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    Very-high-frequency oscillations in the main peak of a magnetar giant flare

    Magnetars are strongly magnetized, isolated neutron stars13 with magnetic fields up to around 1015 gauss, luminosities of approximately 1031–1036 ergs per second and rotation periods of about 0.3–12.0 s. Very en...

    A. J. Castro-Tirado, N. Østgaard, E. Göǧüş, C. Sánchez-Gil, J. Pascual-Granado in Nature (2021)

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    The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT)

    High-time-resolution X-ray observations of compact objects provide direct access to strong-field gravity, to the equation of state of ultradense matter and to black hole masses and spins. A 10 m2-class instrument...

    M. Feroci, L. Stella, M. van der Klis, T. J. -L. Courvoisier in Experimental Astronomy (2012)