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astro-ph.HE2016★ 38 cited

Spectral and timing properties of IGR J00291+5934 during its 2015 outburst

A. Sanna, F. Pintore, E. Bozzo +8

We report on the spectral and timing properties of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J00291+5934 observed by XMM-Newton and NuSTAR during its 2015 outburst. The source is…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 38 cited

Gamma-ray blazar spectra with H.E.S.S. II mono analysis: the case of PKS 2155-304 and PG 1553+113

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +332

The addition of a 28 m Cherenkov telescope (CT5) to the H.E.S.S. array extended the experiment's sensitivity to lower energies. The lowest energy threshold is obtained using monosc…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 6 cited

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS): PCA-based automatic cleaning and reconstruction of survey spectra

A. Marchetti, B. Garilli, B. R. Granett +34

Identifying spurious reduction artefacts in galaxy spectra is a challenge for large surveys. We present an algorithm for identifying and repairing residual spurious features in sky…

astro-ph.CO2016★ 100 cited

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). Gravity test from the combination of redshift-space distortions and galaxy-galaxy lensing at

S. de la Torre, E. Jullo, C. Giocoli +39

We carry out a joint analysis of redshift-space distortions and galaxy-galaxy lensing, with the aim of measuring the growth rate of structure; this is a key quantity for understand…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 94 cited

The second catalog of flaring gamma-ray sources from the Fermi All-sky Variability Analysis

S. Abdollahi, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello +124

We present the second catalog of flaring gamma-ray sources (2FAV) detected with the Fermi All-sky Variability Analysis (FAVA), a tool that blindly searches for transients over the…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 21 cited

Upper limits for Mass and Radius of objects around Proxima Cen from SPHERE/VLT

D. Mesa, A. Zurlo, J. Milli +36

The recent discovery of an earth-like planet around Proxima Centauri has drawn much attention to this star and its environment. We performed a series of observations of Proxima Cen…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 17 cited

Discovery of a soft X-ray 8 mHz QPO from the accreting millisecond pulsar IGR J00291+5934

C. Ferrigno, E. Bozzo, A. Sanna +7

In this paper, we report on the analysis of the peculiar X-ray variability displayed by the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J00291+5934 in a 80 ks-long joint NuSTAR and XMM-…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 63 cited

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS): Downsizing of the blue cloud and the influence of galaxy size on mass quenching over the last eight billion years

C. P. Haines, A. Iovino, J. Krywult +37

We use the full VIPERS redshift survey in combination with SDSS-DR7 to explore the relationships between star-formation history (using d4000), stellar mass and galaxy structure, an…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 231 cited

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). Full spectroscopic data and auxiliary information release (PDR-2)

M. Scodeggio, L. Guzzo, B. Garilli +42

We present the full public data release (PDR-2) of the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS), performed at the ESO VLT. We release redshifts, spectra, CFHTLS magnitud…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 28 cited

VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). The distinct build-up of dense and normal massive passive galaxies

A. Gargiulo, M. Bolzonella, M. Scodeggio +36

We use the final data from the VIPERS redshift survey to extract an unparalleled sample of more than 2000 massive M > 10^11 M_sun passive galaxies (MPGs) at redshift 0.5 < z < 1.0,…

astro-ph.CO2016★ 98 cited

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey: Measuring the growth rate of structure around cosmic voids

A. J. Hawken, B. R. Granett, A. Iovino +33

We identified voids in the completed VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS), using an algorithm based on searching for empty spheres. We measured the cross-correlation…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 44 cited

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). The decline of cosmic star formation: quenching, mass, and environment connections

O. Cucciati, I. Davidzon, M. Bolzonella +37

[Abridged] We use the final data of the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) to investigate the effect of environment on the evolution of galaxies between an…

astro-ph.CO2016★ 16 cited

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS). The matter density and baryon fraction from the galaxy power spectrum at redshift

S. Rota, B. R. Granett, J. Bel +37

We use the final catalogue of the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS) to measure the power spectrum of the galaxy distribution at high redshift, presenting results…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 177 cited

Evidence for vacuum birefringence from the first optical polarimetry measurement of the isolated neutron star RX\, J1856.53754

R. P. Mignani, V. Testa, D. Gonzalez Caniulef +4

The "Magnificent Seven" (M7) are a group of radio-quiet Isolated Neutron Stars (INSs) discovered in the soft X-rays through their purely thermal surface emission. Owing to the larg…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 20 cited

EXTraS discovery of two pulsators in the direction of the LMC: a Be/X-ray binary pulsar in the LMC and a candidate double-degenerate polar in the foreground

F. Haberl, G. L. Israel, G. A. Rodriguez Castillo +10

The EXTraS project to explore the X-ray Transient and variable Sky searches for coherent signals in the X-ray archival data of XMM-Newton. XMM-Newton performed more than 400 pointe…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 8 cited

Optical and near-infrared photometric monitoring of the transient X-ray binary A0538-66 with REM

L. Ducci, S. Covino, V. Doroshenko +3

The transient Be/X-ray binary A0538-66 shows peculiar X-ray and optical variability. Despite numerous studies, the intrinsic properties underlying its anomalous behaviour remain po…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 11 cited

The XXL survey: first results and future

M. Pierre, C. Adami, M. Birkinshaw +108

The XXL survey currently covers two 25 sq. deg. patches with XMM observations of ~10ks. We summarise the scientific results associated with the first release of the XXL data set, t…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 42 cited

Cluster and field elliptical galaxies at z~1.3. The marginal role of the environment and the relevance of the galaxy central regions

P. Saracco, A. Gargiulo, F. Ciocca +1

We compared the properties of 56 elliptical galaxies selected from three clusters at with those of field galaxies in the GOODS-S (~30), COSMOS (~180) and CANDELS (~220)…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 27 cited

Study of the reflection spectrum of the LMXB 4U 1702-429

R. Iaria, T. Di Salvo, M. Del Santo +7

The source 4U 1702-429 (Ara X-1) is a low-mass X-ray binary system hosting a neutron star. Albeit the source is quite bright ( erg s) its broadband spectrum ha…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 464 cited

An accreting pulsar with extreme properties drives an ultraluminous x-ray source in NGC 5907

G. L. Israel, A. Belfiore, L. Stella +20

Ultraluminous x-ray sources (ULXs) in nearby galaxies shine brighter than any X-ray source in our Galaxy. ULXs are usually modeled as stellar-mass black holes (BHs) accreting at ve…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 338 cited

Discovery of a 0.42-s pulsar in the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 7793 P13

G. L. Israel, A. Papitto, P. Esposito +11

NGC 7793 P13 is a variable (luminosity range ~100) ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) proposed to host a stellar-mass black hole of less than 15 M in a binary system with o…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 4 cited

Searching for the optical counterparts of two young gamma-ray pulsars

R. P. Mignani, V. Testa, M. Marelli +7

We report on the first deep optical observations of two -ray pulsars, both among the very first discovered by the {\em Fermi} Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The two pulsars are the…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 3 cited

Discovery of two new Fast X-ray Transients with INTEGRAL: IGR J03346+4414 and IGR J20344+3913

V. Sguera, L. Sidoli, A. Paizis +1

We report on the discovery of two Fast X-ray Transients (FXTs) from analysis of archival INTEGRAL data. Both are characterized by a remarkable hard X-ray activity above 20 keV, in…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 29 cited

The Chandra ACIS Timing Survey Project: glimpsing a sample of faint X-ray pulsators

Gian Luca Israel, Paolo Esposito, Guillermo Andres Rodriguez Castillo +1

We report on the discovery of 41 new pulsating sources in the data of the Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer, which is sensitive to X-ray photons in the 0.3-10 keV band. The…