The giant flare of 1998 August 27 from SGR 1900+14. II. Radiative mechanism and physical constraints on the source

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 561, Issue 2 PART 1, 2001, Pages 980-1005

  Thompson, C ^a,b   Duncan, R C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Stars: magnetic fields; Stars: neutron; X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035841696     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323256     Document Type: Article

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