BURST AND OUTBURST CHARACTERISTICS OF MAGNETAR 4U 0142+61

作者:Gogus, Ersin; Lin, Lin; Roberts, Oliver J.; Chakraborty, Manoneeta; Kaneko, Yuki; Gill, Ramandeep; Granot, Jonathan; van der Horst, Alexander J.; Watts, Anna L.; Baring, Matthew; Kouveliotou, Chryssa; Huppenkothen, Daniela; Younes, George
来源:Astrophysical Journal, 2017, 835(1): 68.
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/68

摘要

We have compiled the most comprehensive burst sample from magnetar 4U 0142+61, comprising 27 bursts from its three burst-active episodes in 2011, 2012 and the latest one in 2015 observed with Swift/Burst Alert Telescope and Fermi/Gamma-ray Burst Monitor. Bursts from 4U 0142+61. morphologically resemble typical short bursts from other magnetars. However, 4U 0142+61. bursts are less energetic compared to the bulk of magnetar bursts. We uncovered an extended tail emission following a burst on 2015 February 28, with a thermal nature, cooling over a timescale of several minutes. During this tail emission, we also uncovered pulse peak phase aligned X-ray bursts, which could originate from the same underlying mechanism as that of the extended burst tail, or an associated and spatially coincident but different mechanism.