Observations of a possible new soft gamma repeater, SGR1801-23
Astrophysics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We report on two observations of a soft bursting source in 1997 June, whose time histories and energy spectra are consistent with those of the soft gamma repeaters. The source can only be localized to an ~3.8 degree long error box in the direction of the Galactic center, whose area is ~ 80 sq. arcmin. The location of the source, while not consistent with that of any of the four known soft repeaters, is consistent with those of several known and possible supernova remnants.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9909054,
title = {Observations of a possible new soft gamma repeater, SGR1801-23},
author = {T. Cline and D. D. Frederiks and S. Golenetskii and K. Hurley and C. Kouveliotou and E. Mazets and J. van Paradijs},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9909054},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
13 pages, 3 figures. Submitted to Ap. J. Letters