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Bright sub-second X-ray bursts
January 1 , 2024
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- AstroSat, has detected bright sub-second X-ray bursts from a new and unique neutron star with an ultrahigh magnetic field (magnetar).
- This is expected to help understand the intriguing extreme astrophysical conditions of magnetars.
- One of the key findings was the detection of 67 short sub-second X-ray bursts, with an average duration of 33 milliseconds.
- Of these bursts, the brightest one lasted for about 90 milliseconds.
- AstroSat is the India’s first multi-wavelength space-based observatory.
- Magnetars are neutron stars having an ultrahigh magnetic field that are much stronger than the terrestrial magnetic field.
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