Statistical properties of SGR 1806-20 bursts

Details Statistical properties of SGR 1806-20 bursts Statistical properties of SGR 1806-20 bursts

2000-02-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0002181v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 4 figures, To appear in ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/312583

We present statistics of SGR 1806-20 bursts, combining 290 events detected with RXTE/PCA, 111 events detected with BATSE and 134 events detected with ICE. We find that the fluence distribution of bursts observed with each instrument are well described by power laws with indices 1.43, 1.76 and 1.67, respectively. The distribution of time intervals between successive bursts from SGR 1806-20 is described by a lognormal function with a peak at 103 s. There is no correlation between the burst intensity and either the waiting times till the next burst or the time elapsed since the previous burst. In all these statistical properties, SGR 1806-20 bursts resemble a self-organized critical system, similar to earthquakes and solar flares. Our results thus support the hypothesis that the energy source for SGR bursts is crustquakes due to the evolving, strong magnetic field of the neutron star, rather than any accretion or nuclear power.

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