Detection of the new magnetar Swift J1818.0-1607 in S-band using GBT

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Publication date 17-03-2020
Journal The astronomer's telegram
Volume | Issue number 13560
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  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract On March 12, 2020, Swift/BAT detected a short burst from a new soft gamma-ray repeater, Swift J1818.0-1607 (GCN circular 27373). Following this burst, Enoto et al. (ATel #13551) uncovered a coherent periodicity of 1.36 s using NICER data in the 2-10 keV band.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=13560
Other links https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ATel13560....1M/abstract
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