Diagnosing Magnetars with Transient Cooling

Diagnosing Magnetars with Transient Cooling

Transient X-ray emission, with an approximate t−0.7 decay, was observed from SGR 1900+14 over 40 days following the the giant flare of 27 Aug 1998. We calculate in detail the diffusion of heat to the surface of a neutron star through an intense 1014 − 1015 G magnetic field, following the release of magnetic energy in its outer layers. We show that the power law index, the fraction of burst ener...

Cooling of magnetars with internal layer heating

We model thermal evolution of magnetars with a phenomenological heat source in a spherical internal layer and compare the results with observations of persistent thermal radiation from magnetars. We show that the heat source should be located in the outer magnetar’s crust, at densities ρ 5 × 1011 g cm−3, and the heating rate should be ∼ 1020 erg cm−3 s−1. Heating deeper layers is extremely inef...

Magnetars as cooling neutron stars with internal heating

We study thermal structure and evolution of magnetars as cooling neutron stars with a phenomenological heat source in a spherical internal layer. We explore the location of this layer as well as the heating rate that could explain high observable thermal luminosities of magnetars and would be consistent with the energy budget of neutron stars. We conclude that the heat source should be located ...

Heating and cooling of magnetars with accreted envelopes

We study the thermal structure and evolution of magnetars as cooling neutron stars with a phenomenological heat source in an internal layer. We focus on the effect of magnetized (B 1014 G) non-accreted and accreted outermost envelopes composed of different elements, from iron to hydrogen or helium. We discuss a combined effect of thermal conduction and neutrino emission in the outer neutron sta...

Transient laser cooling.