Published January 1991
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Journal article
On the nature of soft gamma repeaters
- 1. Athens Univ. (Greece)
- 2. E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Washington, DC (USA)
Description
The nature of soft gamma repeaters (SGRs) is discussed on the basis of data available for the March 5, 1979 superburst described by Cline et al. (1982) and for the less intense bursts detected by instruments on board Venera 11/12 and 13/14. It is argued that the three known SGR bursters can be explained most economically and consistently as belonging to a single class, with source distances of tens of kiloparsecs. The viability of several proposed models developed for the SGR energy release mechanism is examined. 96 refs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Astrophysical Journal
- Journal Volume
- 366
- Series
- Astrophys. J.
- Journal Page Range
- 240-252
- ISSN
- 0004-637X
- CODEN
- ASJOA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22040468
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPTON EFFECT; COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRON STARS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ASTRONOMY; BASIC INTERACTIONS; BREMSSTRAHLUNG; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; DISTRIBUTION; ELASTIC SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GALAXIES; INTERACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS; RESONANCE; SCATTERING; STARS