Recently strong evidence has been found in favour of the existence of "magnetars," isolated, ultra-highly magnetized young neutron stars. These objects contradict the standard picture of all young neutron stars being like the famous Crab pulsar, i.e., powered by rotation. One remaining major mystery however is whether there are transition objects between the rotation-powered neutron star and magnetar populations, as might reasonably be expected. In this talk, we review the observational evidence for magnetars, and describe the current status of the search for the elusive "missing link" between the two populations.
Tuesday, November 22nd
Seminar is to be held at 4:00 PM in the conference room
on the second floor of Dearborn Observatory
Refreshments will be served at 3:30
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