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    A magnetar is a type of neutron star with an extremely powerful magnetic field (~109 to 1011 T, ~1013 to 1015 G). The magnetic-field decay powers the emission...
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  • Magnetar Capital is a hedge fund based in Evanston, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2005 and invests in fixed-income, energy, quantitative, and event-driven...
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  • Astronauta – Magnetar (Astronaut - Magnetar) is a 2012 Brazilian graphic novel written and illustrated by Danilo Beyruth based on the character Astronauta...
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  • X-rays at irregular intervals. It is conjectured that they are a type of magnetar or, alternatively, neutron stars with fossil disks around them. On March...
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    Swift J1818.0–1607 (category Magnetars)
    Swift J1818.0–1607 is a young magnetar and soft gamma repeater, with an estimated age between 240 and 500 years. It was discovered by NASA's Neil Gehrels...
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    SLSN, including core collapse in particularly massive stars, millisecond magnetars, interaction with circumstellar material (CSM model), or pair-instability...
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    SGR 1806−20 (category Magnetars)
    SGR 1806−20 is a magnetar, a type of neutron star with a very powerful magnetic field, that was discovered in 1979 and identified as a soft gamma repeater...
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    gamma-ray burst was observed in M82, which was determined to have come from a magnetar, the first such event detected outside the Milky Way (and only the fourth...
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    gravitational lensing; a quark nova inside a Wolf–Rayet star; or a rapid magnetar spindown. A possible supernova was first noticed during an observation...
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    billion light years, an x-ray signal called XT2. The merger produced a magnetar; its emissions could be detected for several hours. The emission from binary...
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