An expanding radio nebula produced by a giant flare from the magnetar SGR 1806-20
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The detection of a fading radio afterglow produced by the outburst of the magnetar soft-gamma repeaters (SGR) 1806-20, with a luminosity 500 times larger than the only other detection of a similar source, is reported. A resolved, linearly polarized, radio nebula is observed, expanding at approximately a quarter of the speed of light.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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A giant gamma-ray flare from the magnetar SGR 1806-20
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A report that stars-soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGR) 1806-20 emitted a giant flare on 27 December 2004 is presented. The total flare energy is 2*10(super 46) erg is released during a catastrophic reconfiguration of the neutron star's magnetic field.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Pulsars crash the magnetar party
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A young neutron star has been discovered with an extreme magnetic field.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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