Transient pulsed radio emission from a magnetar

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7105, 2006, Pages 892-895

  Camilo, Fernando ^a   Ransom, Scott M ^b   Halpern, Jules P ^a   Reynolds, John ^c   Helfand, David J ^a   Zimmerman, Neil ^a   Sarkissian, John ^c  

^a Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; LIGHT EMISSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRONS;

ANOMALOUS X-RAY PULSARS (AXP); MAGNETARS; NEUTRON STARS; RADIO EMISSION; X-RAY EMISSION;

RADIO ASTRONOMY;

LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; RADIO; X-RAY;

ARTICLE; LUMINANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; X RAY;

EID: 33747845862     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04986     Document Type: Article

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