A Coherent Search for New Galactic Magnetars using Fermi/GBM and follow-up Swift/BAT: 7 Candidates and a Large Burst Catalog

arXiv:2609.26897 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-09-22 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-09-22

Updated: 2026-09-22

Code: https://github.com/PeAriel/grpype

Terminology

• Clustering — 24× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Degeneracy — 5× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Core — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Maximum Likelihood Estimates — 2× in this paper
• Robustness — 2× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• alpha — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor — 1× in this paper
• Swift Burst Alert Telescope — 1× in this paper

Sources

• ECLAIRs: the SVOM high-energy transient trigger camera
• INTEGRAL IBIS catalog of magnetar bursts

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