A magnetar giant flare in the nearby starburst galaxy M82

S Mereghetti, M Rigoselli, R Salvaterra, DP Pacholski… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Magnetar giant flares are rare explosive events releasing up to 1047 erg in gamma rays in
less than 1 second from young neutron stars with magnetic fields up to 1015− 16 G (refs.,) …

Extragalactic Magnetar Giant Flares: Population Implications, Rates and Prospects for Gamma-Rays, Gravitational Waves and Neutrinos

P Beniamini, Z Wadiasingh, A Trigg, C Chirenti… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Magnetar Giant Flares (MGFs) are the most energetic non-catastrophic transients known to
originate from stellar objects. The first discovered events were nearby. In recent years …

Instant ZeV-ion-acceleration in Upset Magnetar Origin Bursts

J Shimoda, T Wada - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.19915, 2024 - arxiv.org
We study the energetics of bursting activity in a magnetar under theDzhanibekov
effect,'described by the classical mechanics of rigid bodies. The magnetar's rotation axis …