The prelude to and aftermath of the giant flare of 2004 December 27: Persistent and pulsed X-ray properties of SGR 1806-20 from 1993 to 2005

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 654, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 470-486

  Woods, Peter M ^a,b,c   Kouveliotou, Chryssa ^c,d   Finger, Mark H ^b,c   Göǧüş, Ersin ^e   Wilson, Colleen A ^c,d   Patel, Sandeep K ^b,c,d   Hurley, Kevin ^f   Swank, Jean H ^g  

^a DYNETICS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulsars: individual (SGR 1806 20); X rays: bursts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846549459     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507459     Document Type: Article

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