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A giant γ-ray flare from the magnetar SGR 1806–20

D. M. Palmer, S. D. Barthelmy, N. Gehrels, R. M. Kippen, T. Cayton, C. Kouveliotou, David Eichler, R. A. M. J. Wijers, Peter Woods, Jonathan Granot,

Nature · 2005 · 535 citations · 20 references

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