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Christopher Thompson
Researcher at Monash University
Publications - 117
Citations - 5389
Christopher Thompson is an academic researcher from Monash University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Magnetic field & Rotational–vibrational spectroscopy. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 115 publications receiving 4892 citations. Previous affiliations of Christopher Thompson include La Trobe University & University of Melbourne.
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Formation of very strongly magnetized neutron stars - Implications for gamma-ray bursts
TL;DR: In this article, it is argued that a convective dynamo can also generate a very strong dipole field after the merger of a neutron star binary, but only if the merged star survives for as long as about 10-100 ms.
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An exceptionally bright flare from SGR 1806–20 and the origins of short-duration γ-ray bursts
Kevin Hurley,Steven E. Boggs,Steven E. Boggs,David M. Smith,Robert C. Duncan,Robert P. Lin,Andreas Zoglauer,Säm Krucker,G. J. Hurford,Hugh S. Hudson,C. Wigger,Wojtek Hajdas,Christopher Thompson,I. G. Mitrofanov,A. B. Sanin,William V. Boynton,C. Fellows,A. von Kienlin,G. G. Lichti,Arne Rau,T. L. Cline +20 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported the detection of a long (380's) giant flare from SGR 1806-20, which was much more luminous than any previous transient event observed in our Galaxy.
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Thermalization in Relativistic Outflows and the Correlation between Spectral Hardness and Apparent Luminosity in Gamma-Ray Bursts
TL;DR: In this paper, a jet undergoes internal dissipation which prevents its bulk Lorentz factor from exceeding 1/θ (θ being the jet opening angle) until it escapes from the core of its progenitor star, at a radius of order 1010 cm.
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Physical Mechanisms for the Variable Spin-down of SGR 1900+14
Christopher Thompson,Robert C. Duncan,P. M. Woods,Chryssa Kouveliotou,M. H. Finger,J. van Paradijs +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the physical implications of the rapid spindown of Soft Gamma Repeater 1900+14, and of the apparent "braking glitch", \Delta P/P = l x 10^-4, that was concurrent with the Aug. 27th giant flare are considered.
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Resonant Cyclotron Scattering in Three Dimensions and the Quiescent Non-thermal X-ray Emission of Magnetars
TL;DR: In this paper, a Monte Carlo approach was proposed to calculate the redistribution of thermal seed photons in frequency and angle by multiple resonant scattering in the magnetosphere, including the full angular dependence of the cyclotron scattering cross section, the relativistic Doppler effect due to the motion of the charges, and allowing for an arbitrary particle velocity distribution and magnetic field geometry.