Multi-Peaked Non-Thermal Light Curves from Magnetar-Powered Gamma-Ray Bursts

Conor M. B. Omand, Nikhil Sarin, Gavin P. Lamb

Binary neutron star mergers and collapsing massive stars can both create millisecond magnetars. Such magnetars are candidate engines to power gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The non-therm…