RXTE and ``Anomalous'' X-ray Pulsars

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Jul 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004aipc..714..281k&link_type=abstract

X-RAY TIMING 2003: Rossie and Beyond. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 714, pp. 281-288 (2004).

Computer Science

Pulsars, X-Ray, Neutron Stars, X- And Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Instrumentation, Spaceborne And Space Research Instruments, Apparatus, And Components

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We review the observational properties of the so-called ``anomalous X-ray pulsars,'' a class of young neutron stars having properties very different from most of the population. RXTE has provided observations that have made significant progress in our understanding of these sources, which like the ``soft gamma repeaters,'' are today thought to be young, isolated, ultrahigh magnetic field neutron stars, or ``magnetars.'' We briefly discuss the major outstanding questions in this area, and what sort of future X-ray missions would be most likely to allow progress to be made.

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