Identification of a supernova remnant coincident with the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR1806-20

S. R. Kulkarni; D. A. Frail

doi:10.1038/365033a0

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Identification of a supernova remnant coincident with the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR1806-20

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Identification of a supernova remnant coincident with the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR1806-20

S. R. Kulkarni and D. A. Frail

Nature (London), Vol.365(6441), pp.33-35

02/09/1993

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/365033a0

Abstract

Astrophysics

It is shown here that the well-localized soft gamma-ray repeater (SGR) SGR1806-20 coincides with an SNR: the amorphous radio nebula G10.0-0.3. Together with the coincident of SGR0526-66 with the SNR N49, this argues strongly in favor of a neutron-star origin for SGRs. It is suggested that all young pulsars pass through a brief phase of SGR activity. The detection of pulsar-powered synchrotron nebulae in, or pulsations from, the two SNRs coincident with SGRs would confirm this model.

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Title: Identification of a supernova remnant coincident with the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR1806-20
Creators - without role: S. R. Kulkarni - California Institute of Technology
D. A. Frail - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Publication Details: Nature (London), Vol.365(6441), pp.33-35
Identifiers: 9942228808331
Academic Unit: King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article