DO SGRs/AXPs AND RADIO AXPs HAVE THE SAME NATURE?

Abstract

SGRs/AXPs are assumed to be a class of neutron stars (NS) powered by magnetic energy and not by rotation, as normal radio pulsars. However, the recent discovery of radio-pulsed emission in four of this class of sources, where the spin-down rotational energy lost $\dot{E}_{\rm rot}$ is larger than the X-ray luminosity $L_X$ during the quiescent state - as in normal pulsars - opens the question of the nature of these radio AXPs in comparison to the others of this class. In this work, we show that the radio AXPs obey a linear log-log relation between $L_X$ and $\dot{E}_{\rm rot}$, very similar to the one of normal X-ray pulsars, a correlation not seen for the others SGRs/AXPs. This result suggests a different nature between the radio AXPs comparing to the others SGRs/AXPs.