Optical and Infrared Emission from the AXPs and SGRs
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We show that the irradiated accretion disk model can account for all the optical and infrared observations of the anomalous X-ray pulsars in the persistent state. Model fits do not constrain the outer disk radii, while placing an upper limit to the inner disk radii, and thus to the strength of the dipole component of the stellar magnetic field. While magnetar fields (B∗ > 10 14 G) in higher multipoles are compatible with the irradiated disk model, magnetic dipole components of magnetar strength are not consistent with optical data. Subject headings: pulsars: individual (AXPs) — stars: neutron — X-rays: bursts — accretion, accretion disks
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