1 code implementation • 9 Jul 2020 • F. Kirsten, M. Snelders, M. Jenkins, K. Nimmo, J. van den Eijnden, J. Hessels, M. Gawronski, J. Yang
The recent CHIME/FRB and STARE2 detection of an extremely bright (fluence ~MJy ms) radio burst from the Galactic magnetar SGR 1935+2154 supports the hypothesis that (some) fast radio bursts (FRBs) are emitted by magnetars at cosmological distances.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
no code implementations • 9 Dec 2020 • S. E. M. de Haas, T. D. Russell, N. Degenaar, S. Markoff, A. J. Tetarenko, B. E. Tetarenko, J. van den Eijnden, J. C. A. Miller-Jones, A. S. Parikh, R. M. Plotkin, G. R. Sivakoff
During this outburst, GX 339-4 showed no atypical X-ray behaviour that may act as a indicator for an outburst remaining within the hard state.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena