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Discovery of a Magnetar Associated with the Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1900+14

Discovery of a Magnetar Associated with the Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1900+14

The soft-gamma repeater SGR 1900+14 became active again on June 1998 after a long period of quiescence; it remained at a low state of activity until August 1998, when it emitted a series of extraordinarily intense outbursts. We have observed the source with RXTE twice, during the onset of each …