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Magnetar observations in the swift-fermi/gbm era
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Kouveliotou, Chryssa |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | NASA's Fermi Observatory was launched June 11, 2008; the Fermi Gamma Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) began normal operations on July 14, about a month after launch, when the trigger algorithms were enabled. Since then, and against all odds, GBM recorded over 600 bursts from 4 SGRs. Of these four sources, only one was an old magnetar: SGR J1806+20. SGR J0501+4516, was discovered with Swift and extensively monitored with GBM. A source originally classified as AXP 1E1547.0-5408 exhibited SGR-like bursting behavior and we reclassified it as SGR J1550-5418. Finally, GBM discovered SGR J0418+5729 on 2009 June. Finally, on March 2010, a third new magnetar was discovered with Swift, SGR J1833-0832. I report below on the current status of the field and on several results combining multi-satellite and ground-based data |
| File Size | 43892 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20100033002 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3324xg3n |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-07-15 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astronomy Swift Observatory Magnetars Gamma Ray Bursts Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Soft Gamma Repeaters Gamma Ray Astronomy Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
