A giant γ-ray flare from the magnetar SGR 1806-20

D. M. Palmer; S. Barthelmy; N. Gehrels; R. M. Kippen; T. Cayton; C. Kouveliotou; D. Eichler; R. A M J Wijers; P. M. Woods; J. Granot; Y. E. Lyubarsky; E. Ramirez-Ruiz; L. Barbier; M. Chester; J. Cummings; E. E. Fenimore; M. H. Finger; B. M. Gaensler; D. Hullinger; H. Krimm; C. B. Markwardt; J. A. Nousek; A. Parsons; S. Patel; T. Sakamoto; G. Sato; M. Suzuki; J. Tueller

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A giant γ-ray flare from the magnetar SGR 1806-20

D. M. Palmer^*, S. Barthelmy, N. Gehrels, R. M. Kippen, T. Cayton, C. Kouveliotou, D. Eichler, R. A M J Wijers, P. M. Woods, J. Granot, Y. E. Lyubarsky, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, L. Barbier, M. Chester, J. Cummings, E. E. Fenimore, M. H. Finger, B. M. Gaensler, D. Hullinger, H. KrimmC. B. Markwardt, J. A. Nousek, A. Parsons, S. Patel, T. Sakamoto, G. Sato, M. Suzuki, J. Tueller

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Two classes of rotating neutron stars-soft γ-ray repeaters (SGRs) and anomalous X-ray pulsars-are magnetars, whose X-ray emission is powered by a very strong magnetic field (B ≈ 10¹⁵ G). SGRs occasionally become 'active', producing many short X-ray bursts. Extremely rarely, an SGR emits a giant flare with a total energy about a thousand times higher than in a typical burst. Here we report that SGR 1806-20 emitted a giant flare on 27 December 2004. The total (isotropic) flare energy is 2 × 10⁴⁶ erg, which is about a hundred times higher than the other two previously observed giant flares. The energy release probably occurred during a catastrophic reconfiguration of the neutron star's magnetic field. If the event had occurred at a larger distance, but within 40 megaparsecs, it would have resembled a short, hard γ-ray burst, suggesting that flares from extragalactic SGRs may form a subclass of such bursts.

本文言語	English
ページ（範囲）	1107-1109
ページ数	3
ジャーナル	Nature
巻	434
号	7037
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03525
出版ステータス	Published - 2005 4月 28

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Palmer, D. M., Barthelmy, S., Gehrels, N., Kippen, R. M., Cayton, T., Kouveliotou, C., Eichler, D., Wijers, R. A. M. J., Woods, P. M., Granot, J., Lyubarsky, Y. E., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Barbier, L., Chester, M., Cummings, J., Fenimore, E. E., Finger, M. H., Gaensler, B. M., Hullinger, D., ... Tueller, J. (2005). A giant γ-ray flare from the magnetar SGR 1806-20. Nature, 434(7037), 1107-1109. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03525

Palmer, DM, Barthelmy, S, Gehrels, N, Kippen, RM, Cayton, T, Kouveliotou, C, Eichler, D, Wijers, RAMJ, Woods, PM, Granot, J, Lyubarsky, YE, Ramirez-Ruiz, E, Barbier, L, Chester, M, Cummings, J, Fenimore, EE, Finger, MH, Gaensler, BM, Hullinger, D, Krimm, H, Markwardt, CB, Nousek, JA, Parsons, A, Patel, S, Sakamoto, T, Sato, G, Suzuki, M & Tueller, J 2005, 'A giant γ-ray flare from the magnetar SGR 1806-20', Nature, vol. 434, no. 7037, pp. 1107-1109. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03525

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