Anomalous X-ray pulsars: Long-term monitoring and soft-gamma repeater like X-ray bursts

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 654-662

  Gavriil, F P ^a   Kaspi, V M ^a,b   Woods, P M ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous X ray pulsars; X ray bursts; X ray pulsars

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; GAMMA RAYS; MAGNETIC FLUX; OPTICAL CORRELATION; ROTATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

RADIO PULSAR; ROSSI X-RAY TIMING EXPLORER; SOFT-GAMMA REPEATER; X-RAY PULSAR;

ASTROPHYSICS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 1842741095     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.07.023     Document Type: Article

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