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astro-ph.HE2016★ 64 cited
Magnetar Outbursts from Avalanches of Hall Waves and Crustal Failures
Xinyu Li, Yuri Levin, Andrei M. Beloborodov
We explore the interaction between Hall waves and mechanical failures inside a magnetar crust, using detailed one-dimentional models that consider temperature-sensitive plastic flo…
astro-ph.HE2016★ 144 cited
Magnetar heating
Andrei M. Beloborodov, Xinyu Li
We examine four candidate mechanisms that could explain the high surface temperatures of magnetars. (1) Heat flux from the liquid core heated by ambipolar diffusion. It could susta…