Magnetar-like Emission from the Young Pulsar in Kes 75

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2008-02-12

arxiv.org/abs/0802.1704v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

17 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Science. Note: The content of this paper is embargoed until February 21, 2008

Scientific paper

10.1126/science.1153465

We report detection of magnetar-like X-ray bursts from the young pulsar PSR J1846-0258, at the center of the supernova remnant Kes 75. This pulsar, long thought to be rotation-powered, has an inferred surface dipolar magnetic field of 4.9x10^13 G, higher than those of the vast majority of rotation-powered pulsars, but lower than those of the ~12 previously identified magnetars. The bursts were accompanied by a sudden flux increase and an unprecedented change in timing behavior. These phenomena lower the magnetic and rotational thresholds associated with magnetar-like behavior, and suggest that in neutron stars there exists a continuum of magnetic activity that increases with inferred magnetic field strength.

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