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most citedObservation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

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astro-ph.HE2016★ 67 cited

Multiband variability studies and novel broadband SED modeling of Mrk 501 in 2009

M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +290

We present an extensive study of the BL Lac object Mrk 501 based on a data set collected during the multi-instrument campaign spanning from 2009 March 15 to 2009 August 1 which inc…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 29 cited

Multiwavelength variability study and search for periodicity of PKS 1510-089

G. Castignani, E. Pian, T. M. Belloni +14

Blazars are the most luminous and variable AGNs, and thus excellent probes of accretion and emission processes close to the central engine. We focus on PKS 1510-089 (), one…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 38 cited

Gamma-ray blazar spectra with H.E.S.S. II mono analysis: the case of PKS 2155-304 and PG 1553+113

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +332

The addition of a 28 m Cherenkov telescope (CT5) to the H.E.S.S. array extended the experiment's sensitivity to lower energies. The lowest energy threshold is obtained using monosc…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 38 cited

Search for high-energy neutrinos from bright GRBs with ANTARES

A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi +125

Gamma-ray bursts are thought to be sites of hadronic acceleration, thus neutrinos are expected from the decay of charged particles, produced in pγ interactions. The methods and res…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 94 cited

The second catalog of flaring gamma-ray sources from the Fermi All-sky Variability Analysis

S. Abdollahi, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello +124

We present the second catalog of flaring gamma-ray sources (2FAV) detected with the Fermi All-sky Variability Analysis (FAVA), a tool that blindly searches for transients over the…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 34 cited

Observations of Sagittarius A* during the pericenter passage of the G2 object with MAGIC

M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +153

Context. We present the results of a multi-year monitoring campaign of the Galactic Center (GC) with the MAGIC telescopes. These observations were primarily motivated by reports th…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 39 cited

A search for spectral hysteresis and energy-dependent time lags from X-ray and TeV gamma-ray observations of Mrk 421

A. U. Abeysekara, S. Archambault, A. Archer +220

Blazars are variable emitters across all wavelengths over a wide range of timescales, from months down to minutes. It is therefore essential to observe blazars simultaneously at di…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 76 cited

Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts During the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run and Implications for the Origin of GRB 150906B

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, IPN Collaboration +1002

We present the results of the search for gravitational waves (GWs) associated with -ray bursts detected during the first observing run of the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravi…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 236 cited

The e-ASTROGAM mission (exploring the extreme Universe with gamma rays in the MeV-GeV range)

Alessandro De Angelis, Vincent Tatischeff, Marco Tavani +71

e-ASTROGAM (`enhanced ASTROGAM') is a breakthrough Observatory mission dedicated to the study of the non-thermal Universe in the photon energy range from 0.3 MeV to 3 GeV. The miss…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 49 cited

Multiwavelength observations of a VHE gamma-ray flare from PKS 1510-089 in 2015

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +172

Context. PKS 1510-089 is one of only a few flat spectrum radio quasars detected in the VHE (very-high-energy, > 100 GeV) gamma-ray band. Aims. We study the broadband spectral and t…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 89 cited

Detection of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the gravitationally-lensed blazar QSO B0218+357 with the MAGIC telescopes

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +151

Context. QSO B0218+357 is a gravitationally lensed blazar located at a redshift of 0.944. The gravitational lensing splits the emitted radiation into two components, spatially indi…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 16 cited

Time-dependent search for neutrino emission from x-ray binaries with the ANTARES telescope

A. Albert, M. André, G. Anton +115

ANTARES is currently the largest neutrino telescope operating in the Northern Hemisphere, aiming at the detection of high-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources. Neutrino tele…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 4 cited

Searching for the optical counterparts of two young gamma-ray pulsars

R. P. Mignani, V. Testa, M. Marelli +7

We report on the first deep optical observations of two -ray pulsars, both among the very first discovered by the {\em Fermi} Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The two pulsars are the…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 196 cited

Upper limits on the rates of binary neutron star and neutron-star--black-hole mergers from Advanced LIGO's first observing run

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +958

We report here the non-detection of gravitational waves from the merger of binary neutron star systems and neutron-star--black-hole systems during the first observing run of Advanc…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 28 cited

Neutrino, -ray and cosmic ray fluxes from the core of the closest radio galaxies

Nissim Fraija, Antonio Marinelli

The closest radio galaxies; Centaurus A, M87 and NGC 1275, have been detected from radio wavelengths to TeV -rays, and also studied as high-energy neutrino and ultra-high-energy…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 201 cited

Cosmic-ray propagation with DRAGON2: I. numerical solver and astrophysical ingredients

Carmelo Evoli, Daniele Gaggero, Andrea Vittino +5

We present version 2 of the DRAGON code designed for computing realistic predictions of the CR densities in the Galaxy. The code numerically solves the interstellar CR transport eq…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 23 cited

CALET Upper Limits on X-ray and Gamma-ray Counterparts of GW 151226

O. Adriani, Y. Akaike, K. Asano +89

We present upper limits in the hard X-ray and gamma-ray bands at the time of the LIGO gravitational-wave event GW 151226 derived from the CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) ob…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 21 cited

Search for transient gravitational waves in coincidence with short duration radio transients during 2007-2013

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, others +999

We present an archival search for transient gravitational-wave bursts in coincidence with 27 single pulse triggers from Green Bank Telescope pulsar surveys, using the LIGO, Virgo a…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 76 cited

Fermi Large Area Telescope Detection of Extended Gamma-Ray Emission from the Radio Galaxy Fornax A

LAT Collaboration

We report the Fermi Large Area Telescope detection of extended gamma-ray emission from the lobes of the radio galaxy Fornax A using 6.1 years of Pass 8 data. After Centaurus A, thi…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 41 cited

Searching the Gamma-ray Sky for Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Sources: Fermi GBM and LAT Observations of LVT151012 and GW151226

J. L. Racusin, E. Burns, A. Goldstein +138

We present the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) and Large Area Telescope (LAT) observations of the LIGO binary black hole merger event GW151226 and candi- date LVT151012. No can…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 24 cited

Prospects for joint observations of gravitational waves and gamma rays from merging neutron star binaries

Barbara Patricelli, Massimiliano Razzano, Giancarlo Cella +4

The detection of the events GW150914 and GW151226, both consistent with the merger of a binary black hole system (BBH), opened the era of gravitational wave (GW) astronomy. Besides…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 79 cited

Supplement: The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred from Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +964

Supplemental information for a Letter reporting the rate of binary black hole (BBH) coalescences inferred from 16 days of coincident Advanced LIGO observations surrounding the tran…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 258 cited

Minute-Timescale >100 MeV gamma-ray variability during the giant outburst of quasar 3C 279 observed by Fermi-LAT in 2015 June

LAT Collaboration

On 2015 June 16, Fermi-LAT observed a giant outburst from the flat spectrum radio quasar 3C 279 with a peak MeV flux of $\sim3.6\times10^{-5}\;{\rm photons}\;{\rm cm}^{-2}\;…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 82 cited

Fermi LAT Gamma-ray Detections of Classical Novae V1369 Centauri 2013 and V5668 Sagittarii 2015

C. C. Cheung, P. Jean, S. N. Shore +9

We report the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) detections of high-energy (>100 MeV) gamma-ray emission from two recent optically bright classical novae, V1369 Centauri 2013 and V56…