Unusual Burst Emission from the New Soft Gamma Repeater SGR1627-41

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1999-02-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9902292v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, 5 figures. To be appeared in ApJL

Scientific paper

10.1086/312118

In June-July,1998 the Konus-Wind burst spectrometer observed a series of bursts from the new soft gamma repeater SGR1627-41. Time histories and energy spectra of the bursts have been studied, revealing fluences and peak fluxes in the ranges of 3x10^{-7} - 7.5x10^{-6} erg cm^{-2} and 10^{-5} - 10^{-4}erg cm^{-2}/s respectively. One event, 18 June 6153.5sUT stands out dramatically from this series. Its fluence is ~7x10^{-4} erg cm^{-2} and peak flux ~2x10^{-2} erg cm^{-2}/s. These values from a source at a distance of 5.8 kpc yield an energy output of ~3x10^{42}erg and maximum luminosity of ~8x10^{43} erg/s, similar to the values for the famous March 5, 1979 and August27,1998 events. In terms of energy, this event is another giant outburst seen in a third SGR! However, this very energetic burst differs significantly from the other giant outbursts. It exhibits no separate initial pulse with a fast rise time, no extended tail, and no pulsations. It is rather similar to ordinary repeated bursts but is a few hundred times stronger in intensity. According to the magnetar model by Thompson and Duncan (1995) such a burst may be initiated by a strong starquake when a crust fracture propagates over the whole surface of a neutron star.

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