Swift/BAT "x-ray flare" is an unfortunately timed detector glitch
Abstract
Following ATEL #14075 which reported an apparent X-ray flare in the promptly available Swift/BAT low-energy (15-25 keV) summed-array rates light curves, 3.11 seconds of BAT time-tagged event data have become available for analysis.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- October 2020
- Bibcode:
- 2020ATel14076....1T
- Keywords:
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- Soft Gamma-ray Repeater;
- Magnetar