Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Apr 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007ap%26ss.308...25i&link_type=abstract
Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 308, Issue 1-4, pp. 25-31
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
3
Scientific paper
On 27th December 2004 SGR 1806 20, one of the most active Soft γ-ray Repeaters (SGRs), displayed an extremely rare event, also known as giant flare, during which up to 1047 ergs were released in the ˜1 1000 keV range in less than 1 s. Before and after the giant flare we carried out IR observations by using adaptive optics (NAOS-CONICA) mounted on VLT which provided images of unprecedented quality (FWHM better than 0.1″). We discovered the likely IR counterpart to SGR 1806 20 based on positional coincidence with the VLA uncertainty region and flux variability of a factor of about 2 correlated with that at higher energies. Moreover, by analysing the Rossi-XTE/PCA data we have discovered rapid Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) in the pulsating tail of the 27th December 2004 giant flare of SGR 1806 20. QPOs at ˜92.5 Hz are detected in a 50 s interval starting 170 s after the onset of the giant flare. These QPOs appear to be associated with increased emission by a relatively hard unpulsed component and are seen only over phases of the 7.56 s spin period pulsations away from the main peak. QPOs at ˜18 and ˜30 Hz are also detected ˜200 300 s after the onset of the giant flare. This is the first time that QPOs are unambiguously detected in the flux of a Soft Gamma-ray Repeater, or any other isolated neutron star. We interpret the highest QPOs in terms of the coupling of toroidal seismic modes with Alfvén waves propagating along magnetospheric field lines. The lowest frequency QPO might instead provide indirect evidence on the strength of the internal magnetic field of the neutron star.
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