MAGNETAR-LIKE X-RAY BURSTS FROM A ROTATION-POWERED PULSAR, PSR J1119-6127

• Published in: Astrophysical journal. Letters Vol. 829; no. 2; p. L25
• Main Authors: Gö ü, Ersin, Lin, Lin, Kaneko, Yuki, Kouveliotou, Chryssa, Watts, Anna L., Chakraborty, Manoneeta, Alpar, M. Ali, Huppenkothen, Daniela, Roberts, Oliver J., Younes, George, van der Horst, Alexander J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The American Astronomical Society 01.10.2016
• Subjects: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; Bursts; Flux; HARD X RADIATION; LUMINOSITY; NEUTRON STARS; Observatories; PULSARS; pulsars: individual (PSR J1119-6127); ROTATION; SOFT X RADIATION; SPACE; Spectra; stars: magnetars; Time measurements; X rays; X-rays: bursts

ABSTRACT Two energetic hard X-ray bursts from the rotation-powered pulsar PSR J1119−6127 recently triggered the Fermi and Swift space observatories. We have performed in-depth spectral and temporal analyses of these two events. Our extensive searches in both observatories' data for lower lumino...