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Model 4: Electric Star
Model introduced by Wu et al (2002) to deal with absence of polarisation and emission lines in RXJ1914.4+2457

Scaled-up version of Jupiter-moon interactions heating Jupiter¹s atmosphere at footpoints of magnetic field lines threading moon, BUT:
a)energy release boosted by stronger magnetic field
b)shorter period
c)secondary larger than a moon

Up to 1036 ergs/s available (depending on degree of asynchronism)

Star shines by electrical
resistive heating:
new mechanism after
1.nuclear fusion
2.accretion
3.magnetic (magnetars)

HST image (NASA)