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Magnetars & Dense Nuclear Matter: Foundations

Magnetars are neutron stars whose observed activity is powered largely by exceptionally strong magnetic fields. Magnetars probe strong-field electrodynamics, dense-matter mechanics, neutron-star crust physics, fast radio burst models, and possible sites of heavy-element production.

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Magnetars are neutron stars whose observed activity is powered largely by exceptionally strong magnetic fields.

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Evolution and rearrangement of the internal magnetic field stresses the crust and magnetosphere.

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Soft gamma repeaters and anomalous X-ray pulsars show burst behavior, spin-down, spectra, and inferred fields consistent with magnetar models.