A simple idea to solve some puzzles regarding magnetars: can a magnetized fast-spinning white dwarf explain the magnetars properties without invoking magnetic field decay of NSs as main energy source? Many discussions have followed its talk. My personal opinion: original idea, but I do not think it can work.
Anyway check their paper (Malheiro, Rueda, Ruffini 2011) here.
Inspired by Magnetar, let me propose a new name for highly magnetized white dwarfs: Magnetwarf.
ReplyDeleteWD spectrum is highly non-black-body one, due to changing temperature with opacity. This can be problem for this model.
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