An expanding radio nebula produced by a giant flare from the magnetar SGR 1806-20

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7037, 2005, Pages 1104-1106

  Gaensler, B M ^a   Kouveliotou, C ^b   Gelfand, J D ^a   Taylor, G B ^d,e   Eichler, D ^f   Wijers, R A M J ^g   Granot, J ^d   Ramirez Ruiz, E ^h   Lyubarsky, Y E ^f   Hunstead, R W ⁱ   Campbell Wilson, D ⁱ   Van Der Horst, A J ^g   McLaughlin, M A ^j   Fender, R P ^k   Garrett, M A ^l   Newton McGee, K J ^i,m   Palmer, D M ⁿ   Gehrels, N ^o   Woods, P M ^c  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^l JOINT INSTITUTE FOR VLBI IN EUROPE   (Netherlands)

^m CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁿ LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^o NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES; SOFT Γ-RAY REPEATERS (SGR); SPINNING NEUTRON STARS; SURFACE MAGNETIC FIELDS;

GAMMA RAYS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POLARIZATION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ASTRONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; GAMMA RADIATION; ION TRANSPORT; LUMINANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; SYNCHROTRON; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 20844435965     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03498     Document Type: Article

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