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Discovery of the X-Ray Counterpart to the Rotating Radio Transient J1819-1458

Discovery of the X-Ray Counterpart to the Rotating Radio Transient J1819-1458

We present the discovery of the first X-ray counterpart to a Rotating RAdio Transient (RRAT) source. RRAT J1819-1458 is a relatively highly magnetized (B ~ 5 × 1013 G) member of a new class of unusual pulsar-like objects discovered by their bursting activity at radio wavelengths. A Chandra observation of …