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astro-ph.HE2010★ 120 cited

Fermi Large Area Telescope observations of Local Group galaxies: Detection of M31 and search for M33

LAT collaboration

Cosmic rays (CRs) can be studied through the galaxy-wide gamma-ray emission that they generate when propagating in the interstellar medium. The comparison of the diffuse signals fr…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 239 cited

Insights Into the High-Energy Gamma-ray Emission of Markarian 501 from Extensive Multifrequency Observations in the Fermi Era

LAT collaboration, A. A. Abdo et al., the MAGIC collaboration +6

We report on the gamma-ray activity of the blazar Mrk 501 during the first 480 days of Fermi operation. We find that the average LAT gamma-ray spectrum of Mrk 501 can be well descr…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 39 cited

A radio minihalo in the extreme cool-core galaxy cluster RXCJ1504.1-0248

S. Giacintucci, M. Markevitch, G. Brunetti +2

Aims. We report the discovery of a radio minihalo in RXCJ1504.1-0248, a massive galaxy cluster that has an extremely luminous cool core. To date, only 9 radio minihalos are known,…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 87 cited

Fermi-LAT Search for Pulsar Wind Nebulae around gamma-ray Pulsars

The Fermi LAT Collaboration, Pulsar Timing Consortium

The high sensitivity of the Fermi-LAT (Large Area Telescope) offers the first opportunity to study faint and extended GeV sources such as pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). After one year…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 87 cited

Multi-wavelength Observations of the Flaring Gamma-ray Blazar 3C 66A in 2008 October

LAT collaboration, A. A. Abdo et al., the VERITAS collaboration +4

The BL Lacertae object 3C 66A was detected in a flaring state by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) and VERITAS in 2008 October. In addition to these gamma-ray observations, F-GA…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 111 cited

Constraints on the Cosmic-Ray Density Gradient beyond the Solar Circle from Fermi gamma-ray Observations of the Third Galactic Quadrant

Fermi LAT Collaboration

We report an analysis of the interstellar -ray emission in the third Galactic quadrant measured by the {Fermi} Large Area Telescope. The window encompassing the Galactic plane f…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 364 cited

Gamma-ray flares from the Crab Nebula

LAT Collaboration

A young and energetic pulsar powers the well-known Crab Nebula. Here we describe two separate gamma-ray (photon energy >100 MeV) flares from this source detected by the Large Area…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 106 cited

Fermi-LAT Study of Gamma-ray Emission in the Direction of Supernova Remnant W49B

LAT Collaboration

We present an analysis of the gamma-ray data obtained with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in the direction of SNR W49B (G43.3-0.2). A br…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 87 cited

Detection of the Small Magellanic Cloud in gamma-rays with Fermi/LAT

LAT collaboration

The flux of gamma rays with energies >100MeV is dominated by diffuse emission from CRs illuminating the ISM of our Galaxy through the processes of Bremsstrahlung, pion production a…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 88 cited

Searches for Cosmic-Ray Electron Anisotropies with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

The Fermi LAT Collaboration

The Large Area Telescope on board the \textit{Fermi} satellite (\textit{Fermi}-LAT) detected more than 1.6 million cosmic-ray electrons/positrons with energies above 60 GeV during…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 346 cited

Fermi LAT observations of cosmic-ray electrons from 7 GeV to 1 TeV

Fermi LAT collaboration

We present the results of our analysis of cosmic-ray electrons using about 8 million electron candidates detected in the first 12 months on-orbit by the Fermi Large Area Telescope.…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 30 cited

Fermi observations of high-energy gamma-ray emission from GRB 090217A

Fermi-LAT, Fermi-GBM Collaborations

The Fermi observatory is advancing our knowledge of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) through pioneering observations at high energies, covering more than 7 decades in energy with the two on…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 181 cited

Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations of Misaligned AGN

LAT Collaboration

Analysis is presented on 15 months of data taken with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope for 11 non-blazar AGNs, including 7 FRI radio galaxies a…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 158 cited

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Observations of Recent Gamma-ray Outbursts from 3C 454.3

LAT collaboration

The flat spectrum radio quasar 3C~454.3 underwent an extraordinary outburst in December 2009 when it became the brightest gamma-ray source in the sky for over one week. Its daily f…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 165 cited

Fermi Large Area Telescope View of the Core of the Radio Galaxy Centaurus A

Fermi Collaboration, A. Falcone, H. Hase +2

We present gamma-ray observations with the LAT on board the Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope of the nearby radio galaxy Centaurus~A. The previous EGRET detection is confirmed, and the loc…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 163 cited

GeV Gamma-ray Flux Upper Limits from Clusters of Galaxies

M. Ackermann et al.

The detection of diffuse radio emission associated with clusters of galaxies indicates populations of relativistic leptons infusing the intracluster medium. Those electrons and pos…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 129 cited

Fermi Large Area Telescope Constraints on the Gamma-ray Opacity of the Universe

The Fermi LAT, the GBM Collaboration, : +1

The Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) includes photons with wavelengths from ultraviolet to infrared, which are effective at attenuating gamma rays with energy above ~10 GeV dur…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 86 cited

The Discovery of gamma-Ray Emission From The Blazar RGB J0710+591

V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen +234

The high-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object RGB J0710+591 was observed in the very high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) wave band by the VERITAS array of atmospheric Cherenkov telescope…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 28 cited

Suzaku Observations of Luminous Quasars: Revealing the Nature of High-Energy Blazar Emission in Quiescent States

LAT Collaboration, A. A. Abdo, F. Tavecchio +5

We present the results from the Suzaku X-ray observations of five flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs), namely PKS0208-512, Q0827+243, PKS1127-145, PKS1510-089 and 3C 454.3. All the…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 66 cited

Chandra Observations of 3C Radio Sources with z<0.3: Nuclei, Diffuse Emission, Jets and Hotspots

F. Massaro, D. E. Harris, G. Tremblay +11

We report on our Chandra Cycle 9 program to observe half of the 60 (unobserved by Chandra) 3C radio sources at z<0.3 for 8 ksec each. Here we give the basic data: the X-ray intensi…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 437 cited

The First Catalog of Active Galactic Nuclei Detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

A. A. Abdo

We present the first catalog of active galactic nuclei (AGN) detected by the LAT, corresponding to 11 months of data collected in scientific operation mode. The First LAT AGN Catal…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 1.3k cited

Fermi Large Area Telescope First Source Catalog

LAT Collaboration

We present a catalog of high-energy gamma-ray sources detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT), the primary science instrument on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fermi), dur…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 101 cited

Multiwavelength observations of 3C 454.3. III. Eighteen months of AGILE monitoring of the "Crazy Diamond"

S. Vercellone, F. D'Ammando, V. Vittorini +110

We report on 18 months of multiwavelength observations of the blazar 3C 454.3 (Crazy Diamond) carried out in July 2007-January 2009. We show the results of the AGILE campaigns whic…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 122 cited

PKS 1502+106: a new and distant gamma-ray blazar in outburst discovered by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

The Fermi LAT Collaboration, the Multifrequency Campaing Collaboration

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope discovered a rapid (about 5 days duration), high-energy (E >100 MeV) gamma-ray outburst from a source id…