Changes in the X-ray Emission from the Magnetar Candidate 1E 2259+586 during its 2002 Outburst

P. M. Woods, V. M. Kaspi, C. Thompson +6

(abridged) An outburst of more than 80 individual bursts, similar to those seen from Soft Gamma Repeaters (SGRs), was detected from the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar (AXP) 1E 2259+586 in…