INTEGRAL detection of SGR 0501+4516
January 8, 2013
SGR 0501+4516, the first new Soft Gamma Repeater in 10 years, triggered a burst alert from NASA's Swift spacecraft on 22 August 2008. A subsequent Target-of-Opportunity observation with XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL was performed. The INTEGRAL data show that a higher energy component was present early on (1-2 days after the start of the outburst), but quickly fell below threshold, the first such observation for a magnetar.
Date: 16 Jun 2009
Satellite: INTEGRAL
Depicts: Transient high energy X-ray emission from SGR0501_4516 as observed by INTEGRAL.
Copyright: ESA/INTEGRAL/IBIS-SIGRI (Rea et al. 2009)
Topics:
Environment, Soft gamma repeaters, Space, Astronomy, SGR J1550-5418, SGR 1627-41, XMM-Newton, INTEGRAL, SGR 0501+4516, Space telescopes, European Space Agency, Star types, Magnetars
