Indian scientist helps trace clues of high-energy pulses from magnetars

Shashi Bhushan Pandey from ARIES worked with lead scientist Alberto Castro Tirado and other group members in this research

Scientists at the Andalusian Institute of Astrophysics (IAA-CSIC) have found the first clues to understand violent short-duration flares from a compact star of rare category called magnetar located thirteen million light years away. 

These compact stars with the most intense magnetic field suffer violent eruptions that are still little known to scientists due to their unexpected nature and short duration. 

The group of scientists headed by Alberto J Castro-Tirado from the IAA-CSIC studied an eruption in detail that helped them measure different oscillations, or pulses during the instants of highest energy, which are a crucial component in understanding giant magnetar