Tiny Hiccups To Titanic Explosions: Tackling Transients in Anomalous X-ray Pulsars

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Sep 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006cxo..prop.2187k&link_type=abstract

Chandra Proposal ID #08501014

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #08501014

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Recently discovered transient events in Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs) may be a Rosetta Stone for understanding the persistent emission from magnetars. They also may hold the key to quantifying the number of magnetars in the Galaxy. Here we request Chandra TOO time to observe any AXP following a rare transient event, including a major outburst or a long-duration flare. Specifically, the requested observations will determine the pulsed fraction and spectral evolution of a transient AXP event as the source relaxes back to quiescence, in order to quantitatively test the "twisted magnetosphere" model for magnetars, and establish the basic phenomenology of transient AXP events.

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