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astro-ph2008★ 140 cited

Fermi LAT Observations of the Vela Pulsar

A. A. Abdo

The Vela pulsar is the brightest persistent source in the GeV sky and thus is the traditional first target for new gamma-ray observatories. We report here on initial Fermi Large Ar…

astro-ph2008★ 3 cited

Tests of achromatic phase shifters performed on the SYNAPSE test bench: a progress report

Pavel Gabor, Peter A. Schuller, Bruno Chazelas +16

The achromatic phase shifter (APS) is a component of the Bracewell nulling interferometer studied in preparation for future space missions (viz. Darwin/TPF-I) focusing on spectrosc…

astro-ph2008

Simbol-X: A Formation Flight Mission with an Unprecedented Imaging Capability in the 0.5-80 Kev Energy Band

Gianpiero Tagliaferri, Philippe Ferrando, Jean-Michel Le Duigou +8

The discovery of X-ray emission from cosmic sources in the 1960s has opened a new powerful observing window on the Universe. In fact, the exploration of the X-ray sky during the 70…

astro-ph2008★ 10 cited

Vanishing hardness-flux correlation in Cygnus X-1: signs of the disc moving out

M. Axelsson, L. Hjalmarsdotter, L. Borgonovo +1

Aims. We investigate observations of the X-ray binary Cygnus X-1 with unusually high hardness and low flux. In particular, we study the characteristic frequencies seen in the PDS a…

astro-ph2008★ 34 cited

H.E.S.S. Observations of the Prompt and Afterglow Phases of GRB 060602B

HESS Collaboration, F. Aharonian

We report on the first completely simultaneous observation of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) using an array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes which is sensitive to photons in th…

astro-ph2008★ 8 cited

The Molecular Hydrogen Explorer H2EX

F. Boulanger, J. P. Maillard, P. Appleton +12

The Molecular Hydrogen Explorer, H2EX, was proposed in response to the ESA 2015 - 2025 Cosmic Vision Call as a medium class space mission with NASA and CSA participations. The miss…