Magnetar-like Emission from the Young Pulsar in Kes 75 Export

@misc{citeulike:2383891, abstract = {We report detection of magnetar-like X-ray bursts from the young pulsar PSR J1846-0258, at the center of the supernova remnant Kes 75. This pulsar, long thought to be rotation-powered, has an inferred surface dipolar magnetic field of 4.9x10^13 G, higher than those of the vast majority of rotation-powered pulsars, but lower than those of the \~{}12 previously identified magnetars. The bursts were accompanied by a sudden flux increase and an unprecedented change in timing behavior. These phenomena lower the magnetic and rotational thresholds associated with magnetar-like behavior, and suggest that in neutron stars there exists a continuum of magnetic activity that increases with inferred magnetic field strength.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Gavriil, F. P. and Gonzalez, M. E. and Gotthelf, E. V. and Kaspi, V. M. and Livingstone, M. A. and Woods, P. M.}, citeulike-article-id = {2383891}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0802.1704}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0802.1704}, day = {13}, eprint = {0802.1704}, keywords = {burst, chandra, kes75, magnetar, timing, x-ray, young}, month = {Feb}, posted-at = {2008-02-15 05:01:19}, priority = {2}, title = {Magnetar-like Emission from the Young Pulsar in Kes 75}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0802.1704}, year = {2008} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:2383891 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2383891 N2 - We report detection of magnetar-like X-ray bursts from the young pulsar PSR J1846-0258, at the center of the supernova remnant Kes 75. This pulsar, long thought to be rotation-powered, has an inferred surface dipolar magnetic field of 4.9x10^13 G, higher than those of the vast majority of rotation-powered pulsars, but lower than those of the ~12 previously identified magnetars. The bursts were accompanied by a sudden flux increase and an unprecedented change in timing behavior. These phenomena lower the magnetic and rotational thresholds associated with magnetar-like behavior, and suggest that in neutron stars there exists a continuum of magnetic activity that increases with inferred magnetic field strength. TI - Magnetar-like Emission from the Young Pulsar in Kes 75 KW - burst KW - chandra KW - kes75 KW - magnetar KW - timing KW - x-ray KW - young AU - Gavriil, FP AU - Gonzalez, ME AU - Gotthelf, EV AU - Kaspi, VM AU - Livingstone, MA AU - Woods, PM PY - 2008/Feb/13/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0802.1704 ER -