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A giant periodic flare from the soft γ-ray repeater SGR1900+14

Cline, T.; Hurley, K.; Golenetskii, S. +11 more

Soft γ-ray repeaters are transient sources of high-energy photons; they emit sporadic and short (about 0.1s) bursts of `soft' γ-rays during periods of activity, which are often broken by long stretches of quiescence. These objects are associated with neutron stars in young supernova remnants. The event of 5 March 1979 was the most intense burst to…