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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 719, Issue 1, Pages 351-356Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/719/1/351
Keywords
pulsars: individual (1E 1841-045); stars: neutron; X-rays: stars
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- NSERC
- FQRNT, Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Quebec
- CIFAR
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Anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs) are now established to exhibit significant X-ray variability and be prolific glitchers, with some glitches being accompanied by large radiative changes. An open issue is whether AXP glitches are generically accompanied by radiative changes, relevant for understanding magnetar physical properties. Here we report on an analysis of archival X-ray data from the AXP 1E 1841-045, obtained between 1993 and 2007. This AXP, located in the center of the supernova remnant Kes 73, has exhibited three glitches between 2002 and 2007, as determined by RXTE monitoring since 1999. We have searched for evidence of phase-averaged flux variability that could be present if glitches in AXPs are usually accompanied by radiative changes. We find no evidence for glitch-correlated flux changes from this source after 1999, supporting the existence of radiatively silent glitches in AXPs.
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