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The Swept-back Multipolar Magnetic Field of Neutron Stars: Application to NICER MSP J0030+0451

  • Authors: Anu Kundu, Constantinos Kalapotharakos, Zorawar Wadiasingh, Greg Olmschenk, Wendy F. Wallace, Alice K. Harding, Christo Venter, Demosthenes Kazanas

Anu Kundu et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal 1008 .

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Caption: Figure 9.

Magnetic field structure for the best-fit DQ configuration (Table 1). Panel (a) shows the full magnetic field structure, while (b) presents a zoomed-in view of the inner magnetospheric region. Open field lines are shown in sky blue, and closed field lines in magenta. The z-axis (rotation axis) is indicated in white. The star is shown in gray at the center, and the hotspots are presented in dark blue on the surface. For clarity, the hotspots are also shown as white contours in Figure 11. This figure is available online as an interactive figure. The interactive version allows the reader to rotate, zoom, and inspect the 3D magnetic-field topology from arbitrary viewing angles. Open and closed field lines are colored as described above; hovering over a field line displays its Cartesian coordinates.

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