期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 809, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/809/2/165
关键词
stars: individual (sgr 1806-20); stars: magnetars; stars: neutron
资金
- ESA Member States
- USA (NASA)
- NSERC
- FQRNT Centre de Recherche Astrophysique du Quebec
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
- Canada Research Chairs Program
- Lorne Trottier Chair in Astrophysics and Cosmology
We report on the study of 14 XMM-Newton observations of the magnetar SGR 1806-20 spread over a period of 8 years, starting in 2003 and extending to 2011. We find that in mid 2005, a year and a half after a giant flare (GF), the torques on the star increased to the largest value yet seen, with a long term average rate between 2005 and 2011 of vertical bar(v)over dot vertical bar approximate to 1.35 x 10(-11) Hz s(-1), an order of magnitude larger than its historical level measured in 1995. The pulse morphology of the source is complex in the observations following the GF, while its pulsed-fraction remained constant at about 7% in all observations. Spectrally, the combination of a blackbody (BB) and power-law (PL) components is an excellent fit to all observations. The BB and PL fluxes increased by a factor of 2.5 and 4, respectively, while the spectra hardened, in concordance with the 2004 major outburst that preceded the GF. The fluxes decayed exponentially back to quiescence with a characteristic timescale of tau similar to 1.5 years, although they did not reach a constant value until at least 3.5 years later (2009). The long-term timing and spectral behavior of the source point to a decoupling between the mechanisms responsible for their respective behavior. We argue that low level seismic activity causing small twists in the open field lines can explain the long lasting large torques on the star, while the spectral behavior is due to a twist imparted onto closed field lines after the 2004 large outburst.
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