Anomalous X-ray pulsar
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Anomalous X-ray pulsar
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Anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs) are an observational manifestation of magnetars—young, isolated, highly magnetized neutron stars. These energetic X-ray pulsars are characterized by slow rotation periods of ~2–12 seconds and large magnetic fields of ~1013–1015 gauss (1 to 100 gigateslas). As of 2017, there were 12 confirmed and 2 candidate AXPs known. The identification of AXPs with magnetars was motivated by their similarity to soft gamma repeaters.
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Highly magnetized neutron star
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalous_X-ray_pulsar
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2022-09-29T15:48:46Z
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