Physical mechanisms for the variable spin-down and light curve of SGR 1900+14

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 543, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 340-350

  Thompson, Christopher ^a   Duncan, Robert C ^b   Woods, Peter M ^c,d   Kouveliotou, Chryssa ^d,e   Finger, Mark H ^d,e   Van Paradijs, Jan ^c,f  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pulsars: general; X rays: bursts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034311099     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317072     Document Type: Article

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