RMxAA

Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica

ISSN: 3061-8649
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Keywords

stars: individual (XTE J1810-197
4U 0142+61
1E 1048.1-5937)
stars: magnetic field
stars: neutron

How to Cite

Atomic Interpretation of the 13 keV Emission Feature in three AXPs: 4U 0142+61, XTE J1810-197 and 1E 1048.1-5937. (2013). Revista Mexicana De Astronomía Y Astrofísica, 49(2), 351-356. https://astronomia.unam.mx/journals/rmxaa/article/view/2013rmxaa..49..351k

Abstract

In the past decade, three anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs) have shown emission features at ~13keV in some of their burst spectra. This feature is commonly interpreted as proton-cyclotron in nature. However there are several problems with this interpretation, including the coincidence at ~13keV in all three sources (implying the same magnetic field). In this paper we investigate the possibility that the line is atomic in origin, and the implications that this has for the environment around Anomalous X-Ray Pulsars.
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