Unveil A Peculiar Light Curve Pattern of Magnetar Burst with GECAM observations of SGR J1935+2154

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Main Authors: Wang, Yue, Wang, Chen-Wei, Xiong, Shaolin, Xiao, Xiao, Zhang, Yanqiu, Xie, Sheng-Lun, Lin, Lin, Yang, Yuan-Pei, Guo, Haoxuan, Cai, Ce, Huang, Yue, Li, Cheng-Kui, Li, Bing, Li, Xiaobo, Liu, Jiacong, Ma, Xiang, Song, Liming, Tan, Wen-Jun, Wang, Ping, Xue, Wang-Chen, Yi, Shu-Xu, Yu, Yun-Wei, Yu, Zheng-Hang, Zhang, Jin-Peng, Zhang, Peng, Zhang, Shuang-Nan, Zhang, Wen-Long, Zhang, Zhen, Zhao, Xiao-Yun, Zheng, Chao, Zheng, S. J.
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author Wang, Yue
Wang, Chen-Wei
Xiong, Shaolin
Xiao, Xiao
Zhang, Yanqiu
Xie, Sheng-Lun
Lin, Lin
Yang, Yuan-Pei
Guo, Haoxuan
Cai, Ce
Huang, Yue
Li, Cheng-Kui
Li, Bing
Li, Xiaobo
Liu, Jiacong
Ma, Xiang
Song, Liming
Tan, Wen-Jun
Wang, Ping
Xue, Wang-Chen
Yi, Shu-Xu
Yu, Yun-Wei
Yu, Zheng-Hang
Zhang, Jin-Peng
Zhang, Peng
Zhang, Shuang-Nan
Zhang, Wen-Long
Zhang, Zhen
Zhao, Xiao-Yun
Zheng, Chao
Zheng, S. J.
author_facet Wang, Yue
Wang, Chen-Wei
Xiong, Shaolin
Xiao, Xiao
Zhang, Yanqiu
Xie, Sheng-Lun
Lin, Lin
Yang, Yuan-Pei
Guo, Haoxuan
Cai, Ce
Huang, Yue
Li, Cheng-Kui
Li, Bing
Li, Xiaobo
Liu, Jiacong
Ma, Xiang
Song, Liming
Tan, Wen-Jun
Wang, Ping
Xue, Wang-Chen
Yi, Shu-Xu
Yu, Yun-Wei
Yu, Zheng-Hang
Zhang, Jin-Peng
Zhang, Peng
Zhang, Shuang-Nan
Zhang, Wen-Long
Zhang, Zhen
Zhao, Xiao-Yun
Zheng, Chao
Zheng, S. J.
contents Magnetar X-ray Burst (MXB) is usually composed of a single pulse or multiple pulses with rapid rise and brief duration mostly observed in hard X-ray (soft gamma-ray) band. Previous work studied the temporal behavior of some magnetar bursts and employed the Fast Rise Exponential Decay (FRED) model to fit pulses of MXB. However, whether there is other kind of pulse shape has not been explored. In this study, we systematically examined light curve of MXBs from SGR J1935+2154 detected by GECAM between 2021 and 2022. We find that there are different light curve morphologies. Especially, we discover a peculiar and new pattern, Exponential Rise and Cut-Off Decay (ERCOD), which is significantly different from FRED and could be well described by a mathematical function we proposed. We find that MXBs with ERCOD shape are generally longer in duration, brighter in the peak flux, and harder in spectrum. We note that the ERCOD shape is not unique to SGR J1935+2154 but also present in other magnetars. This new light curve pattern may imply a special burst and radiation mechanism of magnetar.
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spellingShingle Unveil A Peculiar Light Curve Pattern of Magnetar Burst with GECAM observations of SGR J1935+2154
Wang, Yue
Wang, Chen-Wei
Xiong, Shaolin
Xiao, Xiao
Zhang, Yanqiu
Xie, Sheng-Lun
Lin, Lin
Yang, Yuan-Pei
Guo, Haoxuan
Cai, Ce
Huang, Yue
Li, Cheng-Kui
Li, Bing
Li, Xiaobo
Liu, Jiacong
Ma, Xiang
Song, Liming
Tan, Wen-Jun
Wang, Ping
Xue, Wang-Chen
Yi, Shu-Xu
Yu, Yun-Wei
Yu, Zheng-Hang
Zhang, Jin-Peng
Zhang, Peng
Zhang, Shuang-Nan
Zhang, Wen-Long
Zhang, Zhen
Zhao, Xiao-Yun
Zheng, Chao
Zheng, S. J.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Magnetar X-ray Burst (MXB) is usually composed of a single pulse or multiple pulses with rapid rise and brief duration mostly observed in hard X-ray (soft gamma-ray) band. Previous work studied the temporal behavior of some magnetar bursts and employed the Fast Rise Exponential Decay (FRED) model to fit pulses of MXB. However, whether there is other kind of pulse shape has not been explored. In this study, we systematically examined light curve of MXBs from SGR J1935+2154 detected by GECAM between 2021 and 2022. We find that there are different light curve morphologies. Especially, we discover a peculiar and new pattern, Exponential Rise and Cut-Off Decay (ERCOD), which is significantly different from FRED and could be well described by a mathematical function we proposed. We find that MXBs with ERCOD shape are generally longer in duration, brighter in the peak flux, and harder in spectrum. We note that the ERCOD shape is not unique to SGR J1935+2154 but also present in other magnetars. This new light curve pattern may imply a special burst and radiation mechanism of magnetar.
title Unveil A Peculiar Light Curve Pattern of Magnetar Burst with GECAM observations of SGR J1935+2154
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11385