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most citedThe Eleventh and Twelfth Data Releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Final Data from SDSS-III

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astro-ph.SR2020★ 9 cited

Semi-empirical models of spicule from inversion of Ca II 8542 Å line

D. Kuridze, H. Socas-Navarro, J. Koza +1

We study a solar spicule observed off-limb using high-resolution imaging spectroscopy in the Ca II 8542 Å line obtained with the CRisp Imaging SpectroPolarimeter (CRISP) on the Swe…

math-ph2020★ 1 cited

Dirac and Maxwell systems in split octonions

Merab Gogberashvili, Alexandre Gurchumelia

The known equivalence of 8-dimensional chiral spinors and vectors, also referred to as triality, is discussed for (4+4)-space. Split octonionic representation of SO(4,4) and Spin(4…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 2 cited

Case study on the identification and classification of small-scale flow patterns in flaring active region

E. Philishvi, B. M. Shergelashvili, S. Buitendag +3

We propose a novel methodology to identity flows in the solar atmosphere and classify their velocities as either supersonic, subsonic, or sonic. The proposed methodology consists o…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 52 cited

The dual nature of blazar fast variability. Space and ground observations of S5 0716+714

C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata, D. Carosati +39

Blazar S5 0716+714 is well-known for its short-term variability, down to intra-day time-scales. We here present the 2-min cadence optical light curve obtained by the TESS space tel…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 31 cited

Mode changing, subpulse drifting and nulling in four component conal pulsar PSR J2321+6024

Sk. Minhajur Rahaman, Rahul Basu, Dipanjan Mitra +1

In this study, we report on a detailed single pulse polarimetric analysis of the radio emission from the pulsar J2321+6024 (B2319+60) observed with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telesc…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 41 cited

Circular Polarization of Gravitational Waves from Early-Universe Helical Turbulence

Tina Kahniashvili, Axel Brandenburg, Grigol Gogoberidze +2

We perform direct numerical simulations to compute the net circular polarization of gravitational waves from helical (chiral) turbulent sources in the early Universe for a variety…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 2 cited

Search for Off-pulse emission in Long Period Pulsars

Rahul Basu, Dipanjan Mitra, George I. Melikidze

We have revisited the problem of off-pulse emission in pulsars, where detailed search for the presence of low level radio emission outside the pulse window is carried out. The pres…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 20 cited

Zero net flux MRI-turbulence in disks sustenance scheme and magnetic Prandtl number dependence

George Mamatsashvili, George Chagelishvili, Martin E. Pessah +2

We investigate sustenance and dependence on magnetic Prandtl number () for magnetorotational instability (MRI)-driven turbulence in astrophysical Keplerian disks with zer…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 9 cited

Potential asteroid discoveries by the ESA Gaia mission: Results from follow-up observations

B. Carry, W. Thuillot, F. Spoto +42

Since July 2014, the ESA Gaia mission has been surveying the entire sky down to magnitude 20.7 in the visible. In addition to the millions of stars, thousands of Solar System Objec…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 2 cited

Wray 15-906: a candidate luminous blue variable discovered with WISE, Herschel and SALT

O. V. Maryeva, V. V. Gvaramadze, A. Y. Kniazev +1

We present the results of study of the Galactic candidate luminous blue variable Wray 15-906, revealed via detection of its infrared circumstellar shell (of \approx2 pc in diameter…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 9 cited

Grandma: a network to coordinate them all

S. Agayeva, S. Alishov, S. Antier +75

GRANDMA is an international project that coordinates telescope observations of transient sources with large localization uncertainties. Such sources include gravitational wave even…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 27 cited

Effect of latitudinal differential rotation on solar Rossby waves: Critical layers, eigenfunctions, and momentum fluxes in the equatorial plane

L. Gizon, D. Fournier, M. Albekioni

Retrograde-propagating waves of vertical vorticity with longitudinal wavenumbers between 3 and 15 have been observed on the Sun with a dispersion relation close to that of classica…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 34 cited

X-rays observations of a super-Chandrasekhar object reveal an ONeMg and a CO white dwarf merger product embedded in a putative SN Iax remnant

Lidia M. Oskinova, Vasilii V. Gvaramadze, Goetz Graefener +2

The merger of two white dwarfs (WD) is a natural outcome from the evolution of many binary stars. Recently, a WD merger product, IRAS 00500+6713, was identified. IRAS 00500+6713 co…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 1 cited

Pulsar radio emission mechanism I : On the amplification of Langmuir waves in the linear regime

Sk. Minhajur Rahaman, Dipanjan Mitra, George I. Melikidze

Observations suggest that in normal period radio pulsars, coherent curvature radiation is excited within 10 of the light cylinder. The coherence is attributed to Langmuir mode…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 33 cited

A Mechanism of Spark Motion in Inner Acceleration Region to Investigate Subpulse Drifting in Pulsars

Rahul Basu, Dipanjan Mitra, George I. Melikidze

Coherent radio emission in pulsars is excited due to instabilities in a relativistically streaming non-stationary plasma flow, which is generated from sparking discharges in the in…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 11 cited

Ubiquitous hundred-Gauss magnetic fields in solar spicules

M. Kriginsky, R. Oliver, N. Freij +3

Aims. We use high-resolution spectropolarimetric observations in the Ca ii 8542 A line obtained with the SST to study the magnetic field in solar spicules. Methods. The equations t…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 8 cited

A new class of discontinuous solar wind solutions

Bidzina M. Shergelashvili, Velentin N. Melnik, Grigol Dididze +6

A new class of one-dimensional solar wind models is developed within the general polytropic, single-fluid hydrodynamic framework. The particular case of quasi-adiabatic radial expa…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 23 cited

Primordial magnetic helicity evolution with a homogeneous magnetic field from inflation

Axel Brandenburg, Ruth Durrer, Yiwen Huang +3

Motivated by a scenario of magnetogenesis in which a homogeneous magnetic field is generated during inflation, we study the magnetohydrodynamic evolution of the primordial plasma m…

physics.plasm-ph2020★ 5 cited

Fire-hose instability of inhomogeneous plasma flows with heat fluxes

E. S. Uchava, A. G. Tevzadze, B. M. Shergelashvili +2

We study the effects of heat flows and velocity shear on the parallel firehose instability in weakly collisional plasma flow. For this purpose we apply an anisotropic 16-moments MH…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 6 cited

Dynamic kink instability and transverse motions of solar spicules

T. V. Zaqarashvili

Hydrodynamic jets are unstable to the kink instability (m=1 mode in cylindrical geometry) owing to the centripetal force, which increases the transverse displacement of the jet. Wh…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 98 cited

GRANDMA Observations of Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's Third Observational Campaign

S. Antier, S. Agayeva, M. Almualla +55

GRANDMA is a network of 25 telescopes of different sizes, including both photometric and spectroscopic facilities. The network aims to coordinate follow-up observations of gravitat…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 32 cited

Swift observations of Mrk\,421 in selected epochs. iii. Extreme x-ray timing/spectral properties and multiwavelength lognormality in 2015\,December--2018\,April

B. Kapanadze, A. Gurchumelia, D. Dorner +6

We present the results from the timing and spectral study of Mrk\,421 based mainly on the \emph{Swift} data in the X-ray energy range obtained during the time interval 2015\,Decemb…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 46 cited

The Great Markarian 421 Flare of February 2010: Multiwavelength variability and correlation studies

A. U. Abeysekara, W. Benbow, R. Bird +256

We report on variability and correlation studies using multiwavelength observations of the blazar Mrk 421 during the month of February, 2010 when an extraordinary flare reaching a…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 50 cited

Unravelling the complex behavior of Mrk 421 with simultaneous X-ray and VHE observations during an extreme flaring activity in April 2013

MAGIC collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +237

We report on a multi-band variability and correlation study of the TeV blazar Mrk 421 during an exceptional flaring activity observed from 2013 April 11 to 2013 April 19. The study…