Publications by authors named "Gregg A Wade"
Article Synopsis
- Magnetars are super-strongly magnetized neutron stars, and their formation is not fully understood.
- Researchers studied the binary system HD 45166 and discovered it contains a Wolf-Rayet star with a mass of 2 solar masses and a magnetic field of 43 kilogauss.
- They suggest that this Wolf-Rayet star, due to its heavy mass and strong magnetic field, will likely explode as a supernova and leave behind a magnetar remnant, possibly formed from the merger of two smaller helium stars.
