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Strong toroidal magnetic fields required by quiescent X-ray emission of magnetars

Andrei P. Igoshev, Rainer Hollerbach, Toby S. Wood, Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos

2020Nature Astronomy48 citationsDOI

Topics & Concepts

MagnetarPhysicsToroidMagnetic fieldDynamoAstrophysicsDipoleToroidal and poloidalNeutron starComputational physicsCondensed matter physicsPlasmaNuclear physicsQuantum mechanicsPulsars and Gravitational Waves ResearchAstrophysical Phenomena and ObservationsHigh-pressure geophysics and materials