Burst and Outburst Characteristics of Magnetar 4U 0142+61
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| Publication date | 20-01-2017 |
| Journal | Astrophysical Journal |
| Article number | 68 |
| Volume | Issue number | 835 | 1 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
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| Abstract |
We have compiled the most comprehensive burst sample from magnetar 4U 0142+61, comprising 27 bursts from its three burst-active episodes in 2011, 2012 and the latest one in 2015 observed with Swift/Burst Alert Telescope and Fermi/Gamma-ray Burst Monitor. Bursts from 4U 0142+61 morphologically resemble typical short bursts from other magnetars. However, 4U 0142+61 bursts are less energetic compared to the bulk of magnetar bursts. We uncovered an extended tail emission following a burst on 2015 February 28, with a thermal nature, cooling over a timescale of several minutes. During this tail emission, we also uncovered pulse peak phase aligned X-ray bursts, which could originate from the same underlying mechanism as that of the extended burst tail, or an associated and spatially coincident but different mechanism.
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| Document type | Article |
| Note | © 2017. The American Astronomical Society |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/68 |
| Other links | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...835...68G |
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