Flares from the Magnetar Candidate SWIFT J1955+2604: a Missing Link to Dim Isolated Neutron Stars?

Authors :: A. J. Castro-Tirado
Sergei Guziy
Timur Fatkhullin
D. Perez-Ramirez
Petr Kubánek
Vojtech Simon
René Hudec
Antonio de Ugarte Postigo
Javier Gorosabel
Martin Jelínek
Source :: AIP Conference Proceedings.
Publication Year :: 2009
Publisher :: AIP, 2009.
Abstract: We present multiwavelength observations of the optically flaring source SWFIT J195509+261406 (initially mimicking a GRB), and discuss its nature considering several possibilities, amongst them an ultracompact low‐mass X‐ray binary. Finally we suggest a likely magnetar nature implying a missing link to the dim isolated neutron stars.

Subjects :: Swift
Physics
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Soft gamma repeater
X-ray binary
Binary number
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Magnetar
Neutron star
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Link (knot theory)
Gamma-ray burst
computer
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
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