Soft gamma repeaters

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1326-1331

  Hurley, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Stars: neutron

Indexed keywords

SPACE RESEARCH;

ENERGY SPECTRA; MAGNETARS; QUIESCENT EMISSION; SHORT BURSTS; SOFT GAMMA REPEATERS; STARS: NEUTRONS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 79953025639     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.03.001     Document Type: Review

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