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astro-ph2003★ 55 cited
A QED Model for the Origin of Bursts from SGRs and AXPs
Jeremy S. Heyl, Lars Hernquist
We propose a model to account for the bursts from soft gamma repeaters (SGRs) and anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs) in which quantum electrodynamics (QED) plays a vital role. In our t…
astro-ph2003★ 266 cited
A Major SGR-like Outburst and Rotation Glitch in the No-Longer-So-Anomalous X-ray Pulsar 1E 2259+586
V. M. Kaspi, F. P. Gavriil, P. M. Woods +3
We report a major outburst from the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar 1E 2259+586, in which over 80 X-ray bursts were detected in four hours using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. The bursts…