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Observations of Short-period Current Sheet Flapping Events in the Earth's Magnetotail
Deng, X. H.; Huang, S. Y.; Xu, S. B. +9 more
The flapping motion of the current sheet, with the period from several minutes to tens of minutes, is one common dynamic phenomenon in the planetary magnetotail. This Letter reports on one current sheet flapping event with the short semi-period of ∼6 s on 2017 July 17 in the Earth’s magnetotail for the first time using the Magnetospheric Multiscal…
The Gamma-Ray Giant Flare from SGR 1806-20: Evidence of Crustal Cracking via Initial Timescales
Kataria, D. O.; Zane, Silvia; Schwartz, Steven J. +6 more
Soft γ-ray repeaters (SGRs) are neutron stars that emit short (<~1 s) and energetic (<~1042 ergs s-1) bursts of soft γ-rays. Only four of them are currently known. Occasionally, SGRs have been observed to emit much more energetic ``giant flares'' (~1044-1045 ergs s-1). These are exceptio…