Anomalous X-ray pulsar Anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs) are an observational manifestation of magnetars—young, isolated, highly magnetized neutron stars. These energetic X-ray pulsars are characterized by slow rotation periods of ~2–12 seconds and large magnetic field ...

(AXP) 1E 1048.1-5937 was the first AXP ever observed to emit an SGR-like X-ray burst. F. D. Seward &

P. A. Charles P. is an abbreviation or acronym that may refer to: * Page (paper), where the abbreviation comes from Latin ''pagina'' * Paris Herbarium, at the ''Muséum national d'histoire naturelle'' * ''Pani'' (Polish), translating as Mrs. * The ''Pacific Rep ...

, ''A Six-Second Periodic X-ray Source in Carina'', ''

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'', 16, 983 (1984
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It is also the closest

magnetar 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 of high-energy electromagnetic radiation, particularly X-rays and gamma rays.War ...

to Earth located 2,759 parsecs (9,000 light-years) away in the constellation

Carina Carina may refer to: Places Australia * Carina, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane * Carina Heights, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane * Carina, Victoria, a locality in Mildura Serbia * Carina, Osečina, a village in the Kolubara District ...

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Anomalous X-ray pulsars Carina (constellation) Magnetars {{Var-star-stub