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The magnetar emission in the IR band: the role of magnetospheric currents

Abstract

There is a general consensus about the fact that the magnetar scenario provides a convincing explanation for several of the observed properties of the Anomalous X-ray Pulsars and the Soft Gamma Repeaters. However, the origin of the emission observed at low energies is still an open issue. We present a quantitative model for the emission in the optical/infrared band produced by curvature radiation from magnetospheric charges, and compare results with current magnetars observations.Comment: 6 Pages, 2 Figures. Astrophysics and Space Science, in press. Proceedings of the ICREA Workshop on The High-Energy Emission from Pulsars and their Systems, Sant Cugat, April 12-16 201

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