The gamma-ray giant flare from SGR1806-20: Evidence for crustal cracking via initial timescales

Steven J. Schwartz, Silvia Zane, Robert J. Wilson +6

We report here on serendipitous observations of the intense gamma-ray flare from SGR 1806-20 that occured on 27 December 2004. Unique data from the Cluster and Double Star-2 satell…