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astro-ph2007

A new explanation for the SFXTs outbursts

L. Sidoli, P. Romano, S. Mereghetti +4

The physical mechanism responsible for the short outbursts in a recently recognized class of High Mass X-ray Binaries, the Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXTs), is still unknow…

astro-ph2007★ 9 cited

Unveiling the nature of RX J0002+6246 with XMM-Newton

P. Esposito, A. De Luca, A. Tiengo +3

The X-ray source RX J0002+6246 was discovered close to the supernova remnant CTB1 in a ROSAT observation performed in 1992. The source phenomenology (soft spectrum, apparent lack o…

astro-ph2007

The first Suzaku observation of SGR 1806-20

P. Esposito, A. Tiengo, S. Zane +5

The soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 1806-20 has been attracting a lot of attention owing to the fact that in December 2004 it emitted the most powerful giant flare ever observed. Here…

astro-ph2007★ 59 cited

The Peculiar Type Ib Supernova 2006jc: A WCO Wolf-Rayet Star Explosion

N. Tominaga, M. Limongi, T. Suzuki +21

We present a theoretical model for Type Ib supernova (SN) 2006jc. We calculate the evolution of the progenitor star, hydrodynamics and nucleosynthesis of the SN explosion, and the…

astro-ph2007★ 1 cited

VLT observations of Compact Central Objects

R. P. Mignani, S. Zaggia, D. Dobrzycka +4

We present the first results of our VLT observation campaign of the Central Compact Objects (CCOs) in SNRs RX J085201.4-461753 (Vela Jr), 1E 1648-5051 (RCW 103) and RX J171328.4-39…

astro-ph2007★ 44 cited

SGR 1806-20 about two years after the giant flare: Suzaku, XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL observations

P. Esposito, S. Mereghetti, A. Tiengo +9

In December 2004, the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 1806-20 emitted the most powerful giant flare ever observed. This probably involved a large-scale rearrangement of the magnetosphe…

astro-ph2007★ 3 cited

Using GRO J1655-40 to test Swift/BAT as a monitor for bright hard X-ray sources

F. Senziani, G. Novara, A. De Luca +3

While waiting for new gamma-ray burst detections, the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on board Swift covers each day ~50% of the sky in the hard X-ray band (``Survey data''). The large…

astro-ph2007★ 22 cited

Long term hard X-ray variability of the anomalous X-ray pulsar 1RXS J170849.0-400910 discovered with INTEGRAL

D. Gotz, N. Rea, G. L. Israel +6

We report on a multi-band high-energy observing campaign aimed at studying the long term spectral variability of the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar (AXP) 1RXS J170849.0-400910, one of the…

astro-ph2007★ 145 cited

Precision photometric redshift calibration for galaxy-galaxy weak lensing

R. Mandelbaum, U. Seljak, C. M. Hirata +26

Accurate photometric redshifts are among the key requirements for precision weak lensing measurements. Both the large size of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the existence…

astro-ph2007★ 17 cited

HST multi-epoch imaging of the PSR B0540-69 system unveils a highly dynamic synchrotron nebula

A. De Luca, R. P. Mignani, P. A. Caraveo +1

PSR B0540-69 is the Crab twin in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Age, energetic and overall behaviour of the two pulsars are very similar. The same is true for the general appearance o…

astro-ph2007★ 30 cited

Swift/XRT monitoring of five orbital cycles of LSI +61 303

P. Esposito, P. A. Caraveo, A. Pellizzoni +3

LSI +61 303 is one of the most interesting high-mass X-ray binaries owing to its spatially resolved radio emission and its TeV emission, generally attributed to non-thermal particl…

astro-ph2007★ 24 cited

Dust-scattered X-ray halos around two Swift gamma-ray bursts: GRB 061019 and GRB 070129

G. Vianello, A. Tiengo, S. Mereghetti

Two new expanding X-ray rings were detected by the Swift XRT instrument during early follow-up observations of GRB 061019 and GRB 070129, increasing to 5 the number of dust scatter…

astro-ph2007★ 17 cited

VLT observations of the Central Compact Object in the Vela Jr. supernova remnant

R. P. Mignani, A. De Luca, S. Zaggia +4

X-ray observations have unveiled the existence of enigmatic point-like sources at the center of young (a few kyrs) supernova remnants. These sources, known as Central Compact Objec…

astro-ph2007★ 41 cited

XMM-Newton observation of the persistent Be/neutron-star system X Persei at a high-luminosity level

N. La Palombara, S. Mereghetti

We report on the XMM-Newton observation of the HMXRB X Persei, the prototype of the persistent and low-luminosity Be/neutron star pulsars, which was performed on February 2003. The…

astro-ph2007★ 44 cited

Phase resolved spectroscopy of the Vela pulsar with XMM-Newton

A. Manzali, A. De Luca, P. A. Caraveo

The ~10^4 y old Vela Pulsar represents the bridge between the young Crab-like and the middle-aged rotation powered pulsars. Its multiwavelength behaviour is due to the superpositio…

astro-ph2007★ 22 cited

VLT/NACO observations of the High-Magnetic field radio pulsar PSR J1119-6127

R. P. Mignani, R. Perna, N. Rea +3

Recent radio observations have unveiled the existence of a number of radio pulsars with spin-down derived magnetic fields in the magnetar range. However, their observational proper…

astro-ph2007★ 52 cited

XMMU J174716.1-281048: a "quasi-persistent" very faint X-ray transient?

M. Del Santo, L. Sidoli, S. Mereghetti +3

The X-ray transient XMMU J174716.1-281048 was serendipitously discovered with XMM-Newton in 2003. It lies about 0.9 degrees off the Galactic Centre and its spectrum shows a high ab…

astro-ph2007★ 13 cited

Discovery of X-ray emission from the young radio pulsar PSR J1357-6429

P. Esposito, A. Tiengo, A. De Luca +1

We present the first X-ray detection of the very young pulsar PSR J1357-6429 (characteristic age of 7.3 kyr) using data from the XMM-Newton and Chandra satellites. We find that the…

astro-ph2007★ 63 cited

Swift/XRT observes the fifth outburst of the periodic Supergiant Fast X-ray Transient IGR J11215-5952

P. Romano, L. Sidoli, V. Mangano +2

IGR J11215-5952 is a hard X-ray transient source discovered in April 2005 with INTEGRAL and a confirmed member of the new class of High Mass X-ray Binaries, the Supergiant Fast X-r…

astro-ph2007★ 55 cited

The [OII]3727 Luminosity function and Star Formation Rate at z~1.2 in the COSMOS 2 Square-degree Field and the Subaru Deep Field

M. I. Takahashi, Y. Shioya, Y. Taniguchi +31

We have carried out a wide-field imaging survey for [OII]3727 emitting galaxies at z~1.2 in the HST COSMOS 2 square degree field using the Suprime-Cam on the Subaru Telescope. The…

astro-ph2007★ 107 cited

Lyman Alpha Emitters at Redshift 5.7 in the COSMOS Field

T. Murayama, Y. Taniguchi, N. Z. Scoville +24

We present results from a narrow-band optical survey of a contiguous area of 1.95 deg^2, covered by the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS). Both optical narrow-band (lambda_c = 8150…

astro-ph2007★ 118 cited

The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): The morphological content and enviromental dependence of the galaxy color-magnitude relation at z~0.7

P. Cassata, L. Guzzo, A. Franceschini +11

We study the enviromental dependence and the morphological composition of the galaxy color-magnitude diagram at z~0.7, using a pilot sub-sample of ~2000 galaxies from the COSMOS su…

astro-ph2007★ 73 cited

The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): a large-scale structure at z=0.73 and the relation of galaxy morphologies to local environment

L. Guzzo, P. Cassata, A. Finoguenov +29

We have identified a large-scale structure at z~0.73 in the COSMOS field, coherently described by the distribution of galaxy photometric redshifts, an ACS weak-lensing convergence…