Two Magnetar Candidates in HESS Supernova Remnants

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Sep 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009cxo..prop.2834g&link_type=abstract

Chandra proposal ID #11500573

Physics

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We have identified two new candidate magnetars in HESS detected shell-type SNRs. The X-ray point sources have AXP-like spectra, and periods in the magnetar range. We propose a second timing observation of each object in order to infer its magnetic field strength and spin-down power. This will potentially double the number of magnetar/SNR associations in the Galaxy, and address whether an early evolutionary stage of a magnetar can contribute to diffuse TeV emission, a heretofore unknown channel.

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