AbstractSoft gamma repeaters (SGRs) undergo changes in their pulse properties and persistent emission during episodes of intense burst activity. Both SGR 1900+14 and SGR 1806-20 have shown significant changes in their spin-down rates during the last several years, yet the bulk of this variability is not correlated with burst activity. SGR 1900+14 has undergone large changes in flux and a dramatic pulse profile change following burst activity in 1998. The flux level of SGR 1627-41 has been decreasing since its only recorded burst activity. Here, we review the global properties of SGRs as well as the observed dynamics of the pulsed and persistent emission properties of SGR 1900+14, SGR 1806-20 and SGR 1627-41 during and following burst active episodes and discuss what implications these results have for the burst emission mechanism, the magnetic field dynamics of magnetars, the nature of the torque variability, and SGRs in general.


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    Title :

    The dynamic behavior of soft gamma repeaters


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 33 , 4 ; 630-637


    Publication date :

    2003-04-21


    Size :

    8 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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