Where is SGR 1806-20?

被引:44
作者
Hurley, K [1 ]
Kouveliotou, C
Cline, T
Mazets, E
Golenetskii, S
Frederiks, DD
van Paradijs, J
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Space Sci Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] NASA, George C Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Univ Space Res Assoc, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA
[3] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[4] Russian Acad Sci, AF Ioffe Phys Tech Inst, St Petersburg 194021, Russia
[5] Univ Alabama, Huntsville, AL 35899 USA
[6] Univ Amsterdam, Astron Inst Anton Pannekoek, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands
关键词
gamma rays : bursts; stars : neutron; supernova remnants; X-rays : stars;
D O I
10.1086/312256
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We apply a statistical method to derive very precise locations for soft gamma repeaters using data from the interplanetary network. We demonstrate the validity of the method by deriving a 600 arcsec(2) error ellipse for SGR 1900+14 whose center agrees well with the VLA source position. We then apply it to SGR 1806-20, for which we obtain a 230 arcsec(2) error ellipse, the smallest burst error box to date. We find that the most likely position of the source has a small but significant displacement from that of the nonthermal core of the radio supernova remnant G10.0-0.3, which was previously thought to be the position of the repeater. We propose a different model to explain the changing supernova remnant morphology and the positions of the luminous blue variable and the bursting source.
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页码:L37 / L40
页数:4
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