An X-ray pulsar with a superstrong magnetic field in the soft γ-ray repeater SGR1806 - 20

Nature

Volumn 393, Issue 6682, 1998, Pages 235-237

  Kouveliotou, C ^a,b   Dieters, S ^a,c   Strohmayer, T ^b,d   Van Paradijs, J ^c,e   Fishman, G J ^a   Meegan, C A ^a   Hurley, K ^f   Kommers, J ^g   Smith, I ^h   Frail, D ⁱ   Murakami, T ^j  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^j JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 0040390979     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/30410     Document Type: Article

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