A Coherent Search for New Galactic Magnetars using Fermi/GBM and follow-up Swift/BAT: 7 Candidates and a Large Burst Catalog

Ariel Perera, Barak Zackay, Tejaswi Venumadhav

Galactic magnetars are a rare class of neutron stars with extreme magnetic fields, with only about 30 known sources. Their short hard X-ray and soft gamma-ray bursts provide an imp…