Propeller effect in action in the ultraluminous accreting magnetar M82 X−2
Propeller effect in action in the ultraluminous accreting magnetar M82 X−2
We present here the first convincing observational manifestation of a magnetar-like magnetic field in an accreting neutron star in binary system – the first pulsating ultraluminous X-ray source X−2 in the galaxy M82. Using the Chandra X-ray observatory data, we show that the source exhibit the bimodal distribution of the …