An XMM-Newton view of the soft gamma repeater SGR 1806-20: Long-term variability in the pre-giant flare epoch

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 628, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 938-945

  Mereghetti, S ^a   Tiengo, A ^a,f   Esposito, P ^a,f   Gotz D ^a   Stella, L ^b   Israel, G L ^b   Rea, N ^b,g   Feroci, M ^c   Turolla, R ^d   Zane, S ^e  

^a INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Stars: individual (SGR 1806 20); Stars: neutron; X rays: bursts

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144473054     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430943     Document Type: Article

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