Astronomers of the University of Valencia in Spain recorded a powerful outbreak at the magnetary – a neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field – in 13 million light years from the Earth in the group of galaxies in the constellation sculptor. About it reports Daily Mail.
To observe the GRB2001415 object, the researchers used the AIM device on board the ISS, which made it possible to record the intensity and duration of the magnetary eruption. According to the researchers, during the explosion, the magazine has released energy in one tenth second, which is equivalent to the one that is produced by the Sun for 100 thousand years. It is assumed that the reason for the outbreak was the instability in the magnetosphere of a star or “earthquake” in the kore.
Regardless of the cause in the magnetosphere, Alvenian waves are generated – plasma waves propagating along the power lines of the magnetic field. The analysis of oscillations in the energy generated during an outbreak showed that the impulses produced corresponded to the radiation between the Alvenian waves.
The results obtained can help explain the cause of rapid radio spells (FRB). FRB occur within a few milliseconds and are accompanied by an emission of a huge amount of energy in the outer space – such that the sun emits for several tens of thousands of years.