A low-magnetic-field soft gamma repeater

Science

Volumn 330, Issue 6006, 2010, Pages 944-946

  Rea, N ^a   Esposito, P ^b   Turolla, R ^c,d   Israel, G L ^e   Zane, S ^d   Stella, L ^e   Mereghetti, S ^f   Tiengo, A ^f   Gotz D ^g   Gogu E ^h   Kouveliotou, C ⁱ  

^a INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^f INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^g CEA SACLAY   (France)

^h SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; FIELD EMISSION; GAMMA RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SATELLITE CELL; SOFT GAMMA REPEATER; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY;

EID: 78149415743     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1196088     Document Type: Article

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