SIMBAD references

begin{HTML} On 2004 December 27, a giant flare from the soft gamma repeater 1806-20 was observed. The radiation mechanism of the initial peak of the flare would be controversial. In this letter we point out that very high-energy cosmic rays would be produced in the case that the flare was caused by internal shocks, as is usually considered for gamma-ray bursts. The highest energy of cosmic rays can reach 10¹⁹_eV, if the Lorentz factor of the shocks is sufficiently high. Future observations of cosmic rays will inform us about the mechanism of the giant flare.