The Magnetic Field of Neutron Stars: What Can Cyclotron Lines Tell Us?

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Jul 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aipc.1248...67s&link_type=abstract

X-RAY ASTRONOMY 2009; PRESENT STATUS, MULTI-WAVELENGTH APPROACH AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES: Proceedings of the International Confer

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Neutron Stars, Magnetic Field Effects, X-Ray Pulsars, Accretion, Neutron Stars, Gravitational Radiation, Magnetic Fields, And Other Observations, Pulsars, Accretion And Accretion Disks

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``Cyclotron lines'' provide the only direct way to measure the magnetic field of neutron stars. Detected as strong absorption features in the spectra of accreting X-ray pulsars, they provide a powerful tool to probe the line-forming region above the neutron star magnetic poles. The lines result from resonant scattering of the X-ray photons with magnetically quantized electrons in the plasma of accreted material. The interpretation of their positions and observationally clearly resolved structure can be used to constrain the physical parameters of accretion.

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