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Nature of the soft gamma repeaters and anomalous x-ray pulsars

Christopher Thompson

Oct, 2001

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Mem.Soc.Ast.It. 73 (2002) 477

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astro-ph/0110679 [astro-ph]

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CITA-2001-16

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I summarize recent developments in the magnetar model of the Soft Gamma Repeaters and Anomalous X-ray Pulsars, give a critical inventory of alternative models for the AXPs, and outline the improved diagnostics expected from present observational efforts.

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