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astro-ph.CO2009★ 8 cited

An X-ray View of Star Formation in the Central 3 kpc of NGC 2403

Mihoko Yukita, Douglas A. Swartz, Allyn F. Tennant +1

Archival Chandra observations are used to study the X-ray emission associated with star formation in the central region of the nearby SAB(s)cd galaxy NGC 2403. The distribution of…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 285 cited

Identification and properties of the photospheric emission in GRB090902B

F. Ryde, M. Axelsson, B. B. Zhang +19

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope observed the bright and long GRB090902B, lying at a redshift of z = 1.822. Together the Large Area Telescope (LAT) and the Gamma-ray Burst Monit…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 205 cited

Fermi observations of Cassiopeia and Cepheus: diffuse gamma-ray emission in the outer Galaxy

LAT collaboration

We present the analysis of the interstellar gamma-ray emission measured by the Fermi Large Area Telescope toward a region in the second Galactic quadrant at 100 deg < l < 145 deg a…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 1k cited

The Spectral Energy Distribution of Fermi bright blazars

A. A. Abdo, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello +107

(Abridged) We have conducted a detailed investigation of the broad-band spectral properties of the γ-ray selected blazars of the Fermi LAT Bright AGN Sample (LBAS). By combining ou…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 76 cited

Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations of the Cosmic-Ray Induced gamma-ray Emission of the Earth's Atmosphere

LAT collaboration

We report on measurements of the cosmic-ray induced gamma-ray emission of Earth's atmosphere by the Large Area Telescope onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The LAT has ob…

physics.space-ph2009★ 3 cited

Dynamics of Alfvén waves in partially ionized astrophysical plasmas

Dastgeer Shaikh

We develop a two dimensional, self-consistent, compressible fluid model to study evolution of Alfvenic modes in partially ionized astrophysical and space plasmas. The partially ion…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 171 cited

Fermi Large Area Telescope Measurements of the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission at Intermediate Galactic Latitudes

LAT Collaboration

The diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission is produced by cosmic rays (CRs) interacting with the interstellar gas and radiation field. Measurements by the Energetic Gamma-Ray Experime…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 78 cited

Discovery of very high energy gamma rays from PKS 1424+240 and multiwavelength constraints on its redshift

The VERITAS Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, The Fermi Collaboration +4

We report the first detection of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission above 140 GeV from PKS 1424+240, a BL Lac object with an unknown redshift. The photon spectrum above 140…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 57 cited

Simulations on High-z Long Gamma-Ray Burst Rate

Shu-Fu Qin, En-Wei Liang, Rui-Jing Lu +2

Since the launch of Swift satellite, the detections of high-z (z>4) long gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) have been rapidly growing, even approaching the very early Universe (the record ho…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 216 cited

Detection of Gamma-Ray Emission from the Starburst Galaxies M82 and NGC 253 with the Large Area Telescope on Fermi

Fermi LAT Collaboration, A. A. Abdo

We report the detection of high-energy gamma-ray emission from two starburst galaxies using data obtained with the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 49 cited

Fermi Observations of the Very Hard Gamma-ray Blazar PG 1553+113

LAT Collaboration

We report the observations of PG 1553+113 during the first ~200 days of Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope science operations, from 4 August 2008 to 22 February 2009 (MJD 54682.7-5488…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 332 cited

Radio-Loud Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 as a New Class of Gamma-Ray AGN

LAT Collaboration, G. Ghisellini, L. Maraschi +1

We report the discovery with Fermi/LAT of gamma-ray emission from three radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies: PKS 1502+036 (z=0.409), 1H 0323+342 (z=0.061) and PKS 2004-447 (z…

astro-ph.SR2009★ 65 cited

Gamma-ray and Radio Properties of Six Pulsars Detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

The Fermi LAT collaboration, the Fermi Pulsar Timing Consortium

We report the detection of pulsed gamma-rays for PSRs J0631+1036, J0659+1414, J0742-2822, J1420-6048, J1509-5850 and J1718-3825 using the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fe…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 279 cited

Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations of the Crab Pulsar and Nebula

The Fermi LAT collaboration, the Fermi Pulsar Timing Consortium, : +1

We report on gamma-ray observations of the Crab Pulsar and Nebula using 8 months of survey data with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). The high quality light curve obtained usi…

physics.space-ph2009★ 1 cited

3D Hall MHD Modeling of Solar Wind Plasma Spectra

Dastgeer Shaikh, G. P. Zank

We present fully self consistent 3D simulations of compressible Hall MHD plasma that describe spectral features relevant to the solar wind plasma. We find that a spectru…

physics.space-ph2009★ 1 cited

Whistler Wave Turbulence in Solar Wind Plasma

Dastgeer Shaikh, G. P. Zank

Whistler waves are present in solar wind plasma. These waves possess characteristic turbulent fluctuations that are characterized typically by the frequency and length scales that…

physics.space-ph2009★ 1 cited

Self-consistent Simulations of Plasma-Neutral in a Partially Ionized Astrophysical Turbulent Plasma

Dastgeer Shaikh, G. P. Zank

A local turbulence model is developed to study energy cascades in the heliosheath and outer heliosphere (OH) based on self-consistent two-dimensional fluid simulations. The model d…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 56 cited

Constraints on Cosmological Models and Reconstructing the Acceleration History of the Universe with Gamma-Ray Burst Distance Indicators

Nan Liang, Puxun Wu, Shuang Nan Zhang

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been regarded as standard candles at very high redshift for cosmology research. We have proposed a new method to calibrate GRB distance indicators with…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 92 cited

Discovery of a new Soft Gamma Repeater: SGR J0418+5729

A. J. van der Horst, V. Connaughton, C. Kouveliotou +31

On 2009 June 5, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope triggered on two short, and relatively dim bursts with spectral properties similar to…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 55 cited

An Analytic Model of the Physical Properties of Galaxy Clusters

G. Esra Bulbul, Nicole Hasler, Massimiliano Bonamente +1

We introduce an analytic model of the diffuse intergalactic medium in galaxy clusters based on a polytropic equation of state for the gas in hydrostatic equilibrium with the cluste…

math.PR2009★ 2 cited

-Time Fractional Brownian Motion: PDE Connections and Local Times

Erkan Nane, Dongsheng Wu, Yimin Xiao

For and , an -time fractional Brownian motion is an iterated process obtained by taking a fractional Brownian motion $\{W(t),…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 139 cited

Fermi LAT Observations of LS 5039

The Fermi LAT collaboration

The first results from observations of the high mass X-ray binary LS 5039 using the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope data between 2008 August and 2009 June are presented. Our result…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 147 cited

Fermi observations of TeV-selected AGN

S. J. Fegan, D. Sanchez, Fermi LAT Collaboration +2

We report on observations of TeV-selected AGN made during the first 5.5 months of observations with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on-board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fer…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 448 cited

Fermi Observations of GRB 090902B: A Distinct Spectral Component in the Prompt and Delayed Emission

GBM collaboration, LAT Collaboration, The Swift Team

We report on the observation of the bright, long gamma-ray burst, GRB 090902B, by the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) and Large Area Telescope (LAT) instruments on-board the Fermi ob…