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. 2021 Jan;589(7841):199-200.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03657-8.

Cosmic electromagnetic bomb sheds light on the origins of γ-ray bursts

Christopher Thompson
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Cosmic electromagnetic bomb sheds light on the origins of γ-ray bursts

Christopher Thompson. Nature. 2021 Jan.
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Keywords: Astronomy and astrophysics.

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  • A bright γ-ray flare interpreted as a giant magnetar flare in NGC 253.
    Svinkin D, Frederiks D, Hurley K, Aptekar R, Golenetskii S, Lysenko A, Ridnaia AV, Tsvetkova A, Ulanov M, Cline TL, Mitrofanov I, Golovin D, Kozyrev A, Litvak M, Sanin A, Goldstein A, Briggs MS, Wilson-Hodge C, von Kienlin A, Zhang XL, Rau A, Savchenko V, Bozzo E, Ferrigno C, Ubertini P, Bazzano A, Rodi JC, Barthelmy S, Cummings J, Krimm H, Palmer DM, Boynton W, Fellows CW, Harshman KP, Enos H, Starr R. Svinkin D, et al. Nature. 2021 Jan;589(7841):211-213. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03076-9. Epub 2021 Jan 13. Nature. 2021. PMID: 33442039
  • Rapid spectral variability of a giant flare from a magnetar in NGC 253.
    Roberts OJ, Veres P, Baring MG, Briggs MS, Kouveliotou C, Bissaldi E, Younes G, Chastain SI, DeLaunay JJ, Huppenkothen D, Tohuvavohu A, Bhat PN, Göğüş E, van der Horst AJ, Kennea JA, Kocevski D, Linford JD, Guiriec S, Hamburg R, Wilson-Hodge CA, Burns E. Roberts OJ, et al. Nature. 2021 Jan;589(7841):207-210. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03077-8. Epub 2021 Jan 13. Nature. 2021. PMID: 33442041

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