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most citedExperimental loophole-free violation of a Bell inequality using entangled electron spins separated by 1.3 km

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astro-ph.HE2026

Constraints on the VHE counterpart of two binary black hole mergers observed by the MAGIC and CTAO LST-1 telescopes

K. Abe, S. Abe, J. Abhir +358

We present very-high-energy gamma-ray observations of two binary black hole merger candidates, GW240615_113620 and GW241125_010116, performed with the Major Atmospheric Gamma Imagi…

astro-ph.HE2026

The MeerKAT Thousand-Pulsar Polarisation Array II: Searches for Ultralight Axion-Like Dark Matter

Zi-Yan Yuwen, Michael Sarkis, Yin-Zhe Ma +4

We construct Pulsar Polarisation Arrays (PPA), using regular pulsars monitored in MeerKAT's Thousand Pulsar Array (TPA) Programme, to search for Axion-like Dark Matter (ALDM) withi…

astro-ph.HE2026

The MeerKAT Thousand-Pulsar Polarization Array I: Properties of the Polarization and Rotation Measure Time Series Data

Michael Sarkis, Zi-Yan Yuwen, Yin-Zhe Ma +4

The polarimetry of recent pulsar observations has provided a wealth of observational data with which to test physical theories of emission mechanisms, radiative transfer and even t…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 3 cited

Discriminating between different modified dispersion relations from gamma-ray observations

S. Caroff, C. Pfeifer, J. Bolmont +8

The fact that the standard dispersion relation for photons in vacuum could be modified because of their interaction with the quantum nature of spacetime has been proposed more than…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 13 cited

Constraints on conformal ultralight dark matter couplings from the European Pulsar Timing Array

Clemente Smarra, Adrien Kuntz, Enrico Barausse +15

Millisecond pulsars are extremely precise celestial clocks: as they rotate, the beamed radio waves emitted along the axis of their magnetic field can be detected with radio telesco…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 2 cited

Performance of the Large-Sized Telescope prototype of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Daniel Morcuende, Rubén López-Coto, Abelardo Moralejo +2

The next-generation ground-based gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) will consist of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) of three different sizes di…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 70 cited

Search for continuous gravitational wave emission from the Milky Way center in O3 LIGO--Virgo data

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1667

We present a directed search for continuous gravitational wave (CW) signals emitted by spinning neutron stars located in the inner parsecs of the Galactic Center (GC). Compelling e…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 96 cited

All-sky search for gravitational wave emission from scalar boson clouds around spinning black holes in LIGO O3 data

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1669

This paper describes the first all-sky search for long-duration, quasi-monochromatic gravitational-wave signals emitted by ultralight scalar boson clouds around spinning black hole…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 61 cited

Search for continuous gravitational waves from 20 accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars in O3 LIGO data

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration +1634

Results are presented of searches for continuous gravitational waves from 20 accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars with accurately measured spin frequencies and orbital parameters, u…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 135 cited

Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to a dark matter signal from the Galactic centre

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, A. Acharyya +449

We provide an updated assessment of the power of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to search for thermally produced dark matter at the TeV scale, via the associated gamma-ray sig…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 99 cited

Gravitational-wave constraints on the equatorial ellipticity of millisecond pulsars

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1333

We present a search for continuous gravitational waves from five radio pulsars, comprising three recycled pulsars (PSR J0437-4715, PSR J0711-6830, and PSR J0737-3039A) and two youn…

astro-ph.HE2020

A DESGW Search for the Electromagnetic Counterpart to the LIGO/Virgo Gravitational Wave Binary Neutron Star Merger Candidate S190510g

DES Collaboration, A. Garcia, R. Morgan +87

We present the results from a search for the electromagnetic counterpart of the LIGO/Virgo event S190510g using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam). S190510g is a binary neutron star (B…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 44 cited

Constraints on the Physical Properties of GW190814 through Simulations based on DECam Follow-up Observations by the Dark Energy Survey

R. Morgan, M. Soares-Santos, J. Annis +99

On 14 August 2019, the LIGO and Virgo Collaborations detected gravitational waves from a black hole and a 2.6 solar mass compact object, possibly the first neutron star -- black ho…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 57 cited

MAGIC observations of the diffuse -ray emission in the vicinity of the Galactic Centre

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +173

Aims: rays can be used as a tracer in the search of sources of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs). We present deep observations of the Galactic Centre (GC) region with the MAGIC telesc…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 23 cited

Gamma-Ray Dark Matter Searches in Milky Way Satellites -- A Comparative Review of Data Analysis Methods and Current Results

Javier Rico

If dark matter is composed of weakly interacting particles with mass in the GeV-TeV range, their annihilation or decay may produce gamma rays that could be detected by gamma-ray te…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 19 cited

A search for dark matter in Triangulum II with the MAGIC telescopes

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +172

We present the first results from very-high-energy observations of the dwarf spheroidal satellite candidate Triangulum II with the MAGIC telescopes from 62.4 hours of good-quality…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 46 cited

The Great Markarian 421 Flare of February 2010: Multiwavelength variability and correlation studies

A. U. Abeysekara, W. Benbow, R. Bird +256

We report on variability and correlation studies using multiwavelength observations of the blazar Mrk 421 during the month of February, 2010 when an extraordinary flare reaching a…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 46 cited

Broadband characterisation of the very intense TeV flares of the blazar 1ES 1959+650 in 2016

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +164

1ES 1959+650 is a bright TeV high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object exhibiting interesting features like "orphan" TeV flares and a broad emission in the high-energy regime, that are d…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 59 cited

MAGIC very large zenith angle observations of the Crab Nebula up to 100 TeV

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +169

Aims: We aim to measure the Crab Nebula gamma-ray spectral energy distribution in the ~100 TeV energy domain and test the validity of existing leptonic emission models at these hig…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 50 cited

Unravelling the complex behavior of Mrk 421 with simultaneous X-ray and VHE observations during an extreme flaring activity in April 2013

MAGIC collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +237

We report on a multi-band variability and correlation study of the TeV blazar Mrk 421 during an exceptional flaring activity observed from 2013 April 11 to 2013 April 19. The study…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 99 cited

Bounds on Lorentz invariance violation from MAGIC observation of GRB 190114C

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +181

On January 14, 2019, the Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov telescopes detected GRB 190114C above 0.2 TeV, recording the most energetic photons ever observed from a gamma-ra…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 48 cited

Study of the variable broadband emission of Markarian 501 during the most extreme Swift X-ray activity

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +185

Mrk501 is a very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray blazar located at z=0.034. During a period of two weeks in July 2014, the highest X-ray activity of Mrk501 was observed in ~14 years of…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 50 cited

Monitoring of the radio galaxy M87 during a low emission state from 2012 to 2015 with MAGIC

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +188

M87 is one of the closest (z=0.00436) extragalactic sources emitting at very-high-energies (VHE, E > 100 GeV). The aim of this work is to locate the region of the VHE gamma-ray emi…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 7 cited

The Mystery of Photometric Twins DES17X1boj and DES16E2bjy

M. Pursiainen, C. Gutierrez, P. Wiseman +80

We present an analysis of DES17X1boj and DES16E2bjy, two peculiar transients discovered by the Dark Energy Survey (DES). They exhibit nearly identical double-peaked light curves wh…