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astro-ph.HE2012★ 22 cited

The First Reported Infrared Emission from the SN 1006 Remnant

P. Frank Winkler, Brian J. Williams, William P. Blair +5

We report results of infrared imaging and spectroscopic observations of the SN 1006 remnant, carried out with the Spitzer Space Telescope. The 24 micron image from MIPS clearly sho…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 73 cited

Jet Luminosity From Neutrino-Dominated Accretion Flows in Gamma-Ray Bursts

Norita Kawanaka, Tsvi Piran, Julian H. Krolik

A hyperaccretion disk formed around a stellar mass black hole is a plausible model for the central engine that powers gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). If the central black hole rotates and…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 12 cited

Cygnus X-3's Little Friend

Michael L. McCollough, Randall K. Smith, Lynne Valencic

Using the unique X-ray imaging capabilities of the Chandra observatory, a 2006 observation of Cygnus X-3 has provided insight into a singular feature associated with this well-know…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 143 cited

The Metal Aversion of LGRBs

J. F. Graham, A. S. Fruchter

Recently, it has been suggested that the metallicity aversion of long-duration gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) is not intrinsic to their formation, but rather a consequence of the anti-co…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 3 cited

Time Scales in Tidal Disruption Events

Tsvi Piran, Julian Krolik

We explore the temporal structure of tidal disruption events pointing out the corresponding transitions in the lightcurves of the thermal accretion disk and of the jet emerging fro…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 54 cited

Chandra Observations of 3C Radio Sources with z<0.3 II: completing the snapshot survey

F. Massaro, G. R. Tremblay, D. E. Harris +14

We report on the second round of Chandra observations of the 3C snapshot survey developed to observe the complete sample of 3C radio sources with z<0.3 for 8 ksec each. In the firs…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 144 cited

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509 XII. Broad band spectral analysis

P. -O. Petrucci, S. Paltani, J. Malzac +12

(Abridged) The simultaneous UV to X-rays/gamma rays data obtained during the multi-wavelength XMM/INTEGRAL campaign on the Seyfert 1 Mrk 509 are used in this paper and tested again…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 42 cited

Contribution of the accretion disk, hot corona, and obscuring torus to the luminosity of Seyfert galaxies: INTEGRAL and Spitzer observations

S. Sazonov, S. P. Willner, A. D. Goulding +12

We estimate the relative contributions of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) accretion disk, corona, and obscuring torus to the bolometric luminosity of Seyfert galaxies, using Spi…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 10 cited

Simulating SZ intensity maps of giant AGN cocoons

D. A. Prokhorov, A. Moraghan, V. Antonuccio-Delogu +1

We perform relativistic hydrodynamic simulations of the formation and evolution of AGN cocoons produced by very light powerful jets. We calculate the intensity maps of the Sunyaev-…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 37 cited

Recovery of the Historical SN1957D in X-rays with Chandra

Knox S. Long, William P. Blair, L. E. H. Godfrey +6

SN1957D, located in one of the spiral arms of M83, is one of the small number of extragalactic supernovae that has remained detectable at radio and optical wavelengths during the d…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 16 cited

Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509: Reverberation of the Fe Kalpha line

G. Ponti, M. Cappi, E. Costantini +17

We report on a detailed study of the Fe K emission/absorption complex in the nearby, bright Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 509. The study is part of an extensive XMM-Newton monitoring consis…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 112 cited

X-ray Spectra from MHD Simulations of Accreting Black Holes

Jeremy D. Schnittman, Julian H. Krolik, Scott C. Noble

We present the results of a new global radiation transport code coupled to a general relativistic magneto-hydrodynamic simulation of an accreting, non-rotating black hole. For the…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 150 cited

X-ray emission from star-forming galaxies - III. Calibration of the Lx-SFR relation up to redshift z1.3

S. Mineo, M. Gilfanov, B. D. Lehmer +2

We investigate the relation between total X-ray emission from star-forming galaxies and their star formation activity. Using nearby late-type galaxies and ULIRGs from Paper I and s…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 42 cited

The Chandra X-ray point source catalog in the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey fields

A. D. Goulding, W. R. Forman, R. C. Hickox +8

We present the X-ray point-source catalog produced from the Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS-I) observations of the combined \sim3.2 deg2 DEEP2 (XDEEP2) survey field…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 279 cited

X-ray Binary Evolution Across Cosmic Time

Tassos Fragos, Bret Lehmer, Michael Tremmel +8

High redshift galaxies permit the study of the formation and evolution of X-ray binary populations on cosmological timescales, probing a wide range of metallicities and star-format…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 185 cited

The Nature of the Compton-thick X-ray Reprocessor in NGC 4945

Tahir Yaqoob

We present an exhaustive methodology for fitting Compton-thick X-ray reprocessor models to obscured AGNs and for interpreting the results. We focus on the MYTORUS model but also ut…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 37 cited

An Archival Chandra and XMM-Newton Survey of Type 2 Quasars

Jianjun Jia, Andrew Ptak, Timothy Heckman +1

(Abridged) We analyzed the {\it Chandra} and {\it XMM-Newton} archival observations for 72 type 2 quasars at . These objects were was selected based on the [O III]5007 opti…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 9 cited

A Chandra observation of the ultraluminous infrared galaxy IRAS 19254--7245 (the Superantennae): X-ray emission from the Compton-thick AGN and the diffuse starburst

Jianjun Jia, Andrew Ptak, Timothy Heckman +2

We present a {\it Chandra} observation of IRAS 19254--7245, a nearby ULIRG also known as {\it the Superantennae}. The high spatial resolution of {\it Chandra} allows us to disentan…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 196 cited

Circumbinary MHD Accretion into Inspiraling Binary Black Holes

Scott C. Noble, Bruno C. Mundim, Hiroyuki Nakano +4

As 2 black holes bound to each other in a close binary approach merger their inspiral time becomes shorter than the characteristic inflow time of surrounding orbiting matter. Using…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 2 cited

The X-ray Nature of Nucleus in Seyfert 2 Galaxy NGC 7590

Xinwen Shu, Junxian Wang, Teng Liu +1

We present the result of the Chandra high-resolution observation of the Seyfert~2 galaxy NGC 7590. This object was reported to show no X-ray absorption in the low-spatial resolutio…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 68 cited

Multi-wavelength Observations of the Radio Magnetar PSR J1622-4950 and Discovery of its Possibly Associated Supernova Remnant

Gemma E. Anderson, B. M. Gaensler, Patrick O. Slane +29

We present multi-wavelength observations of the radio magnetar PSR J1622-4950 and its environment. Observations of PSR J1622-4950 with Chandra (in 2007 and 2009) and XMM (in 2011)…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 59 cited

The Birth of an Ultra-Luminous X-ray Source in M83

Roberto Soria, K. D. Kuntz, P. Frank Winkler +4

A previously undetected X-ray source (L_X<10**36 erg/s) in the strongly star-forming galaxy M83 entered an ultraluminous state between August 2009 and December 2010. It was first s…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 13 cited

A period distribution of X-ray binaries observed in the central region of M31 with Chandra and HST

R. Barnard, J. L. Galache, M. Garcia +4

Almost all Galactic black hole binaries with low mass donor stars are transient X-ray sources; we expect most of the X-ray transients observed in external galaxies to be black hole…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 25 cited

12 years of X-ray variability in M31 globular clusters, including 8 black hole candidates, as seen by Chandra

R. Barnard, M. Garcia, S. S. Murray

We examined 134 Chandra observations of the population of X-ray sources associated with globular clusters (GCs) in the central region of M31. These are expected to be X-ray binary…