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Anomalous X-ray PulsarAnomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs) are now widely believed to be magnetars—young, isolated, highly magnetized neutron stars. These energtic X-ray pulsars are characterized by slow rotation periods of ~5–12 seconds and large magnetic fields of ~1013–1015 gauss. There are currently (as of 2005) 6 known and 2 candidate AXPs. The identification of AXPs with magnetars was motivated by their similarity to another enigmatic class of sources, the soft gamma repeaters.
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