AbstractThe magnetar model and a solid quark star model for anomalous X-ray pulsars/soft gamma-ray repeaters (AXPs/SGRs) are discussed. Different manifestations of pulsar-like stars are speculated to be due to both their nature (e.g., mass and strain) and their nurture (ambience, and consequently the type of accretion) in the solid quark star scenario. Relevant arguments made by the author’s group, including a debate on solid cold quark matter, are briefly summarized too.


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    Title :

    AXPs/SGRs: Magnetars or quark-stars?


    Contributors:
    Xu, Renxin (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 40 , 10 ; 1453-1459


    Publication date :

    2007-05-18


    Size :

    7 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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