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(ABBREVIATED) The extraordinary 1998 August 27 giant flare places strong constraints on the physical properties of its source, SGR 1900+14. We make detailed comparisons of the published data with the magnetar model. The giant flare evolved through three stages, whose radiative mechanisms we address in turn. A triggering mechanism is proposed, whereby a helical distortion of the core magnetic field induces large-scale fracturing in the crust and a twisting deformation of the crust and exterior magnetic field. The envelope of the pulsating tail of the August 27 flare can be accurately fit, after ~40 s, by the contracting surface of a relativistically hot, but inhomogeneous, trapped fireball. We quantify the effects of direct neutrino-pair emission, thereby deducing a lower bound ~ 10^{32} G-cm^3 to the magnetic moment of the confining field. The radiative flux during the intermediate ~40 s of the burst appears to exceed the trapped fireball fit. The spectrum and lightcurve of this smooth tail are consistent with heating in an extended pair corona, possibly powered by continuing seismic activity in the star. We consider in detail the critical luminosity, below which a stable balance c

Author

Thompson, Christopher; Duncan, Robert C.

Published

2001

Language

EN