Sentences with phrase «like magnetars»
Like all magnetars, CXOU J164710.2 - 455216 is a rare kind of neutron star that for as - yet - unexplained reasons possesses the most powerful magnetic field in the universe.
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Just like magnetars, the silent pulsars rotate rather slowly, and they seem to have strong magnetic fields too.
Later on in life, it looks like the magnetars we see in our galaxy, which have extremely strong magnetic fields but rotate more like ordinary pulsars.»
Not exact matches
«It represents a unique opportunity to study the magnetar's historical activity, opening a whole new playground for theorists like me.»
«When it ultimately died, the collapsing core could have spun up a magnetar like a giant top.
Yet according to detailed measurements of the relative motions of the surrounding stars, the team reports in an upcoming issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics, that like every neighboring star, the mass of the magnetar's progenitor must have been at least 40 times greater than the sun's.
However, magnetar proponents like Brian Metzger of Columbia University acknowledge that it would take a very special magnetar to unleash such monstrous FRBs in quick succession.
«Trying to find this source of gamma - rays was like nighttime sailing with a broken lighthouse; now, we're no longer in the dark, and can study the magnetar for years to come,» said Bloom.