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most citedObservation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

14.2k citations

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27 papers · 2 filters

astro-ph.HE2012★ 99 cited

Multiwavelength observations of GRB 110731A: GeV emission from onset to afterglow

LAT Collaboration, GBM Collaboration, Swift Collaboration +2

We report on the multiwavelength observations of the bright, long gamma-ray burst \GRB, by the \Fermi and \Swift observatories, and by the MOA and GROND optical telescopes. The ana…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 7 cited

Identification of the primary mass of inclined cosmic ray showers from depth of maximum and number of muons parameters

S. Riggi, A. Parra, G. Rodriguez +3

In the present work we carry out a study of the high energy cosmic rays mass identification capabilities of a hybrid detector employing both fluorescence telescopes and particle de…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 115 cited

Binary Millisecond Pulsar Discovery via Gamma-Ray Pulsations

H. J. Pletsch, L. Guillemot, H. Fehrmann +150

Millisecond pulsars, old neutron stars spun-up by accreting matter from a companion star, can reach high rotation rates of hundreds of revolutions per second. Until now, all such "…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 77 cited

A Search for Point Sources of EeV Neutrons

The Pierre Auger Collaboration

A thorough search of the sky exposed at the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory reveals no statistically significant excess of events in any small solid angle that would be indicat…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 44 cited

Chandra, Keck and VLA Observations of the Crab Nebula during the 2011-April Gamma-ray Flare

Martin C. Weisskopf, Allyn F. Tennant, Roger Blandford +21

We present results from our analysis of Chandra X-ray Observatory, W. M. Keck Observatory, and Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) images of the Crab Nebula that were contemporan…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 55 cited

Long-term Monitoring on Mrk 501 for Its VHE gamma Emission and a Flare in October 2011

YBJ Collaboration, B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini +101

As one of the brightest active blazars in both X-ray and very high energy -ray bands, Mrk 501 is very useful for physics associated with jets from AGNs. The ARGO-YBJ experiment…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 6 cited

Multi messenger astronomy and CTA: TeV cosmic rays and electrons

Piergiorgio Picozza, Mirko Boezio

Cosmic rays are a sample of solar, galactic and extragalactic matter. Their origin and properties are one of the most intriguing question in modern astrophysics. The most energetic…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 47 cited

Observation of the TeV gamma-ray source MGRO J1908+06 with ARGO-YBJ

YBJ Collaboration

The extended gamma ray source MGRO J1908+06, discovered by the Milagro air shower detector in 2007, has been observed for about 4 years by the ARGO-YBJ experiment at TeV energies,…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 201 cited

GRB110721A: An extreme peak energy and signatures of the photosphere

The Fermi LAT Collaboration, the GBM Collaboration, A. Pe'er

GRB110721A was observed by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope using its two instruments the Large Area Telescope (LAT) and the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM). The burst consisted o…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 71 cited

Fermi LAT study of cosmic-rays and the interstellar medium in nearby molecular clouds

LAT collaboration

We report an analysis of the interstellar gamma-ray emission from the Chamaeleon, R Coronae Australis (R CrA), and Cepheus and Polaris flare regions with the Fermi Large Area Teles…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 65 cited

Multi-wavelength observations of blazar AO 0235+164 in the 2008-2009 flaring state

M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, J. Ballet +208

The blazar AO 0235+164 (z = 0.94) has been one of the most active objects observed by Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) since its launch in Summer 2008. In addition to the continuou…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 47 cited

Gamma-ray observations of the Orion Molecular Clouds with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, A. Allafort +142

We report on the gamma-ray observations of giant molecular clouds Orion A and B with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on-board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The gamma-ray emis…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 10 cited

The characterization of the distant blazar GB6 J1239+0443 from flaring and low activity periods

L. Pacciani, I. Donnarumma, K. D. Denney +64

In 2008 AGILE and Fermi detected gamma-ray flaring activity from the unidentified EGRET source 3EG J1236+0457, recently associated with a flat spectrum radio quasar GB6 J1239+0443…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 394 cited

GeV Observations of Star-forming Galaxies with \textit{Fermi} LAT

Fermi LAT Collaboration, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello +127

Recent detections of the starburst galaxies M82 and NGC 253 by gamma-ray telescopes suggest that galaxies rapidly forming massive stars are more luminous at gamma-ray energies comp…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 239 cited

Fermi LAT Search for Dark Matter in Gamma-ray Lines and the Inclusive Photon Spectrum

LAT Collaboration, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello +117

Dark matter particle annihilation or decay can produce monochromatic gamma-ray lines and contribute to the diffuse gamma-ray background. Flux upper limits are presented for gamma-r…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 48 cited

A First Search for coincident Gravitational Waves and High Energy Neutrinos using LIGO, Virgo and ANTARES data from 2007

The ANTARES Collaboration, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration +959

We present the results of the first search for gravitational wave bursts associated with high energy neutrinos. Together, these messengers could reveal new, hidden sources that are…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 127 cited

Search for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts during LIGO science run 6 and Virgo science runs 2 and 3

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, J. Abadie +807

We present the results of a search for gravitational waves associated with 154 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) that were detected by satellite-based gamma-ray experiments in 2009-2010, dur…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 71 cited

Swift follow-up observations of candidate gravitational-wave transient events

P. A. Evans, J. K. Fridriksson, N. Gehrels +813

We present the first multi-wavelength follow-up observations of two candidate gravitational-wave (GW) transient events recorded by LIGO and Virgo in their 2009-2010 science run. Th…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 740 cited

Fermi-LAT Observations of the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission: Implications for Cosmic Rays and the Interstellar Medium

LAT Collaboration

The gamma-ray sky >100 MeV is dominated by the diffuse emissions from interactions of cosmic rays with the interstellar gas and radiation fields of the Milky Way. Observations of t…

astro-ph.HE2012

Measurement of Cosmic Ray spectrum and Anisotropy with ARGO-YBJ

G. DI SCIASCIO

In this paper we report on the observation of the anisotropy of cosmic ray arrival direction at different angular scales with ARGO-YBJ. Evidence of new few-degree excesses througho…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 114 cited

Anisotropies in the diffuse gamma-ray background measured by the Fermi LAT

M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, A. Albert +134

The contribution of unresolved sources to the diffuse gamma-ray background could induce anisotropies in this emission on small angular scales. We analyze the angular power spectrum…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 78 cited

A search for ultra-high energy neutrinos in highly inclined events at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +497

The Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory is sensitive to neutrinos of all flavours above 0.1 EeV. These interact through charged and neutral currents in the atmosphere…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 46 cited

Constraining the High-Energy Emission from Gamma-ray Bursts with Fermi

LAT Collaboration, GBM Collaboration

We examine 288 GRBs detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope's Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) that fell within the field-of-view of Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT) during…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 30 cited

Measurement of the cosmic ray antiproton/proton flux ratio at TeV energies with the ARGO-YBJ detector

YBJ Collaboration

Cosmic ray antiprotons provide an important probe to study the cosmic ray propagation in the interstellar space and to investigate the existence of dark matter. Acting the Earth-Mo…