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Evidence for the magnetar nature of 1E 161348โˆ’5055 in RCW 103

Evidence for the magnetar nature of 1E 161348โˆ’5055 in RCW 103

We report on the detection of a bright, short, structured X-ray burst coming from the supernova remnant RCW 103 on 2016 June 22 caught by the Swift/BAT monitor, and on the follow-up campaign made with Swift/XRT, Swift/UVOT and the optical/NIR GROND detector. The characteristics of this flash, such as duration, โ€ฆ