GECAM obs. of SGR J1935+2154. I. Burst catalog

Magnetars are neutron stars with ultrahigh magnetic fields (~10^14^-10^15^G). The magnetar SGR J1935+2154 is not only one of the most active magnetars detected so far, but also the unique confirmed source of fast radio bursts. The Gravitational Wave High-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) is dedicated to monitor gamma-ray transients all over the sky, including magnetar short bursts. Here we report the GECAM observations of the burst activity of SGR J1935+2154 from 2021 January to 2022 December, which results in a unique and valuable data set for this important magnetar. With a targeted search of GECAM data, 159 bursts from SGR J1935+2154 are detected by GECAM-B while 97 bursts are detected by GECAM-C, including the X-ray burst associated with a bright radio burst. We find that both the burst duration and the waiting time between two successive bursts follow lognormal distributions. The period of burst activity is 134+/-20 days, thus the burst activity could be generally divided into four active episodes over these two years. Interestingly, the hardness ratio of X-ray bursts tends to be softer during these two years, especially during the active episode with radio bursts detected.

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/277/5/table2 (SGR J1935+2154 burst list observed by GECAM-B from 2021 January to 2022 December)

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/277/5/table3 (SGR J1935+2154 burst list observed by GECAM-C from 2022 October to December)

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Provenance
Creator Xie S.-L.; Cai Ce; Yu Y.-W.; Xiong S.-L.; Lin L.; Zhao Yi; Zhang S.-N.,Song L.-M.; Wang P.; Li X.-B.; Xue W.-C.; Zhang P.; Zheng C.; Zhang Y.-Q.,Liu J.-C.; Wang C.-W.; Tan W.-J.; Wang Y.; Yu Z.-H.; Feng P.-Y.,Zhang J.-P.; Xiao S.; Zhao H.-S.; Zhang W.-L.; Zhang Y.-T.; Huang Y.,Zhao X.-Y.; Ma X.; Zheng S.-J.; Li X.-Q.; Wen X.-Y.; Gong Ke; An Z.-H.,Zhang D.-L.; Yang S.; Liu X.-J.; Zhang F.
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Publication Year 2026
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysical Processes; Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy