Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1996-12-10
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, latex, no figures. Accepted for publication in the Astronomy and Astrophysics
Scientific paper
It is suggested that the persistent X-ray emission from the soft gamma-ray repeaters is the thermal radiation of neutron stars which is enhanced by a factor of 10 or more due to the effect of a very strong magnetic field on the thermal structure of the neutron star envelope. For the thermal luminosity to be consistent with the persistent X-ray luminosity, the field strength at the neutron star surface has to be of the order of $10^{15}$ G. If it is confirmed that the soft gamma-ray repeaters are neutron stars with negligible accretion, then the presence of such a strong magnetic field is inevitable.
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