Magnetars

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Jul 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002eaa..booke5464h&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5464. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Stars, Stellar Models And Concepts

Scientific paper

A magnetar (contraction of `magnetic star') is a NEUTRON STAR for which the magnetic field energy exceeds all other sources of energy, including rotation. In most cases, this implies a magnetic field strength of approximately 1015 G, which would make magnetars the objects with the most intense magnetic fields known. Magnetars were initially proposed to explain the properties of the ...

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