E-resources
Peer reviewed
Open access
-
Castro-Tirado, A J; Østgaard, N; Göǧüş, E; Sánchez-Gil, C; Pascual-Granado, J; Reglero, V; Mezentsev, A; Gabler, M; Marisaldi, M; Neubert, T; Budtz-Jørgensen, C; Lindanger, A; Sarria, D; Kuvvetli, I; Cerdá-Durán, P; Navarro-González, J; Font, J A; Zhang, B-B; Lund, N; Oxborrow, C A; Brandt, S; Caballero-García, M D; Carrasco-García, I M; Castellón, A; Castro Tirado, M A; Christiansen, F; Eyles, C J; Fernández-García, E; Genov, G; Guziy, S; Hu, Y-D; Nicuesa Guelbenzu, A; Pandey, S B; Peng, Z-K; Pérez Del Pulgar, C; Reina Terol, A J; Rodríguez, E; Sánchez-Ramírez, R; Sun, T; Ullaland, K; Yang, S
Nature (London), 12/2021, Volume: 600, Issue: 7890Journal Article
Magnetars are strongly magnetized, isolated neutron stars with magnetic fields up to around 10 gauss, luminosities of approximately 10 -10 ergs per second and rotation periods of about 0.3-12.0 s. Very energetic giant flares from galactic magnetars (peak luminosities of 10 -10 ergs per second, lasting approximately 0.1 s) have been detected in hard X-rays and soft γ-rays , and only one has been detected from outside our galaxy . During such giant flares, quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) with low (less than 150 hertz) and high (greater than 500 hertz) frequencies have been observed , but their statistical significance has been questioned . High-frequency QPOs have been seen only during the tail phase of the flare . Here we report the observation of two broad QPOs at approximately 2,132 hertz and 4,250 hertz in the main peak of a giant γ-ray flare in the direction of the NGC 253 galaxy , disappearing after 3.5 milliseconds. The flare was detected on 15 April 2020 by the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor instrument aboard the International Space Station, which was the only instrument that recorded the main burst phase (0.8-3.2 milliseconds) in the full energy range (50 × 10 to 40 × 10 electronvolts) without suffering from saturation effects such as deadtime and pile-up. Along with sudden spectral variations, these extremely high-frequency oscillations in the burst peak are a crucial component that will aid our understanding of magnetar giant flares.
Author
Shelf entry
Permalink
- URL:
Impact factor
Access to the JCR database is permitted only to users from Slovenia. Your current IP address is not on the list of IP addresses with access permission, and authentication with the relevant AAI accout is required.
Year | Impact factor | Edition | Category | Classification | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JCR | SNIP | JCR | SNIP | JCR | SNIP | JCR | SNIP |
Select the library membership card:
If the library membership card is not in the list,
add a new one.
DRS, in which the journal is indexed
Database name | Field | Year |
---|
Links to authors' personal bibliographies | Links to information on researchers in the SICRIS system |
---|
Source: Personal bibliographies
and: SICRIS
The material is available in full text. If you wish to order the material anyway, click the Continue button.