Magnetars

VM Kaspi, AM Beloborodov - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Magnetars are young and highly magnetized neutron stars that display a wide array of X-ray
activity including short bursts, large outbursts, giant flares, and quasi-periodic oscillations …

Magnetars: the physics behind observations. A review

R Turolla, S Zane, AL Watts - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetars are the strongest magnets in the present universe and the combination of
extreme magnetic field, gravity and density makes them unique laboratories to probe current …

Unifying the observational diversity of isolated neutron stars via magneto-thermal evolution models

D Viganò, N Rea, JA Pons, R Perna… - Monthly Notices of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Observations of magnetars and some of the high magnetic field pulsars have shown that
their thermal luminosity is systematically higher than that of classical radio-pulsars, thus …

Magnetic, thermal and rotational evolution of isolated neutron stars

JA Pons, D Viganò - Living Reviews in Computational Astrophysics, 2019 - Springer
The strong magnetic field of neutron stars is intimately coupled to the observed temperature
and spectral properties, as well as to the observed timing properties (distribution of spin …

Untwisting magnetospheres of neutron stars

AM Beloborodov - The Astrophysical Journal, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetospheres of neutron stars are anchored in the rigid crust and can be twisted by
sudden crustal motions (" starquakes"). The twisted magnetosphere does not remain static …

The lowest-frequency fast radio bursts: Sardinia radio telescope detection of the periodic FRB 180916 at 328 MHz

M Pilia, M Burgay, A Possenti, A Ridolfi… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the lowest-frequency detection to date of three bursts from the fast radio burst
FRB 180916. J0158+ 65, observed at 328 MHz with the Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT) …

Magnetars: properties, origin and evolution

S Mereghetti, JA Pons, A Melatos - Space Science Reviews, 2015 - Springer
Magnetars are neutron stars in which a strong magnetic field is the main energy source.
About two dozens of magnetars, plus several candidates, are currently known in our Galaxy …

Radio telescope search for the resonant conversion of cold dark matter axions from the magnetized astrophysical sources

FP Huang, K Kadota, T Sekiguchi, H Tashiro - Physical Review D, 2018 - APS
We study the conditions for the adiabatic resonant conversion of the cold dark matter (CDM)
axions into photons in the astrophysically sourced strong magnetic fields such as those in …

Neutron-star measurements in the multi-messenger Era

S Ascenzi, V Graber, N Rea - Astroparticle Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
Neutron stars are compact and dense celestial objects that offer the unique opportunity to
explore matter and its interactions under conditions that cannot be reproduced elsewhere in …

Generalized ray tracing for axions in astrophysical plasmas

JI McDonald, SJ Witte - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
Ray tracing plays a vital role in black hole imaging, modeling the emission mechanisms of
pulsars, and deriving signatures from physics beyond the Standard Model. In this work we …