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Observations of the magnetars 4U 0142+61 and 1E 2259+586 with the MAGIC telescopes

J. Aleksić, L. A. Antonelli, P. Antoranz, M. Asensio, U. Barres de Almeida, J. A. Barrio, J. Becerra González, W. Bednarek, K. Berger, E. Bernardini,

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2012 · 16 citations · 38 references

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Context. Magnetars are an extreme, highly magnetized class of isolated neutron stars whose large X-ray luminosity is believed to be driven by their high magnetic field.

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