Fermi/GBM View of the 2019 and 2020 Burst Active Episodes of SGR J1935+2154

Lin, Lin and Göğüş, Ersin and Roberts, Oliver J. and Baring, Matthew G. and Kouveliotou, Chryssa and Kaneko, Yuki and van der Horst, Alexander J. and Younes, George (2020) Fermi/GBM View of the 2019 and 2020 Burst Active Episodes of SGR J1935+2154. The Astrophysical Journal, 902 (2). L43. ISSN 2041-8213

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Abstract

We present temporal and time-integrated spectral analyses of 148 bursts from the latest activation of SGR J1935+2154, observed with the Fermi/Gamma-ray Burst Monitor from 2019 October 4 through 2020 May 20, excluding an ∼130 s segment with a very high burst density on 2020 April 27. The 148 bursts presented here are slightly longer and softer than bursts from earlier activations of SGR J1935+2154, as well as from other magnetars. The long-term spectral evolution trend is interpreted as being associated with an increase in the average plasma loading of the magnetosphere during bursts. We also find a trend of increased burst activity from SGR J1935+2154 since its discovery in 2014. Finally, we find no association of typical radio bursts with X-ray bursts from the source. This contrasts the association of FRB 200428 with an SGR J1935+2154 X-ray burst, which is to-date unique among the magnetar population.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Pustakas > Physics and Astronomy
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Date Deposited: 19 May 2023 07:32
Last Modified: 31 Jan 2024 04:40
URI: http://archive.pcbmb.org/id/eprint/531

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