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arxiv: astro-ph/9906012 · v1 · pith:STHSUYDMnew · submitted 1999-06-01 · 🌌 astro-ph

Method of estimating distances to X-ray pulsars and their magnetic fields

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We suggest a new method of estimating distances to X-ray pulsars and their magnetic fields. Using observations of fluxes and period variations in the model of disk accretion one can estimate the magnetic momentum of a neutron star and the distance to X-ray pulsar. As an illustration the method is applied to the system GROJ1008-57. Estimates of the distance: approximately 6 kpc, and the magnetic momentum: approximately $4\cdot10^{31} E\cdot cm^3$, are obtained.

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