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astro-ph.HE2017★ 64 cited

TeV gamma-ray observations of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +250

We search for high-energy gamma-ray emission from the binary neutron star merger GW170817 with the H.E.S.S. Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes. The observations presented here have b…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 3 cited

Comparing the birth rate of stellar black holes in binary black hole mergers and long GRBs

J. L. Atteia, J. -P. Dezalay, O. Godet +3

Gravitational wave interferometers have proved the existence of a new class of binary black holes (BBHs) weighting tens of solar masses and they have provided the first reliable me…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 23 cited

Limits on quantum gravity effects from Swift short gamma-ray bursts

M. G. Bernardini, G. Ghirlanda, S. Campana +8

The delay in the arrival times between high and low energy photons from cosmic sources can be used to test the violation of the Lorentz invariance (LIV), predicted by some quantum…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 1k cited

Spectroscopic identification of r-process nucleosynthesis in a double neutron star merger

E. Pian, P. D'Avanzo, S. Benetti +81

The merger of two neutron stars is predicted to give rise to three major detectable phenomena: a short burst of gamma-rays, a gravitational wave signal, and a transient optical/nea…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 91 cited

The unpolarized macronova associated with the gravitational wave event GW170817

S. Covino, K. Wiersema, Y. Z. Fan +37

The merger of two dense stellar remnants including at least one neutron star (NS) is predicted to produce gravitational waves (GWs) and short duration gamma ray bursts (GRBs). In t…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 64 cited

On magnetic field amplification and particle acceleration near non-relativistic astrophysical shocks: Particles in MHD Cells simulations

Allard Jan van Marle, Fabien Casse, Alexandre Marcowith

We present simulations of magnetized astrophysical shocks taking into account the interplay between the thermal plasma of the shock and supra-thermal particles. Such interaction is…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 17 cited

On the maximum energy of non-thermal particles in the primary hotspot of Cygnus A

Anabella T. Araudo, Anthony R. Bell, Katherine M. Blundell +1

We study particle acceleration and magnetic field amplification in the primary hotspot in the northwest jet of radiogalaxy Cygnus A. By using the observed flux density at 43 GHz in…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 7 cited

Colour variations in the GRB 120327A afterglow

A. Melandri, S. Covino, E. Zaninoni +42

We present a comprehensive temporal and spectral analysis of the long Swift GRB 120327A afterglow data to investigate the possible causes of the observed early time colour variatio…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 2 cited

Cosmic Rays and Non-thermal Emission Induced by Accretion of Cool Gas onto the Galactic Disk

Susumu Inoue, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Masanori Arakawa +2

On both observational and theoretical grounds, the disk of our Galaxy should be accreting cool gas with temperature ~<10^5 K via the halo at a rate ~1 M_sun/yr. At least some of th…

astro-ph.HE2017

Upper limits on gamma-ray emission from Supernovae serendipitously observed with H.E.S.S

R. Simoni, N. Maxted, M. Renaud +2

Recent theoretical models suggest that young supernovae might be able to accelerate particles, which in turn might generate very high energy gamma-ray emission. We search for gamma…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 79 cited

Measurement of the EBL spectral energy distribution using the VHE gamma-ray spectra of H.E.S.S. blazars

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +256

Very high-energy gamma-rays (VHE, E>100 GeV) propagating over cosmological distances can interact with the low-energy photons of the extragalactic background light (EBL) and produc…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 108 cited

Indications for a high-rigidity break in the cosmic-ray diffusion coefficient

Yoann Genolini, Pasquale D. Serpico, Mathieu Boudaud +9

Using cosmic-ray boron to carbon ratio (B/C) data recently released by the AMS-02 experiment, we find tantalizing indications ({\it decisive evidence}, in Bayesian terms) in favor…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 73 cited

The Bright and the Slow -- GRBs 100724B \& 160509A with high-energy cutoffs at MeV

G. Vianello, R. Gill, J. Granot +3

We analyze the prompt emission of GRB 100724B and GRB 160509A, two of the brightest Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) observed by Fermi at energies but surprisingly faint…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 25 cited

Fermi observations of the LIGO event GW170104

Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Nicola Omodei, Dan Kocevski +3

We present the \emph{Fermi} Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) and Large Area Telescope (LAT) observations of the LIGO binary black hole merger (BBH) event GW170104. No candidate electr…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 82 cited

A polarized fast radio burst at low Galactic latitude

E. Petroff, S. Burke-Spolaor, E. F. Keane +35

We report on the discovery of a new fast radio burst, FRB 150215, with the Parkes radio telescope on 2015 February 15. The burst was detected in real time with a dispersion measure…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 209 cited

Cosmic-ray electron+positron spectrum from 7 GeV to 2 TeV with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

LAT Collaboration, S. Abdollahi, M. Ackermann +97

We present a measurement of the cosmic-ray electron+positron spectrum between 7 GeV and 2 TeV performed with almost seven years of data collected with the Fermi Large Area Telescop…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 23 cited

Prospects for CTA observations of the young SNR RX J1713.7-3946

The CTA Consortium, :, F. Acero +381

We perform simulations for future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observations of RX~J1713.73946, a young supernova remnant (SNR) and one of the brightest sources ever discovere…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 413 cited

The Fermi Galactic Center GeV Excess and Implications for Dark Matter

LAT Collaboration

The region around the Galactic center (GC) is now well established to be brighter at energies of a few GeV than expected from conventional models of diffuse gamma-ray emission and…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 29 cited

Amplification of perpendicular and parallel magnetic fields by cosmic ray currents

James H. Matthews, Anthony R. Bell, Katherine M. Blundell +1

Cosmic ray (CR) currents through magnetised plasma drive strong instabilities producing amplification of the magnetic field. This amplification helps explain the CR energy spectrum…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 59 cited

Search for Cosmic-Ray Electron and Positron Anisotropies with Seven Years of Fermi Large Area Telescope Data

LAT Collaboration

The Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has collected the largest ever sample of high-energy cosmic-ray electron and positron events since the beginni…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 97 cited

Observations of M31 and M33 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope: a galactic center excess in Andromeda?

LAT Collaboration

The Fermi LAT has opened the way for comparative studies of cosmic rays (CRs) and high-energy objects in the Milky Way (MW) and in other, external, star-forming galaxies. Using 2 y…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 74 cited

Gamma-ray Blazars Within the First 2 Billion Years

Large Area Telescope Collaboration

The detection of high-redshift (3) blazars enables the study of the evolution of the most luminous relativistic jets over cosmic time. More importantly, high-redshift blazars t…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 359 cited

3FHL: The Third Catalog of Hard Fermi-LAT Sources

LAT Collaboration

We present a catalog of sources detected above 10 GeV by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) in the first 7 years of data using the Pass 8 event-level analysis. This is the Third…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 114 cited

Search for extended sources in the Galactic Plane using 6 years of Fermi-Large Area Telescope Pass 8 data above 10 GeV

The Fermi LAT Collaboration, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello +117

The spatial extension of a gamma-ray source is an essential ingredient to determine its spectral properties as well as its potential multi-wavelength counterpart. The capability to…