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Where within the 3C 84 jet are -rays produced?

Georgios F. Paraschos, Ioannis Liodakis, Svetlana Jorstad +49

The location of -ray creation and emission within extra-galactic jets is a matter of active debate. One particularly well-suited source to pinpoint the location is the nearby, b…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 27 cited

AGILE gamma-ray detection of the exceptional GRB 221009A

M. Tavani, G. Piano, A. Bulgarelli +47

Gamma-ray emission in the MeV-GeV range from explosive cosmic events is of invaluable relevance to understanding physical processes related to the formation of neutron stars and bl…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 19 cited

The power of the rings: the GRB 221009A soft X-ray emission from its dust-scattering halo

Andrea Tiengo, Fabio Pintore, Beatrice Vaia +11

GRB 221009A is the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever detected and occurred at low Galactic latitude. Owing to this exceptional combination, its prompt X-ray emission could be de…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 3 cited

A puzzling 2-hour X-ray periodicity in the 1.5-hour orbital period black widow PSR J1311-3430

Andrea De Luca, Martino Marelli, Sandro Mereghetti +3

Time-domain analysis of an archival XMM-Newton observation unveiled a very unusual variability pattern in the soft X-ray emission of PSR J1311-3430, a black widow millisecond pulsa…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 55 cited

Observability of the very-high-energy emission from GRB 221009A

Giorgio Galanti, Lara Nava, Marco Roncadelli +2

The LHAASO Collaboration detected the gamma ray burst GRB 221009A at energies above with a tail extending up to , whose spectral analysis has pres…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 14 cited

Two decades of X-ray observations of the isolated neutron star RX J1856.5-3754: detection of thermal and non-thermal hard X-rays and refined spin-down measurement

Davide De Grandis, Michela Rigoselli, Sandro Mereghetti +6

The soft X-ray pulsar RX J1856.5-3754 is the brightest member of a small class of thermally-emitting, radio-silent, isolated neutron stars. Its X-ray spectrum is almost indistingui…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 4 cited

AGILE Observations of GRB 220101A: A "New Year's Burst" with an Exceptionally Huge Energy Release

Alessandro Ursi, Marco Romani, Giovanni Piano +20

We report the AGILE observations of GRB 220101A, which took place at the beginning of 1st January 2022 and was recognized as one of the most energetic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) ever…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 17 cited

The first 7 months of the 2020 X-ray outburst of the magnetar SGR J1935+2154

Alice Borghese, Francesco Coti Zelati, Gian Luca Israel +10

The magnetar SGR J1935+2154 underwent a new active episode on 2020 April 27-28, when a forest of hundreds of X-ray bursts and a large enhancement of the persistent flux were detect…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 2 cited

X-ray observation of the Roche-lobe filling white dwarf plus hot subdwarf system ZTF J213056.71+442046.5

S. Mereghetti, N. La Palombara, T. Kupfer +9

ZTF J213056.71+442046.5 is the prototype of a small class of recently discovered compact binaries composed of a white dwarf and a hot subdwarf that fills its Roche-lobe. Its orbita…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 9 cited

Recurrent X-ray flares of the black hole candidate in the globular cluster RZ 2109 in NGC 4472

A. Tiengo, P. Esposito, M. Toscani +7

We report on the systematic analysis of the X-ray observations of the ultra-luminous X-ray source XMMU J122939.7+075333 located in the globular cluster RZ 2109 in the Virgo galaxy…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 75 cited

ARGO-YBJ Observation of the Large-scale Anisotropy During the Solar Minimum between Cycles 23 and 24

Shuwang Cui

This paper reports on the measurement of the large-scale anisotropy in the distribution of cosmic-ray arrival directions using the data collected by the air shower detector ARGO-YB…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 4 cited

Detecting the intrinsic X-ray emission from the O-type donor star and the residual accretion in a Supergiant Fast X-ray Transient during its faintest state

L. Sidoli, K. Postnov, L. Oskinova +4

We report on the results of an XMM-Newton observation of the Supergiant Fast X-ray Transient (SFXT) IGR J08408-4503 performed in June 2020. The source is composed by a compact obje…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 8 cited

IKT16: Discovery of a 22 ms energetic rotation-powered pulsar in the Small Magellanic Cloud

C. Maitra, P. Esposito, A. Tiengo +5

We report here on the discovery with XMM-Newton of pulsations at 22 ms from the central compact source associated with IKT16, a supernova remnant in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 27 cited

The EXTraS Project: Exploring the X-ray transient and variable sky

A. De Luca, R. Salvaterra, A. Belfiore +29

Temporal variability in flux and spectral shape is ubiquitous in the X-ray sky and carries crucial information about the nature and emission physics of the sources. The EPIC instru…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 18 cited

AGILE Observations of Fast Radio Bursts

F. Verrecchia, C. Casentini, M. Tavani +22

We report on a systematic search for hard X-ray and gamma-ray emission in coincidence with fast radio bursts (FRBs) observed by the AGILE satellite. We used 13 years of AGILE archi…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 24 cited

The X-ray evolution and geometry of the 2018 outburst of XTE J1810-197

A. Borghese, N. Rea, R. Turolla +17

After 15 years, in late 2018, the magnetar XTE J1810-197 underwent a second recorded X-ray outburst event and reactivated as a radio pulsar. We initiated an X-ray monitoring campai…

astro-ph.HE2020

X-ray and Radio Bursts from the Magnetar 1E1547.0-5408

G. L. Israel, M. Burgay, N. Rea +10

We report on simultaneous radio and X-ray observations of the radio-emitting magnetar 1E1547.0-5408 on 2009 January 25 and February 3, with the 64-m Parkes radio telescope and the…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 21 cited

The new magnetar SGR J1830-0645 in outburst

F. Coti Zelati, A. Borghese, G. L. Israel +13

The detection of a short hard X-ray burst and an associated bright soft X-ray source by the Swift satellite in 2020 October heralded a new magnetar in outburst, SGR J1830-0645. Pul…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 6 cited

Dust-scattering halo and giant hard X-ray flare from the Supergiant Fast X-ray Transient IGR J16479-4514 investigated with XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL

V. Sguera, A. Tiengo, L. Sidoli +1

We report results from the analysis of XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL data of IGR J16479-4514. The unpublished XMM-Newton observation, performed in 2012, occurred during the source eclips…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 10 cited

A Multi-wavelength search for Black Widows and Redbacks counterparts of candidate -ray millisecond pulsars

C. Braglia, R. P. Mignani, A. Belfiore +6

The wealth of detections of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in -rays by {\em Fermi} has spurred searches for these objects among the several unidentified -ray sources. Interesting…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 39 cited

The X-ray reactivation of the radio bursting magnetar SGR 1935+2154

A. Borghese, F. Coti Zelati, N. Rea +4

A few years after its discovery as a magnetar, SGR J1935+2154 started a new burst-active phase on 2020 April 27, accompanied by a large enhancement of its X-ray persistent emission…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 45 cited

A search for optical and near-infrared counterparts of the compact binary merger GW190814

A. L. Thakur, S. Dichiara, E. Troja +29

We report on our observing campaign of the compact binary merger GW190814, detected by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors on August 14th, 2019. This signal has the best…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 226 cited

Observation of inverse Compton emission from a long -ray burst

V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +301

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) originate from ultra-relativistic jets launched from the collapsing cores of dying massive stars. They are characterised by an initial phase o…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 20 cited

The slow heartbeats of an ultra-luminous X-ray source in NGC 3621

S. E. Motta, M. Marelli, F. Pintore +6

We report on the results of X-ray observations of 4XMM J111816.0-324910, a transient ultra-luminous X-ray source located in the galaxy NGC 3621. This system is characterised by a t…