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High Frequency Radio Observations of Two Magnetars, PSR J16224950 and 1E 1547.05408

arXiv:2102.02466 · doi:10.1093/mnras/stab349

Abstract

We investigated the radio spectra of two magnetars, PSR J16224950 and 1E 1547.05408, using observations from the Australia Telescope Compact Array and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array taken in 2017. Our observations of PSR J16224950 show a steep spectrum with a spectral index of 1.3 0.2 in the range of 5.5-45 GHz during its re-activating X-ray outburst in 2017. By comparing the data taken at different epochs, we found significant enhancement in the radio flux density. The spectrum of 1E 1547.05408 was inverted in the range of 43-95 GHz, suggesting a spectral peak at a few hundred gigahertz. Moreover, we obtained the X-ray and radio data of radio magnetars, PSR J16224950 and SGR J17452900, from literature and found two interesting properties. First, radio emission is known to be associated with X-ray outburst but has different evolution. We further found that the rising time of the radio emission is much longer than that of the X-ray during the outburst. Second, the radio magnetars may have double peak spectra at a few GHz and a few hundred GHz. This could indicate that the emission mechanism is different in the cm and the sub-mm bands. These two phenomenons could provide a hint to understand the origin of radio emission and its connection with the X-ray properties.

7 pages, 4 figures, to be published in MNRAS

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