Questions tagged [magnetar]
Questions regarding neutron stars with exceptionally strong magnetic fields called magnetars.
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What would a kHz gravitational wave detector look like? (mountains on millisecond magnetars) How would it differ from LIGO/Virgo?
The abstract of Gravitational waves from mountains in newly born millisecond magnetars says:
In this paper we study the spin-evolution and gravitational-wave luminosity of a newly born millisecond ...
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Is "magnetars don't last long — just a year to a few years" really true? Is it a misquote or perhaps taken out of context?
NASA's Two Sides of the Same Star discusses the relationship between pulsars and magnetars and contains a video also linked below.
At 02:13 it quotes "Tom ...
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