A first look with Chandra at SGR 1806-20 after the giant flare: Significant spectral softening and rapid flux decay

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 627, Issue 2 II, 2005, Pages

  Rea, N ^a,b,c   Tiengo, A ^d,e   Mereghetti, S ^d   Israel, G L ^b   Zane, S ^f   Turolla, R ^g   Stella, L ^b  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c NOVA   (Netherlands)

^d INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields; Pulsars: general; Pulsars: individual (SGR 1806 20); X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444446734     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431951     Document Type: Article

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