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most citedThe NANOGrav 15-year Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-Wave Background

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astro-ph.IM2021★ 19 cited

Low-frequency wideband timing of InPTA pulsars observed with the uGMRT

K Nobleson, Nikita Agarwal, Raghav Girgaonkar +29

High-precision measurements of the pulsar dispersion measure (DM) are possible using telescopes with low-frequency wideband receivers. We present an initial study of the applicatio…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 1 cited

Recent formation and likely cometary activity of near-Earth asteroid pair 2019 PR2 -- 2019 QR6

Petr Fatka, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Petr Pravec +13

Asteroid pairs are genetically related asteroids that recently separated (few million years), but still reside on similar heliocentric orbits. A few hundred of these systems hav…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 53 cited

Noise analysis in the European Pulsar Timing Array data release 2 and its implications on the gravitational-wave background search

A. Chalumeau, S. Babak, A. Petiteau +49

The European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) collaboration has recently released an extended data set for six pulsars (DR2) and reported evidence for a common red noise signal. Here we…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 16 cited

Polarimetric Properties of the Near--Sun Asteroid (155140) 2005 UD in Comparison with Other Asteroids and Meteoritic Samples

Masateru Ishiguro, Yoonsoo P. Bach, Jooyeon Geem +26

The investigation of asteroids near the Sun is important for understanding the final evolutionary stage of primitive solar system objects. A near-Sun asteroid, (155140) 2005 UD, ha…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 5 cited

Search for fast radio transients using Arecibo drift-scan observations at 1.4 GHz

B. B. P. Perera, A. J. Smith, S. Vaddi +12

We conducted a drift-scan observation campaign using the 305-m Arecibo telescope in January and March 2020 when the observatory was temporarily closed during the intense earthquake…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 282 cited

Common-red-signal analysis with 24-yr high-precision timing of the European Pulsar Timing Array: Inferences in the stochastic gravitational-wave background search

S. Chen, R. N. Caballero, Y. J. Guo +49

We present results from the search for a stochastic gravitational-wave background (GWB) as predicted by the theory of General Relativity using six radio millisecond pulsars from th…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 50 cited

Asteroid 16 Psyche: Shape, Features, and Global Map

Michael K. Shepard, Katherine de Kleer, Saverio Cambioni +9

We develop a shape model of asteroid 16 Psyche using observations acquired in a wide range of wavelengths: Arecibo S-band delay-Doppler imaging, Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALM…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 35 cited

Evidence for profile changes in PSR J1713+0747 using the uGMRT

Jaikhomba Singha, Mayuresh P Surnis, Bhal Chandra Joshi +29

PSR J1713+0747 is one of the most precisely timed pulsars in the international pulsar timing array experiment. This pulsar showed an abrupt profile shape change between April 16, 2…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 40 cited

Habitability Models for Astrobiology

Abel Méndez, Edgard E. Rivera-Valentín, Dirk Schulze-Makuch +31

Habitability has been generally defined as the capability of an environment to support life. Ecologists have been using Habitat Suitability Models (HSMs) for more than four decades…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 23 cited

Study of 72 pulsars discovered in the PALFA survey: Timing analysis, glitch activity, emission variability, and a pulsar in an eccentric binary

E. Parent, H. Sewalls, P. C. C. Freire +31

We present new discoveries and results from long-term timing of 72 pulsars discovered in the Arecibo PALFA survey, including precise determination of astrometric and spin parameter…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 11 cited

Multi-frequency study of the peculiar pulsars PSR B0919+06 and PSR B1859+07

K. M. Rajwade, B. B. P. Perera, B. W. Stappers +3

Since their discovery more than 50 years ago, broadband radio studies of pulsars have generated a wealth of information about the underlying physics of radio emission. In order to…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 18 cited

Radio Detection of PSR J1813-1749 in HESS J1813-178: The Most Scattered Pulsar Known

F. Camilo, S. M. Ransom, J. P. Halpern +1

The 44.7 ms X-ray pulsar in the supernova remnant G12.82-0.02/HESS J1813-178 has the second highest spin-down luminosity of known pulsars in the Galaxy, with E-dot=5.6e37 erg/s. Us…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 6 cited

A Transient Coronal Sigmoid in Active Region NOAA 11909: Build-up Phase, M-class Eruptive Flare, and Associated Fast Coronal Mass Ejection

Hema Kharayat, Bhuwan Joshi, Prabir K. Mitra +2

In this article, we investigate the formation and disruption of a coronal sigmoid from the active region (AR) NOAA 11909 on 07 December 2013, by analyzing multi-wavelength and mult…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 2 cited

The Sharpest Ultraviolet view of the star formation in an extreme environment of the nearest Jellyfish Galaxy IC 3418

Ananda Hota, Ashish Devaraj, Ananta C. Pradhan +11

We present the far ultraviolet (FUV) imaging of the nearest Jellyfish or Fireball galaxy IC3418/VCC 1217, in the Virgo cluster of galaxies, using Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVI…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 18 cited

(6478) Gault: Physical characterization of an active main-belt asteroid

Maxime Devogèle, Marin Ferrais, Emmanuel Jehin +22

In December 2018, the main-belt asteroid (6478)~Gault was reported to display activity. Gault is an asteroid belonging to the Phocaea dynamical family and was not previously known…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 38 cited

Multi-frequency observations of SGR J1935+2154

M. Bailes, C. G. Bassa, G. Bernardi +54

Magnetars are a promising candidate for the origin of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). The detection of an extremely luminous radio burst from the Galactic magnetar SGR J1935+2154 on 2020…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 23 cited

High Precision Measurements of Interstellar Dispersion Measure with the upgraded GMRT

M. A. Krishnakumar, P. K. Manoharan, Bhal Chandra Joshi +19

Pulsar radio emission undergoes dispersion due to the presence of free electrons in the interstellar medium (ISM). The dispersive delay in the arrival time of pulsar signal changes…