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Craft Finds New Evidence of Magnetars

Copious emissions of gamma rays on August 27 from a nearby star point to the existence of magnetars, the most highly magnetized stars postulated in the universe.

 

References:

Hurley, K., et al. 1998. International Astronomical Union Circular No. 7004. (Sept. 1).

Kouveliotou, C. . . . K. Hurley, et al. 1998. International Astronomical Union Circular No. 7001. (Aug. 28).

Kouveliotou, C. . . . K. Hurley., et al. 1998. An X-ray pulsar with a superstrong magnetic field in the soft g -ray repeater SGR1806-20. Nature 393(May 21):235.

 

Further Readings:

Additional information about magnetars can be found at NASA's Marshall Space Science Laboratory's Web site at http://magnetars.com.

 

Sources:

Robert C. Duncan
University of Texas
Department of Astronomy
RLM 15.308
Austin, TX 78712
Web site: http://solomon.as.utexas.edu/~duncan/magnetar.html.

Kevin C. Hurley
University of California, Berkeley
Space Sciences Laboratory
Berkeley, CA 94720-7450

Chryssa Kouveliotou
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
ES-84 Space Science Laboratory
Huntsville, AL 35812

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 11, September 12, 1998, p. 164.
Copyright © 1998 by Science Service.

 

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