SINCE 2008 WE DETECTED 11 MAGNETARS (DISCOVERED 2); PRODUCED THE 5-YEAR GBM MAGNETAR BURST CATALOG; OBSERVED THE SMALLEST HOT SPOT ON A NS SURFACE;FOUND SGR-LIKE BURSTS FROM A LOW B-FIELD NS; REVEALED NEW TRENDS IN THE BURST EP VS FLUX CORRELATIONS; ESTIMATED THE MAXIMUM EXTENT OF MAGNETAR ATMOSPHERES TO BE 10M; ESTABLISHED THAT 2 BBS FIT BURST SPECTRA BEST; DISCOVERED QPOS IN MAGNETAR BURSTS. THESE RESULTS ARE REPORTED IN 25 PAPERS AND MULTIPLE MEETINGS. IN THE NEXT 2 YEARS WE WILL PROBE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AXP AND SGR BURSTS; PERFORM BURST MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES; CONTINUE MAGNETAR SEISMOLOGY; MONITOR KNOWN AND DISCOVER NEW SOURCES AND STUDY THE MAGNETAR POPULATION; PRODUCE A PUBLIC WEB-BASED MAGNETAR BURST CATALOG; COMBINE GBM WITH NUSTAR LOFAR MWA ALIGO; DETECT A NEW GIANT FLARE.
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