They were theorized to explain the observation of (*) soft gamma repeaters and anomalous X-ray pulsars.
These objects display self-organized criticality. Their luminosity can be up to a million times brighter than the Eddington limit and they can deform atoms to below the relativistic wavelength of the electron. They were theorized to explain the observation of (*) soft gamma repeaters and anomalous X-ray pulsars. They possess internally twisted field lines and are characterized by large-scale dynamo effects and starquakes. For 10 points, name these neutron stars surrounded by a magnetic field that exceed the quantum critical limit.
These objects display self-organized criticality. Their luminosity can be up to a million times brighter than the Eddington limit and they can deform atoms to below the relativistic wavelength of the electron.
{magnetar} (prompt on {neutron star})