A giant γ-ray flare from the magnetar SGR 1806-20

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7037, 2005, Pages 1107-1109

  Palmer, D M ^a   Barthelmy, S ^b   Gehrels, N ^b   Kippen, R M ^a   Cayton, T ^a   Kouveliotou, C ^d   Eichler, D ^f   Wijers, R A M J ^g   Woods, P M ^e   Granot, J ^h   Lyubarsky, Y E ^f   Ramirez Ruiz, E ⁱ   Barbier, L ^b   Chester, M ^j   Cummings, J ^b,k   Fenimore, E E ^a   Finger, M H ^e   Gaensler, B M ^l   Hullinger, D ^b   Krimm, H ^b,c   Markwardt, C B ^b,m   Nousek, J A ^j   Parsons, A ^b   Patel, S ^e   Sakamoto, T ^b,i   Sato, G ⁿ   Suzuki, M ^o   Tueller, J ^b   more..

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^j PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^l HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

ⁿ JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^o SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRONS; X RAYS;

NEUTRON STARS; SHORT X-RAY BURSTS; SOFT Γ-RAY REPEATERS (SGR); X-RAY EMISSION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ASTRONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAMMA IRRADIATION; LUMINANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 20844452566     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03525     Document Type: Article

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