2006/11/23 by David Eichler, Eichler, David, Yuri Lyubarsky +7 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0611747
Invited talk at conference on "Solitary Neutron Stars", London, 2006
arxiv created 2006/11/23 · openalex publication_date 2006/11/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
X-ray emission following giant flares of magnetars can be categorized into three categories of time scales (a) short term afterglow (b) medium term afterglow and (c) long term afterglow. Short term afterglow, which declines over several hours, seems to correspond to gravitational resettling of uplifted material. Medium term afterglow, which declines over several weeks or months, appears to be the cooling of the heated outer crust, and long term afterglow, which declines over a period of many years, can be understood to be the cooling of the inner crust. The long term afterglow profile may be a very sensitive indicator of neutron star mass.