An exceptionally bright flare from SGR 1806-20 and the origins of short-duration γ-ray bursts

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7037, 2005, Pages 1098-1103

  Hurley, K ^a   Boggs, S E ^a,b   Smith, D M ^c   Duncan, R C ^d   Lin, R ^a   Zoglauer, A ^a   Krucker, S ^a   Hurford, G ^a   Hudson, H ^a   Wigger, C ^e   Hajdas, W ^e   Thompson, C ^f   Mitrofanov, I ^g   Sanin, A ^g   Boynton, W ^h   Fellows, C ^h   Von Kienlin, A ⁱ   Lichti, G ⁱ   Rau, A ⁱ   Cline, T ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^j NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS; X RAYS;

MAGNETARS; MAGNETIC ENERGY; NEUTRON STARS; SOFT Γ-RAY REPEATERS (SGR);

ASTROPHYSICS;

ASTRONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GAMMA IRRADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 20844437087     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03519     Document Type: Article

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