SUPERNOVA LIGHT CURVES POWERED BY YOUNG MAGNETARS
SUPERNOVA LIGHT CURVES POWERED BY YOUNG MAGNETARS
We show that energy deposited into an expanding supernova remnant by a highly magnetic (B ∼ 5 × 1014 G) neutron star spinning at an initial period of Pi ≈ 2–20 ms can substantially brighten the light curve. For magnetars with parameters in this range, the rotational energy is released …