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astro-ph.HE2013★ 31 cited

Multiwavelength observations of the gamma-ray emitting narrow-line Seyfert 1 PMN J0948+0022 in 2011

F. D'Ammando, J. Larsson, M. Orienti +13

We report on radio-to-gamma-ray observations during 2011 May-September of PMN J0948+0022, the first narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxy detected in gamma-rays by Fermi-LAT. Strong…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 1 cited

Gamma-ray emitting narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies. New discoveries and open questions

F. D'Ammando, M. Orienti, J. Finke +2

The discovery of gamma-ray emission from 5 radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies revealed the presence of a possible emerging third class of AGNs with relativistic jets, in add…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 293 cited

Fermi-LAT Observations of the Gamma-ray Burst GRB 130427A

LAT collaboration, GBM collaboration

The observations of the exceptionally bright gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130427A by the Large Area Telescope aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope provide constraints on the nature…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 50 cited

ALMA observations of cool dust in a low-metallicity starburst, SBS0335-052

L. K. Hunt, L. Testi, V. Casasola +9

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Cycle 0 Band 7 observations of an extremely metal-poor dwarf starburst galaxy in the Local Universe, SBS0335-052 (12+…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 177 cited

Planck intermediate results. XVII. Emission of dust in the diffuse interstellar medium from the far-infrared to microwave frequencies

Planck Collaboration, A. Abergel, P. A. R. Ade +196

The dust-HI correlation is used to characterize the emission properties of dust in the diffuse interstellar medium. We cross-correlate sky maps from Planck, WMAP, and DIRBE, at 17…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 827 cited

Planck 2013 results. XI. All-sky model of thermal dust emission

Planck Collaboration, A. Abergel, P. A. R. Ade +244

This paper presents an all-sky model of dust emission from the Planck 857, 545 and 353 GHz, and IRAS 100 micron data. Using a modified black-body fit to the data we present all-sky…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 38 cited

Initial Conditions for Idealised Clusters Mergers, simulating El Gordo

J. M. F. Donnert

Simulations of isolated binary mergers of galaxy clusters are a useful tool to study the evolution of these objects. For exceptionally massive systems they even represent the only…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 74 cited

The First Pulse of the Extremely Bright GRB 130427A: A Test Lab for Synchrotron Shocks

R. Preece, J. Michael Burgess, A. von Kienlin +156

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130427A is one of the most energetic GRBs ever observed. The initial pulse up to 2.5 s is possibly the brightest well-isolated pulse observed to date. A fine…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 109 cited

New detections of radio minihalos in cool cores of galaxy clusters

Simona Giacintucci, Maxim Markevitch, Tiziana Venturi +3

Cool cores of some galaxy clusters exhibit faint radio "minihalos." Their origin is unclear; their study has been limited by their small number. We undertook a systematic search fo…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 70 cited

Discovery of Megaparsec-Scale, Low Surface Brightness Nonthermal Emission in Merging Galaxy Clusters using the Green Bank Telescope

Damon Farnsworth, Lawrence Rudnick, Shea Brown +1

We present results on 12 X-ray bright clusters observed at 1.4 GHz with the Green Bank Telescope. After subtraction of point sources, we reach a median (best) 1-sigma noise level o…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 73 cited

Physical properties in young radio sources. VLBA observations of high frequency peaking radio sources

M. Orienti, D. Dallacasa

Multifrequency Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations were performed to study the radio morphology and the synchrotron spectra of four high frequency peaking radio sources. T…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 27 cited

An optical spectroscopic survey of the 3CR sample of radio galaxies with z<0.3. V. Implications for the unified model for FRIIs

Ranieri D. Baldi, Alessandro Capetti, Sara Buttiglione +2

We explore the implications of our optical spectroscopic survey of 3CR radio sources with z<0.3 for the unified model (UM) for radio-loud AGN, focusing on objects with a FRII radio…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 1 cited

A sensitive study of the peculiar jet structure HST-1 in M87

Carolina Casadio, José L. Gómez, Marcello Giroletti +5

To obtain a better understanding of the location and mechanisms for the production of the gamma-ray emission in jets of AGN we present a detailed study of the HST-1 structure, 0.8…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 27 cited

The TeV blazar Markarian 421 at the highest spatial resolution

M. G. Blasi, R. Lico, M. Giroletti +14

We report the results obtained for the AGN Markarian 421 by model-fitting the data in the visibility plane, studing the proper motion of jet components, the light curve, and the sp…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 36 cited

The spectral index image of the radio halo in the cluster Abell 520 hosting a famous bow shock

V. Vacca, L. Feretti, G. Giovannini +4

Synchrotron radio emission is being detected from an increasing number of galaxy clusters. Spectral index images are a powerful tool to investigate the origin, nature, and connecti…

astro-ph.EP2013★ 23 cited

Gas and dust productions of comet 103P/Hartley 2 from millimetre observations: interpreting rotation-induced time variations

J. Boissier, D. Bockelée-Morvan, N. Biver +7

Comet 103P/Hartley 2 made a close approach to the Earth in October 2010. It was the target of an extensive observing campaign and was visited by the Deep Impact spacecraft (mission…

astro-ph.GA2013★ 28 cited

Limits on the spatial variations of the electron-to-proton mass ratio in the Galactic plane

S. A. Levshakov, D. Reimers, C. Henkel +4

Aims. To validate the Einstein equivalence principle (local position invariance) by limiting the fractional changes in the electron-to-proton mass ratio, mu = m_e/m_p, measured in…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 95 cited

Do radio relics challenge diffusive shock acceleration?

Franco Vazza, Marcus Brueggen

Radio relics in galaxy clusters are thought to be associated with powerful shock waves that accelerate particles via diffusive shock acceleration (DSA). Among the particles acceler…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 31 cited

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS): from the galaxy clustering ratio measured at

J. Bel, C. Marinoni, B. R. Granett +47

We use a sample of about 22,000 galaxies at from the VIPERS PDR-1 catalogue, to constrain the cosmological model through a measurement of the galaxy {\it clustering ra…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 255 cited

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Survey (VIPERS): First Data Release of 57 204 spectroscopic measurements

B. Garilli, L. Guzzo, M. Scodeggio +46

We present the first Public Data Release (PDR-1) of the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Survey (VIPERS). It comprises 57 204 spectroscopic measurements together with all additional info…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 475 cited

Dark Matter Constraints from Observations of 25 Milky Way Satellite Galaxies with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

LAT Collaboration, M. Ackermann, A. Albert +119

The dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies of the Milky Way are some of the most dark-matter-dominated objects known. Due to their proximity, high dark matter content, and lack of ast…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 38 cited

Evidence for nuclear radio jet and its structure down to <100 Schwarzschild radii in the center of the Sombrero galaxy (M 104, NGC 4594)

Kazuhiro Hada, Akihiro Doi, Hiroshi Nagai +4

Abridged: We investigated the detailed radio structure of the nucleus of the Sombrero galaxy using high-resolution, quasi-simultaneous, multi-frequency, phase-referencing VLBA obse…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 79 cited

Determination of the Point-Spread Function for the Fermi Large Area Telescope from On-orbit Data and Limits on Pair Halos of Active Galactic Nuclei

LAT Collaboration

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is a pair-conversion telescope designed to detect photons with energies from 20 MeV to > 300 GeV. The pre-laun…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 3 cited

Relativistic jets in narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies. New discoveries and open questions

F. D'Ammando, M. Orienti, J. Finke +2

Before the launch of the Fermi satellite only two classes of AGNs were known to produce relativistic jets and thus emit up to the gamma-ray energy range: blazars and radio galaxies…