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astro-ph.HE2023★ 27 cited

X-Ray Polarized View on the Accretion Geometry in the X-Ray Binary Circinus X-1

John Rankin, Fabio La Monaca, Alessandro Di Marco +101

Cir X-1 is a neutron star X-ray binary characterized by strong variations in flux during its eccentric 16.6 days orbit. There are also strong variations in the spectral state…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 12 cited

Pulsar-wind-nebula-powered Galactic center X-ray filament G0.13-0.11: Proof of the synchrotron nature by IXPE

Eugene Churazov, Ildar Khabibullin, Thibault Barnouin +103

We report the discovery of X-ray polarization from the X-ray-bright filament. G0.13-0.11 in the Galactic center (GC) region. This filament features a bright, hard X-ray source that…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 20 cited

Direct Measurement of the Spectral Structure of Cosmic-Ray Electrons+Positrons in the TeV Region with CALET on the International Space Station

O. Adriani, Y. Akaike, K. Asano +77

Detailed measurements of the spectral structure of cosmic-ray electrons and positrons from 10.6 GeV to 7.5 TeV are presented from over 7 years of observations with the CALorimetric…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 39 cited

Highly Significant Detection of X-Ray Polarization from the Brightest Accreting Neutron Star Sco X-1

Fabio La Monaca, Alessandro Di Marco, Juri Poutanen +116

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) measured with high significance the X-ray polarization of the brightest Z-source Scorpius X-1, resulting in the nominal 2-8 keV energy…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 2 cited

Galactic Gamma-Ray Diffuse Emission at TeV energies with HAWC Data

R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez +77

The Galactic gamma-ray diffuse emission (GDE) is emitted by cosmic rays (CRs), ultra-relativistic protons and electrons, interacting with gas and electromagnetic radiation fields i…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 23 cited

MAGIC detection of GRB 201216C at

H. Abe, S. Abe, V. A. Acciari +217

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are explosive transient events occurring at cosmological distances, releasing a large amount of energy as electromagnetic radiation over several energy band…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 12 cited

Multi-year characterisation of the broad-band emission from the intermittent extreme BL Lac 1ES~2344+514

H. Abe, S. Abe, V. A. Acciari +232

The BL Lac 1ES 2344+514 is known for temporary extreme properties (e.g., a shift of the synchrotron SED peak energy above 1keV). While those extreme states were so fa…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 9 cited

A fast test for the identification and confirmation of massive black hole binaries

Massimo Dotti, Fabio Rigamonti, Stefano Rinaldi +3

We present a new observational test to identify massive black hole binaries in large multi-epoch spectroscopical catalogues and to probe the real nature of already proposed binary…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 38 cited

Evidence for the evolution of black hole mass function with redshift

Stefano Rinaldi, Walter Del Pozzo, Michela Mapelli +2

We investigate the joint primary mass, mass ratio, and redshift observed distribution of astrophysical black holes using the gravitational wave events detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KA…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 26 cited

First X-ray polarization measurement confirms the low black-hole spin in LMC X-3

Jiří Svoboda, Michal Dovčiak, James F. Steiner +109

X-ray polarization is a powerful tool to investigate the geometry of accreting material around black holes, allowing independent measurements of the black hole spin and orientation…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 9 cited

Multiwavelength observations of PSR J2021+4026 across a mode change reveal a phase shift in its X-ray emission

M. Razzano, A. Fiori, P. M. Saz Parkinson +6

Context. We have investigated the multiwavelength emission of PSR J2021+4026, the only isolated gamma-ray pulsar known to be variable, which in October 2011 underwent a simultaneou…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 169 cited

The Third Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog of Gamma-ray Pulsars

David A. Smith, Philippe Bruel, Colin J. Clark +156

We present 294 pulsars found in GeV data from the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Another 33 millisecond pulsars (MSPs) discovered in deep radio…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 12 cited

Multi-TeV dark matter density in the inner Milky Way halo: spectral and dynamical constraints

Jaume Zuriaga-Puig, Viviana Gammaldi, Daniele Gaggero +2

We develop a comprehensive study of the gamma-ray flux observed by H.E.S.S. in 5 regions of the Galactic Center (GC). Motivated by previous works on a possible Dark Matter (DM) exp…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 12 cited

Possible contribution of X-ray binary jets to the Galactic cosmic ray and neutrino flux

Dimitrios Kantzas, Sera Markoff, Alex J. Cooper +3

For over a century, the identification of high-energy cosmic ray (CR) sources remains an open question. For Galactic CRs with energy up to eV, supernova remnants (SNRs) h…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 50 cited

Discovery of strongly variable X-ray polarization in the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary transient XTE J1701462

Massimo Cocchi, Andrea Gnarini, Sergio Fabiani +105

After about 16 years since its first outburst, the transient neutron star low-mass X-ray binary XTE J1701462 turned on again in September 2022, allowing for the first study of i…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 36 cited

First detection of X-ray polarization from the accreting neutron star 4U 1820-303

Alessandro Di Marco, Fabio La Monaca, Juri Poutanen +116

This paper reports the first detection of polarization in the X-rays for atoll-source 4U 1820-303, obtained with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) at 99.999% confidence…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 29 cited

Complex variations of X-ray polarization in the X-ray pulsar LS V +44 17/RX J0440.9+4431

Victor Doroshenko, Juri Poutanen, Jeremy Heyl +109

We report on Imaging X-ray polarimetry explorer (IXPE) observations of the Be-transient X-ray pulsar LS V +44 17/RX J0440.9+4431 made at two luminosity levels during the giant outb…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 16 cited

Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to TeV photon emission from the Large Magellanic Cloud

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium

A deep survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud at ~0.1-100TeV photon energies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array is planned. We assess the detection prospects based on a model for the…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 8 cited

Charge-Sign Dependent Cosmic-Ray Modulation Observed with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station

O. Adriani, Y. Akaike, K. Asano +77

We present the observation of a charge-sign dependent solar modulation of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) with the CALorimetric Electron Telescope onboard the International Space Stati…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 24 cited

A polarimetrically oriented X-ray stare at the accreting pulsar EXO 2030+375

Christian Malacaria, Jeremy Heyl, Victor Doroshenko +104

Accreting X-ray pulsars (XRPs) are presumably ideal targets for polarization measurements, as their high magnetic field strength is expected to polarize the emission up to a polari…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 48 cited

Direct Measurement of the Cosmic-Ray Helium Spectrum from 40 GeV to 250 TeV with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station

O. Adriani, Y. Akaike, K. Asano +77

We present the results of a direct measurement of the cosmic-ray helium spectrum with the CALET instrument in operation on the International Space Station since 2015. The observati…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 24 cited

X-ray polarimetry of the accreting pulsar GX 301-2

Valery F. Suleimanov, Sofia V. Forsblom, Sergey S. Tsygankov +102

The phase- and energy-resolved polarization measurements of accreting X-ray pulsars (XRPs) allow us to test different theoretical models of their emission, and they also provide an…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 45 cited

X-ray Polarization of BL Lacertae in Outburst

Abel L. Peirson, Michela Negro, Ioannis Liodakis +128

We report the first confidence detection of X-ray polarization in BL Lacertae. During a recent X-ray/-ray outburst, a 287 ksec observation (2022 November 27-30) was tak…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 9 cited

X-ray Polarimetry of the accreting pulsar 1A~0535+262 in the supercritical state with PolarLight

Xiangyun Long, Hua Feng, Hong Li +25

The X-ray pulsar 1A 0535+262 exhibited a giant outburst in 2020, offering us a unique opportunity for X-ray polarimetry of an accreting pulsar in the supercritical state. Measureme…