NICER observation list: Target ID 859802

Abstract

Magnetars are young highly-magnetized isolated neutron stars with bright X-ray emission. The decay of their magnetic fields fuels their high energy radiation. Here, we propose a yearly monitoring program of six magnetars to establish their spectral and timing properties. Such a campaign will discover new spin-up and spin-down glitches, reveal their relative strengths and recovery times, and uncover new outburst and bursting epochs. Such observational results are crucial to guide the development of the crust theory in the regime of super-strong B-fields, and its link to magnetospheric physics which dictate the connection between all of the above phenomena. It is also the only mean by which we build up an unbiased sample of glitches therby moving towards a population level investigation.
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8598020101 75.284 45.275 161.550 1.952 60740.3402 60740.5385 1435.0 34 3 VALIDATED 60751.3 60754
8598020201 75.284 45.276 161.550 1.952 60741.9526 60741.9594 0.0 34 3 VALIDATED 60752.8 60755
8598020202 75.284 45.275 161.550 1.952 60742.0169 60742.9926 0.0 34 5 VALIDATED 60899.6 60756
8598020203 75.285 45.276 161.550 1.953 60743.0468 60743.9623 0.0 34 5 VALIDATED 60753.7 60757
8598020204 75.285 45.275 161.550 1.952 60744.0148 60744.2154 41.0 34 4 VALIDATED 60753.7 60758
8598020205 75.284 45.275 161.550 1.951 60746.9816 60746.9901 0.0 50 5 VALIDATED 60756.8 60760
8598020206 75.283 45.275 161.550 1.951 60747.0470 60747.2025 2798.0 50 5 VALIDATED 60756.8 60761
8598020207 75.284 45.275 161.550 1.952 60750.0762 60750.1465 0.0 50 5 VALIDATED 60759.7 60764
8598020301 75.285 45.274 161.551 1.952 60751.6257 60751.6949 0.0 50 7 VALIDATED 60761.6 60765
8598020302 75.283 45.275 161.550 1.951 60752.9322 60752.9399 464.0 50 7 VALIDATED 60762.6 60766
8598020303 75.284 45.276 161.549 1.952 60753.6431 60753.9699 1243.0 50 7 VALIDATED 60764.6 60767
8598020304 75.284 45.276 161.549 1.952 60754.0315 60754.1639 402.0 50 5 VALIDATED 60764.7 60768