Fast X-ray Oscillations During Magnetar Flares

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dc.creatorStrohmayer, Tod E.
dc.date2007-10-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:12:11Z
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dc.descriptionThe giant flares produced by highly magnetized neutron stars, "magnetars," are the brightest sources of high energy radiation outside our solar system. Serendipitous observations with NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) of the two most recent flares resulted in the discovery of high frequency oscillations in their X-ray fluxes. The frequencies of these oscillations range from about 20 Hz to as high as 1800 Hz, and may represent the first detection of global oscillation modes of neutron stars. Here I will present an observational and theoretical overview of these oscillations and discuss how they might allow us to probe neutron star interiors and dense matter physics.
dc.description8 pages, 3 figures, conference proceedings, "Astrophysics of Compact Objects," 2007, Huangshan, China
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0710.2475
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0710.2475
dc.identifierAIPConf.Proc.968:85-92,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1063/1.2840458
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/191295
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleFast X-ray Oscillations During Magnetar Flares
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