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astro-ph.IM2018★ 17 cited

Demonstration of resolving power for a space-based x-ray transmission grating spectrometer

Ralf K. Heilmann, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Alexander R. Bruccoleri +2

We present measurements of the resolving power of a soft x-ray spectrometer consisting of 200 nm-period lightweight, alignment-insensitive critical-angle transmission (CAT) grating…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 80 cited

Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Fifteen Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut b with Advanced LIGO

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1129

We describe directed searches for continuous gravitational waves from sixteen well localized candidate neutron stars assuming none of the stars has a binary companion. The searches…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 4 cited

X-ray and optical monitoring of the December 2017 outburst of the Be/X-ray binary AX J0049.4-7323

L. Ducci, C. Malacaria, P. Romano +5

AX J0049.4-7323 is a Be/X-ray binary that shows an unusual and poorly understood optical variability that consists of periodic and bright optical outbursts, simultaneous with X-ray…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 21 cited

Evidence of Twisting and Mixed-polarity Solar Photospheric Magnetic Field in Large Penumbral Jets: IRIS and Hinode Observations

Sanjiv K. Tiwari, Ronald L. Moore, Bart De Pontieu +4

A recent study using {\it Hinode} (SOT/FG) data of a sunspot revealed some unusually large penumbral jets that often repeatedly occurred at the same locations in the penumbra, name…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 25 cited

A Two-Sided-Loop X-Ray Solar Coronal Jet Driven by a Minifilament Eruption

Alphonse C. Sterling, Louise K. Harra, Ronald L. Moore +1

Most of the commonly discussed solar coronal jets are of the type consisting of a single spire extending approximately vertically from near the solar surface into the corona. Recen…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 67 cited

IRIS and SDO Observations of Solar Jetlets Resulting from Network-Edge Flux Cancelation

Navdeep K. Panesar, Alphonse C. Sterling, Ronald L. Moore +3

Recent observations show that the buildup and triggering of minifilament eruptions that drive coronal jets result from magnetic flux cancelation at the neutral line between merging…

gr-qc2018★ 29 cited

Binary White Dwarfs as Laboratories for Extreme Gravity with LISA

Tyson B. Littenberg, Nicolas Yunes

The observation of low-frequency gravitational waves with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna will allow the study of new sources of gravitational radiation that are not accessi…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 901 cited

Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1138

We present results on the mass, spin, and redshift distributions with phenomenological population models using the ten binary black hole mergers detected in the first and second ob…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 3.5k cited

GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1148

We present the results from three gravitational-wave searches for coalescing compact binaries with component masses above 1 during the first and second observing…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 39 cited

Anti-glitches in the Ultraluminous Accreting Pulsar NGC 300 ULX-1 Observed with NICER

Paul S. Ray, Sebastien Guillot, Wynn C. G. Ho +13

We present evidence for three spin-down glitches (or `anti-glitches') in the ultraluminous accreting X-ray pulsar NGC 300 ULX-1 in timing observations made with the Neutron Star In…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 21 cited

Unfolding overlapped slitless imaging spectrometer data for extended sources

Amy Winebarger, Mark Weber, Christian Bethge +9

Slitless spectrometers can provide simultaneous imaging and spectral data over an extended field of view, thereby allowing rapid data acquisition for extended sources. In some inst…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 160 cited

The Properties of the Solar Corona and Its Connection to the Solar Wind

Steven R. Cranmer, Amy R. Winebarger

The corona is a layer of hot plasma that surrounds the Sun, traces out its complex magnetic field, and ultimately expands into interplanetary space as the supersonic solar wind. Al…

gr-qc2018★ 632 cited

Tests of General Relativity with GW170817

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1145

The recent discovery by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo of a gravitational wave signal from a binary neutron star inspiral has enabled tests of general relativity (GR) with this n…

cs.CY2018★ 36 cited

Outcome-Driven Open Innovation at NASA

Jennifer L Gustetic, Jason Crusan, Steve Rader +1

In an increasingly connected and networked world, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recognizes the value of the public as a strategic partner in addressing s…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 153 cited

Very high energy particle acceleration powered by the jets of the microquasar SS 433

HAWC Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert +104

SS 433 is a binary system containing a supergiant star that is overflowing its Roche lobe with matter accreting onto a compact object (either a black hole or neutron star). Two jet…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 44 cited

A Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Search for Electromagnetic Signals Coincident with Gravitational-Wave Candidates in Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run

ray Burst Monitor Team, The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration +1160

We present a search for prompt gamma-ray counterparts to compact binary coalescence gravitational wave (GW) candidates from Advanced LIGO's first observing run (O1). As demonstrate…

gr-qc2018★ 136 cited

Search for gravitational waves from a long-lived remnant of the binary neutron star merger GW170817

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1138

One unanswered question about the binary neutron star coalescence GW170817 is the nature of its post-merger remnant. A previous search for post-merger gravitational waves targeted…

physics.ao-ph2018★ 1 cited

Performance of a simple proxy for U.S. cloud-to-ground lightning

Michael K. Tippett, Chiara Lepore, William J. Koshak +2

The product of convective available potential energy (CAPE) and precipitation rate has previously been used as a proxy for cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning flash counts in climate ch…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 64 cited

The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) Mission Concept Study Interim Report

B. Scott Gaudi, Sara Seager, Bertrand Mennesson +79

For the first time in human history, technologies have matured sufficiently to enable a mission capable of discovering and characterizing habitable planets like Earth orbiting sunl…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 31 cited

CLASP Constraints on the Magnetization and Geometrical Complexity of the Chromosphere-Corona Transition Region

J. Trujillo Bueno, J. Štěpán, L. Belluzzi +25

The Chromospheric Lyman-Alpha Spectro-Polarimeter (CLASP) is a suborbital rocket experiment that on 3rd September 2015 measured the linear polarization produced by scattering proce…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 9 cited

The Draconid meteoroid stream 2018: prospects for satellite impact detection

Auriane Egal, Paul Wiegert, Peter G. Brown +3

Predictions of the 2018 Draconid activity at the Earth and the Sun-Earth L1 and L2 Lagrange points are presented. Numerical simulations of the meteoroids' ejection and evolution fr…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 49 cited

Constraining the p-mode--g-mode tidal instability with GW170817

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1136

We analyze the impact of a proposed tidal instability coupling -modes and -modes within neutron stars on GW170817. This non-resonant instability transfers energy from the orb…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 39 cited

VERITAS and Fermi-LAT observations of new HAWC sources

VERITAS Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Archer +280

The HAWC (High Altitude Water Cherenkov) collaboration recently published their 2HWC catalog, listing 39 very high energy (VHE; >100~GeV) gamma-ray sources based on 507 days of obs…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 122 cited

Search for sub-solar mass ultracompact binaries in Advanced LIGO's first observing run

B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott +1135

We present the first Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo search for ultracompact binary systems with component masses between 0.2 - 1.0 using data taken between Se…