The distance of the soft gamma repeater SGR 1806-20

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 478, Issue 2 PART I, 1997, Pages 624-630

  Corbel, S ^a,b   Wallyn, P ^c   Dame, T M ^d   Durouchoux, P ^b   Mahoney, W A ^c   Vilhu, O ^e   Grindlay, J E ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^e Observatory   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; H II regions; ISM: individual (W31, G10.0 0.3); Stars: individual (SGR 1806 20)

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744452133     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303807     Document Type: Article

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