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The `bare' strange stars might not be bare

Ren Xin Xu, G. J. Qiao

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9811197

Abstract

It is proposed that the `bare' strange matter stars might not be bare, and radio pulsars might be in fact `bare' strange stars. As strange matter stars being intensely magnetized rotate, the induced unipolar electric fields would be large enough to construct magnetospheres. This situation is very similar to that discussed by many authors for rotating neutron stars. Also, the strange stars with accretion crusts in binaries could act as X-ray pulsars or X-ray bursters. There are some advantages if radio pulsars are `bare' strange stars.

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