A bright millisecond-timescale radio burst from the direction of the Galactic magnetar SGR 1935+2154
Abstract
At 2020-04-28 14:34:33 UTC (topocentric arrival time at 400 MHz) the CHIME/FRB backend (CHIME/FRB Collaboration et al. 2018 ApJ, 863, 48) detected a bright radio burst from the direction of SGR 1935+2154, a Galactic magnetar known to be in an active state (GCN #27657, ATels #13675, #13678, #13679).
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- April 2020
- Bibcode:
- 2020ATel13681....1S
- Keywords:
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- Soft Gamma-ray Repeater;
- Magnetar