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astro-ph2004
Triggers of magnetar outbursts
Robert C. Duncan
Bright outbursts from Soft Gamma Repeaters (SGRs) and Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs) are believed to be caused by instabilities in ultramagnetized neutron stars, powered by a decay…
astro-ph2001
The BeppoSAX View on the 2001 Reactivation of SGR 1900+14
M. Feroci, S. Mereghetti, E. Costa +13
After a couple of years of quiescence, the soft gamma repeater SGR 1900+14 suddenly reactivated on 18 April 2001, with the emission of a very intense, long and modulated flare, onl…
astro-ph2001
Nature, Nurture or Not Sure? A Debate about SGRs and AXPs
R. C. Duncan
Marsden, Lingenfelter, Rothschild & Higdon have given arguments against the magnetar model for Soft Gamma Repeaters (SGRs) and Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs), as forcefully advocat…