output
19912026
Showing 2013 · astro-ph.HEShow all

32 papers · 2 filters

astro-ph.HE2013★ 158 cited

Radio Detections During Two State Transitions of the Intermediate Mass Black Hole HLX-1

Natalie Webb, David Cseh, Emil Lenc +7

Relativistic jets are streams of plasma moving at appreciable fractions of the speed of light. They have been observed from stellar mass black holes (320 solar masses, M$_…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 33 cited

Fermi LAT and WMAP observations of the supernova remnant HB 21

G. Pivato, J. Hewitt, L. Tibaldo +8

We present the analysis of Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) -ray observations of HB~21 (G89.0+4.7). We detect significant -ray emission associated with the remnant: the flux…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 30 cited

Combined Analysis of Hubble and VLT Photometry of the Intermediate Mass Black Hole ESO 243-49 HLX-1

Sean A. Farrell, Mathieu Servillat, Jeanette C. Gladstone +11

In this paper we present a combined analysis of data obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Very Large Telescope (VLT), and Swift X-ray telescope (XRT) of the intermediate…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 61 cited

Broadband Pulsations from PSR B1821-24: Implications for Emission Models and the Pulsar Population of M28

T. J. Johnson, L. Guillemot, M. Kerr +27

We report a 5.4σ detection of pulsed gamma rays from PSR B1821-24 in the globular cluster M28 using ~44 months of Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) data that have been reprocessed w…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 475 cited

Dark Matter Constraints from Observations of 25 Milky Way Satellite Galaxies with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

LAT Collaboration, M. Ackermann, A. Albert +119

The dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies of the Milky Way are some of the most dark-matter-dominated objects known. Due to their proximity, high dark matter content, and lack of ast…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 57 cited

Infrared identification of high-mass X-ray binaries discovered by INTEGRAL

Alexis Coleiro, Sylvain Chaty, Juan A. Zurita Heras +2

Since it started observing the sky, the INTEGRAL satellite has discovered new categories of high mass X-ray binaries (HMXB) in our Galaxy. These observations raise important questi…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 3 cited

The loss-limited electron energy in SN 1006: effects of the shock velocity and of the diffusion process

M. Miceli, F. Bocchino, A. Decourchelle +3

The spectral shape of the synchrotron X-ray emission from SN 1006 reveals the fundamental role played by radiative losses in shaping the high-energy tail of the electron spectrum.…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 65 cited

Measurement of the atmospheric energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 200 TeV with the ANTARES telescope

The ANTARES Collaboration, S. Adrián-Martínez, A. Albert +149

Atmospheric neutrinos are produced during cascades initiated by the interaction of primary cosmic rays with air nuclei. In this paper, a measurement of the atmospheric ν_μ+ \barν_μ…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 20 cited

Towards a dynamical mass of the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 5408 X-1

D. Cseh, F. Grise, P. Kaaret +5

We obtained multi-epoch Very Large Telescope (VLT) optical spectroscopic data in 2011 and 2012 on the ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) NGC 5408 X-1. We confirm that the HeII\lambda…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 33 cited

On the nature of the hard X-ray sources SWIFTJ1907.3-2050, IGRJ12123-5802 and IGRJ19552+0044

F. Bernardini, D. de Martino, K. Mukai +7

The INTEGRAL and Swift hard X-ray surveys have identified a large number of new sources, among which many are proposed as Cataclysmic Variables (CVs). Here we present the first det…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 34 cited

A Search for Neutrino Emission from the Fermi Bubbles with the ANTARES Telescope

ANTARES Collaboration, S. Adrián-Martínez, A. Albert +147

Analysis of the Fermi-LAT data has revealed two extended structures above and below the Galactic Centre emitting gamma rays with a hard spectrum, the so-called Fermi bubbles. Hadro…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 45 cited

Modeling the interaction of thermonuclear supernova remnants with circumstellar structures: The case of Tycho's supernova remnant

A. Chiotellis, D. Kosenko, K. M. Schure +2

The well-established Type Ia remnant of Tycho's supernova (SN 1572) reveals discrepant ambient medium density estimates based on either the measured dynamics or on the X-ray emissi…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 12 cited

Limits on Primordial Black Hole evaporation with the H.E.S.S. array of Cherenkov telescopes

J-F. Glicenstein, A. Barnacka, M. Vivier +1

Data collected by the H.E.S.S. array between 2004 and 2012 have been used to search for photon bursts from primordial black hole explosions. Bursts were searched for in a 30 second…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 115 cited

Echoes of multiple outbursts of Sagittarius A* revealed by Chandra

Maïca Clavel, R. Terrier, A. Goldwurm +4

The relatively rapid spatial and temporal variability of the X-ray radiation from some molecular clouds near the Galactic center shows that this emission component is due to the re…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 44 cited

Bremsstrahlung gamma rays from light Dark Matter

Marco Cirelli, Pasquale D. Serpico, Gabrijela Zaharijas

We discuss the often-neglected role of bremsstrahlung processes on the interstellar gas in computing indirect signatures of Dark Matter (DM) annihilation in the Galaxy, particularl…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 77 cited

Search for muon neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts with the ANTARES neutrino telescope using 2008 to 2011 data

S. Adrián-Martínez, A. Albert, I. Al Samarai +146

A search for muon neutrinos in coincidence with gamma-ray bursts with the ANTARES neutrino detector using data from the end of 2007 to 2011 is performed. Expected neutrino fluxes a…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 22 cited

The shape of the cutoff in the synchrotron emission of SN 1006 observed with XMM-Newton

M. Miceli, F. Bocchino, A. Decourchelle +3

Synchrotron X-ray emission from the rims of young supernova remnants allows us to study the high-energy tail of the electrons accelerated at the shock front. The analysis of X-ray…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 395 cited

The Hot and Energetic Universe: A White Paper presenting the science theme motivating the Athena+ mission

Kirpal Nandra, Didier Barret, Xavier Barcons +237

This White Paper, submitted to the recent ESA call for science themes to define its future large missions, advocates the need for a transformational leap in our understanding of tw…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 54 cited

GRO J1008-57: an (almost) predictable transient X-ray binary

M. Kühnel, S. Müller, I. Kreykenbohm +13

A study of archival RXTE, Swift, and Suzaku pointed observations of the transient high mass X-ray binary GRO J1008-57 is presented. A new orbital ephemeris based on pulse arrival t…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 43 cited

A long-term X-ray monitoring of the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 5408 X-1 with Swift reveals the presence of dips but no orbital period

Fabien Grisé, Philip Kaaret, Stéphane Corbel +2

NGC 5408 X-1 is a well-studied ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) that has been seen to emit in X-rays persistently above the Eddington limit of a stellar-mass black hole for years.…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 247 cited

Search for Gamma-ray Spectral Lines with the Fermi Large Area Telescope and Dark Matter Implications

LAT Collaboration

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are a theoretical class of particles that are excellent dark matter candidates. WIMP annihilation or decay may produce essentially mono…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 102 cited

H.E.S.S. discovery of VHE gamma-rays from the quasar PKS 1510-089

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +204

The quasar PKS 1510-089 (z=0.361) was observed with the H.E.S.S. array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes during high states in the optical and GeV bands, to search for ve…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 18 cited

Multiwavelength observations of the black hole transient XTE J1752-223 during its 2010 outburst decay

Y. Y. Chun, T. Dinçer, E. Kalemci +6

Galactic black hole transients show many interesting phenomena during outburst decays. We present simultaneous X-ray (RXTE, Swift, and INTEGRAL), and optical/near-infrared (O/NIR)…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 297 cited

The First Fermi LAT Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog

LAT Collaboration

In three years of observations since the beginning of nominal science operations in August 2008, the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope has obs…