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astro-ph2006★ 510 cited

COSMOS : Hubble Space Telescope Observations

N. Scoville, A. Benson, A. W. Blain +50

The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) was initiated with an extensive allocation (590 orbits in Cycles 12-13) using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) for high resolution imaging. Her…

astro-ph2006★ 131 cited

A Sealed Gas Pixel Detector for X-ray Astronomy

R. Bellazzini, G. Spandre, M. Minuti +13

We report on the results of a new, sealed, Gas Pixel Detector. The very compact design and the absence of the gas flow system, make this detector substantially ready for use as foc…

astro-ph2006★ 42 cited

NGC5719/13: interacting spirals forming a counter-rotating stellar disc

D. Vergani, A. Pizzella, E. M. Corsini +4

(Context) When a galaxy acquires material from the outside, it is likely that the resulting angular momentum of the accreted material is decoupled from that of the pre-existing gal…

astro-ph2006★ 63 cited

A cluster in a crowded environment: XMM-Newton and Chandra observations of A3558

M. Rossetti, S. Ghizzardi, S. Molendi +1

Combining XMM-Newton and Chandra data, we have performed a detailed study of Abell 3558. Our analysis shows that its dynamical history is more complicated than previously thought.…

astro-ph2006★ 117 cited

Evidence for 1122 Hz X-Ray Burst Oscillations from the Neutron-Star X-Ray Transient XTE J1739-285

P. Kaaret, Z. Prieskorn, J. J. M. in 't Zand +6

We report on millisecond variability from the X-ray transient XTE J1739-285. We detected six X-ray type I bursts and found evidence for oscillations at 1122 +/- 0.3 Hz in the brigh…

astro-ph2006★ 1 cited

INTEGRAL observations of IGRJ11215-5952: the first Supergiant Fast X-ray Transient displaying periodic outbursts

Lara Sidoli, Ada Paizis, Sandro Mereghetti

The hard X-ray source IGRJ11215-5952, discovered with INTEGRAL during a brief outburst in 2005, has been proposed as a new member of the class of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients.…

astro-ph2006★ 15 cited

Unveiling Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters with INTEGRAL

D. Gotz, S. Mereghetti, K. Hurley

Thanks to INTEGRAL's long exposures of the Galactic Plane, the two brightest Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters, SGR 1806-20 and SGR 1900+14, have been monitored and studied in detail for th…

astro-ph2006★ 24 cited

Five years of SGR 1900+14 observations with BeppoSAX

P. Esposito, S. Mereghetti, A. Tiengo +3

We present a systematic analysis of all the BeppoSAX data of the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 1900+14: these observations allowed us to study the long term properties of the source…

astro-ph2006★ 53 cited

UVES/VLT high resolution spectroscopy of GRB 050730 afterglow: probing the features of the GRB environment

V. D'Elia, F. Fiore, E. Meurs +44

We analyze high resolution spectroscopic observations of the optical afterglow of GRB050730, obtained with UVES@VLT about hours after the GRB trigger. The spectrum shows that the I…

astro-ph2006★ 21 cited

XMM-Newton observations of Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters

S. Mereghetti, P. Esposito, A. Tiengo

All the confirmed Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters have been observed with the EPIC instrument on the XMM-Newton satellite. We review the results obtained in these observations, providing…

astro-ph2006★ 10 cited

First broad band study of the mysterious source 1E 1743.1-2843

M. Del Santo, L. Sidoli, A. Bazzano +4

In the last years, the persistent source 1E 1743.1-2843 has been observed in the X-rays, but never above 20 keV. In previous works, it was stressed that a possible high energy emis…

astro-ph2006★ 26 cited

Swift/XRT follow-up observations of TeV sources of the HESS Inner Galaxy survey

R. Landi, L. Bassani, A. Malizia +6

In order to provide a firm identification of the newly discovered Galactic TeV sources, a search for counterparts in a broad band from soft X-ray to soft gamma-rays is crucial as d…

astro-ph2006★ 41 cited

The X-ray spectrum of the bursting atoll source 4U~1728-34 observed with INTEGRAL

M. Falanga, D. Gotz, P. Goldoni +5

We present for the first time a study of the 3-200 keV broad band spectra of the bursting atoll source 4U 1728-34 (GX 354-0) along its hardness intensity diagram. The analysis was…

astro-ph2006★ 132 cited

A long-period, violently-variable X-ray source in a young SNR

A. De Luca, P. A. Caraveo, S. Mereghetti +2

Observations with the Newton X-ray Multimirror Mission (XMM) show a strong periodic modulation at 6.67+/-0.03 hours of the X-ray source at the centre of the 2,000-year-old supernov…

astro-ph2006★ 13 cited

Unveiling the nature of the highly absorbed X-ray source SAXJ1748.2-2808 with XMM-Newton

L. Sidoli, S. Mereghetti, F. Favata +2

We report on the results of an EPIC XMM-Newton observation of the faint source SAXJ1748.2-2808 and the surrounding field. This source was discovered during the BeppoSAX Galactic ce…

astro-ph2006★ 2 cited

Magnetars' Giant Flares: the case of SGR 1806-20

Nanda Rea

We first review on the peculiar characteristics of the bursting and flaring activity of the Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters and Anomalous X-ray Pulsars. We then report on the properties o…

astro-ph2006★ 442 cited

The nucleosynthesis of Al26 and Fe60 in solar metallicity stars extending in mass from 11 to 120 Msun: the hydrostatic and explosive contributions

Marco Limongi, Alessandro Chieffi

We present the \nuk{Al}{26} and \nuk{Fe}{60} yields produced by a generation of solar metallicity stars ranging in mass between 11 and 120\msun. We discuss the production sites of…

astro-ph2006★ 43 cited

XMM-Newton observation of the Be/neutron star system RX J0146.9+6121: a soft X-ray excess in a low luminosity accreting pulsar

Nicola La Palombara, Sandro Mereghetti

We report on the XMM-Newton observation of the Be/neutron star X-ray binary system RX J0146.9+6121, a long period (~ 23 m) pulsar in the NGC 663 open cluster. The X-ray luminosity…

astro-ph2006★ 145 cited

Swift observations of the 2006 outburst of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi: I. Early X-ray emission from the shocked ejecta and red giant wind

M. F. Bode, T. J. O'Brien, J. P. Osborne +16

RS Ophiuchi began its latest outburst on 2006 February 12. Previous outbursts have indicated that high velocity ejecta interact with a pre-existing red giant wind, setting up shock…

astro-ph2006★ 1.7k cited

Accurate photometric redshifts for the CFHT Legacy Survey calibrated using the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey

O. Ilbert, S. Arnouts, H. J. McCracken +49

We present photometric redshifts for an uniquely large and deep sample of 522286 objects with i'_{AB}<25 in the Canada-France Legacy Survey ``Deep Survey'' fields, which cover a to…

astro-ph2006★ 9 cited

ESO Imaging Survey: infrared observations of CDF-S and HDF-S

L. F. Olsen, J. -M. Miralles, L. da Costa +8

This paper presents infrared data obtained from observations carried out at the ESO 3.5m New Technology Telescope (NTT) of the Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S) and the Chandra Deep…

astro-ph2006★ 131 cited

Magnetars as persistent hard X-ray sources: INTEGRAL discovery of a hard tail in SGR 1900+14

D. Gotz, S. Mereghetti, A. Tiengo +1

Using 2.5 Ms of data obtained by the INTEGRAL satellite in 2003-2004, we discovered persistent hard X-ray emission from the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 1900+14. Its 20-100 keV spec…

astro-ph2006★ 8 cited

The ECLAIRs micro-satellite mission for gamma-ray burst multi-wavelength observations

S. Schanne, J. -L. Atteia, D. Barret +17

Gamma-ray bursts (GRB), at least those with a duration longer than a few seconds are the most energetic events in the Universe and occur at cosmological distances. The ECLAIRs micr…