Home Page of Robert Duncan
Contact

Department of Astronomy
University of Texas Austin
Austin, TX 78712
Tel. (512) 471 7426
duncan@astro.as.utexas.edu

Research
'MAGNETARS', SOFT GAMMA REPEATERS & VERY STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS
Strong magnetic fields
Discovery of SGR
SGR Bursts
The March 5th Event
The burster is located
March 5th Burst Theories
Other SGR's
Neutron Star Magnetic Fields
A new kind of star?
A brief history of magnetars
March 5th revisited
Earthquakes and Starquakes
Conclusions
X-ray map of N49
Light curve of March 5 event
Last update, May, 1998