Method of estimating distances to X-ray pulsars and their magnetic fields
arXiv:astro-ph/9906012 · doi:10.1080/10556790008241359
Abstract
We suggest a new method of estimating distances to X-ray pulsars and their magnetic fields. Using observations of fluxes and period variations in the model of disk accretion one can estimate the magnetic momentum of a neutron star and the distance to X-ray pulsar. As an illustration the method is applied to the system GROJ1008-57. Estimates of the distance: approximately 6 kpc, and the magnetic momentum: approximately , are obtained.
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