An outburst of relativistic particles from the soft γ-ray repeater SGR1900+14

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6723, 1999, Pages 127-129

  Frail, D A ^a   Kulkarni, S R ^b   Bloom, J S ^b  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION PROCESSING; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0033545615     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/18163     Document Type: Article

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