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astro-ph.HE2016★ 34 cited

Multi-wavelength study of the supernova remnant Kes 79 (G33.6+0.1): On its supernova properties and expansion into a molecular environment

Ping Zhou, Yang Chen, Samar Safi-Harb +4

Kes 79 (G33.6+0.1) is an aspherical thermal composite supernova remnant (SNR) observed across the electromagnetic spectrum and showing an unusual highly-structured morphology, in a…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 1 cited

The role of Cerenkov radiation in the pressure balance of cool core clusters of galaxies

Richard Lieu

Despite the substantial progress made recently in understanding the role of AGN feedback and associated non-thermal effects, the precise mechanism that prevents the core of some cl…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 8 cited

Are fast radio bursts the birthmark of magnetars?

Richard Lieu

A model of fast radio bursts, which enlists young, short period extragalactic magnetars satisfying ~G~s (1~G = 1~statvolt~cm) as the source, i…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 4 cited

Particle-in-cell Simulations of Global Relativistic Jets with Helical Magnetic Fields

Ioana Duţan, Ken-Ichi Nishikawa, Yosuke Mizuno +11

We study the interaction of relativistic jets with their environment, using 3-dimensional relativistic particle-in-cell simulations for two cases of jet composition: (i) electron-p…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 76 cited

Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts During the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run and Implications for the Origin of GRB 150906B

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, IPN Collaboration +1002

We present the results of the search for gravitational waves (GWs) associated with -ray bursts detected during the first observing run of the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravi…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 22 cited

High-Energy Non-Thermal and Thermal Emission from GRB141207A detected by Fermi

Makoto Arimoto, Katsuaki Asano, Masanori Ohno +5

The bright long gamma-ray burst GRB 141207A was observed by the {\it Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope} and detected by both instruments onboard. The observations show that the spect…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 18 cited

TeV Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy from the Magnetic Field at the Heliospheric Boundary

Vanessa López-Barquero, S. Xu, P. Desiati +3

We performed numerical calculations to test the suggestion by Desiati & Lazarian (2013) that the anisotropies of TeV cosmic rays may arise from their interactions with the heliosph…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 10 cited

Microscopic Processes in Global Relativistic Jets Containing Helical Magnetic Fields

Ken-Ichi Nishikawa, Yosuke Mizuno, Jacek Niemiec +11

In the study of relativistic jets one of the key open questions is their interaction with the environment on the microscopic level. Here, we study the initial evolution of both ele…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 12 cited

Gravitational wave observations may constrain gamma-ray burst models: the case of GW 150914 - GBM

P. Veres, R. D. Preece, A. Goldstein +3

The possible short gamma-ray burst (GRB) observed by {\it Fermi}/GBM in coincidence with the first gravitational wave (GW) detection, offers new ways to test GRB prompt emission mo…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 34 cited

Modeling the early afterglow in the short and hard GRB 090510

Nissim Fraija, William H. Lee, Peter Veres +1

The bright, short and hard GRB 090510 was detected by all instruments aboard Fermi and Swift satellites. The multiwavelength observations of this burst presented similar features w…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 196 cited

Upper limits on the rates of binary neutron star and neutron-star--black-hole mergers from Advanced LIGO's first observing run

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +958

We report here the non-detection of gravitational waves from the merger of binary neutron star systems and neutron-star--black-hole systems during the first observing run of Advanc…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 3 cited

The Spectral Sharpness Angle of Gamma-ray Bursts

Hoi-Fung Yu, Hendrik J. van Eerten, Jochen Greiner +5

We explain the results of Yu et al. (2015b) of the novel sharpness angle measurement to a large number of spectra obtained from the Fermi gamma-ray burst monitor. The sharpness ang…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 21 cited

Search for transient gravitational waves in coincidence with short duration radio transients during 2007-2013

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, others +999

We present an archival search for transient gravitational-wave bursts in coincidence with 27 single pulse triggers from Green Bank Telescope pulsar surveys, using the LIGO, Virgo a…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 41 cited

Searching the Gamma-ray Sky for Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Sources: Fermi GBM and LAT Observations of LVT151012 and GW151226

J. L. Racusin, E. Burns, A. Goldstein +138

We present the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) and Large Area Telescope (LAT) observations of the LIGO binary black hole merger event GW151226 and candi- date LVT151012. No can…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 79 cited

Supplement: The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred from Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +964

Supplemental information for a Letter reporting the rate of binary black hole (BBH) coalescences inferred from 16 days of coincident Advanced LIGO observations surrounding the tran…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 5 cited

Fermi LAT Stacking Analysis of Swift Localized Gamma-ray Bursts

LAT Collaboration

We perform a comprehensive stacking analysis of data collected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) of gamma-ray bursts (GRB) localized by the Swift spacecraft, which were not d…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 33 cited

Particle Acceleration during Magnetic Reconnection in a Low-beta Pair Plasma

Fan Guo, Hui Li, William Daughton +2

Plasma energization through magnetic reconnection in the magnetically-dominated regime featured by low plasma beta () and/or high magnetization ($σ= B^2/(4 π…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 55 cited

Supplement: Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914

B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott +1538

This Supplement provides supporting material for arXiv:1602.08492 . We briefly summarize past electromagnetic (EM) follow-up efforts as well as the organization and policy of the c…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 17 cited

Collisionless electron-ion shocks in relativistic unmagnetized jet-ambient interactions: Non-thermal electron injection by double layer

Kazem Ardaneh, Dongsheng Cai, Ken-Ichi Nishikawa

The course of non-thermal electron ejection in relativistic unmagnetized electron-ion shocks is investigated by performing self-consistent particle-in-cell simulations. The shocks…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 15 cited

The Fermi-GBM 3-year X-ray Burst Catalog

P. A. Jenke, M. Linares, V. Connaughton +4

The Fermi Gamma Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) is an all sky gamma-ray monitor well known in the gamma-ray burst community. Although GBM excels in detecting the hard, bright extragalactic…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 248 cited

The 3rd Fermi GBM Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog: The First Six Years

P. Narayana Bhat, Charles A. Meegan, Andreas von Kienlin +30

Since its launch in 2008, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) has triggered and located on average approximately two gamma-ray bursts (GRB) every three days. Here we present th…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 16 cited

Which ? - The Characteristic Energy of Gamma-Ray Burst Spectra

Robert Preece, Adam Goldstein, Narayana Bhat +3

A characteristic energy of individual gamma-ray burst (GRB) spectra can in most cases be determined from the peak energy of the energy density spectra (), called '$E_{…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 14 cited

Central Engine Memory of Gamma-Ray Bursts and Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters

Bin-Bin Zhang, Bing Zhang, Alberto J. Castro-Tirado

Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) are bursts of -rays generated from relativistic jets launched from catastrophic events such as massive star core collapse or binary compact star coalesce…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 42 cited

A Strong Merger Shock in Abell 665

Sarthak Dasadia, Ming Sun, Craig Sarazin +7

Deep (103 ks) \chandra\ observations of Abell 665 have revealed rich structures in this merging galaxy cluster, including a strong shock and two cold fronts. The newly discovered s…