial field decay. The large initial toroidal component of the internal field required to match the observed properties of SGR 0418+5729 ensures that crustal fractures, and hence bursting activity, can still occur at present time. The thermal spectrum observed during the outburst decay is compatible with the predictions of a resonant compton scattering model (as in other SGRs/AXPs) if the field is low and the magnetospheric twist moderate.

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