The dynamic behavior of soft gamma repeaters

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 630-637

  Woods, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulsars; Soft gamma repeaters; ray bursts

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; LASER PULSES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TORQUE CONTROL;

BURST ACTIVITY; MAGENATORS; SOFT GAMMA REPEATERS; SPIN-DOWN RATES;

GAMMA RAYS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 1842741135     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.04.022     Document Type: Article

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