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astro-ph.HE2012★ 338 cited

Unification of X-ray winds in Seyfert galaxies: from ultra-fast outflows to warm absorbers

F. Tombesi, M. Cappi, J. N. Reeves +4

The existence of ionized X-ray absorbing layers of gas along the line of sight to the nuclei of Seyfert galaxies is a well established observational fact. This material is systemat…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 221 cited

3D deflagration simulations leaving bound remnants: a model for 2002cx-like Type Ia supernovae

M. Kromer, M. Fink, V. Stanishev +10

2002cx-like supernovae are a sub-class of sub-luminous Type Ia supernovae. Their light curves and spectra are characterized by distinct features that indicate strong mixing of the…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 19 cited

Multiwavelength study of the newly confirmed supernova remnant MCSNR J0527-7104 in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Patrick J. Kavanagh, Manami Sasaki, Sean D. Points +6

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) hosts a rich and varied population of supernova remnants (SNRs). Optical, X-ray, and radio observations are required to identify these SNRs, as wel…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 136 cited

Hard X-ray emission lines from the decay of Ti-44 in the remnant of supernova 1987A

S. A. Grebenev, A. A. Lutovinov, S. S. Tsygankov +1

It is assumed that the radioactive decay of Ti-44 powers the infrared, optical and UV emission of supernova remnants after the complete decay of Co-56 and Co-57 (the isotopes that…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 21 cited

LMXB populations in galaxy outskirts: globular clusters and supernova kicks

Zhongli Zhang, Marat Gilfanov, Akos Bogdan

For the first time, we have systematically explored the population of discrete X-ray sources in the outskirts of early-type galaxies. Based on a broad sample of 20 galaxies observe…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 223 cited

Reconnection-driven plasmoids in blazars: fast flares on a slow envelope

Dimitrios Giannios

Minute-timescale TeV flares have been observed in several blazars. The fast flaring requires compact regions in the jet that boost their emission towards the observer at an extreme…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 120 cited

Quantifying properties of ICM inhomogeneities

I. Zhuravleva, E. Churazov, A. Kravtsov +3

We present a new method to identify and characterize the structure of the intracluster medium (ICM) in simulated galaxy clusters. The method uses the median of gas properties, such…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 33 cited

Supergiant, fast, but not so transient 4U 1907+09

V. Doroshenko, A. Santangelo, L. Ducci +1

We have investigated the dipping activity observed in the high-mass X-ray binary 4U 1907+09 and shown that the source continues to pulsate in the "off" state, noting that the trans…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 26 cited

Shearing box simulations of accretion disk winds

R. Moll

The launching process of a magnetically driven outflow from an accretion disk is investigated in a local, shearing box model which allows a study of the feedback between accretion…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 297 cited

Three-dimensional neutrino-driven supernovae: Neutron star kicks, spins, and asymmetric ejection of nucleosynthesis products

A. Wongwathanarat, H. -Th. Janka, E. Mueller

We present 3D simulations of supernova (SN) explosions of nonrotating stars, triggered by the neutrino-heating mechanism with a suitable choice of the core-neutrino luminosity. Our…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 24 cited

XMM-Newton view of the N 206 superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Patrick J. Kavanagh, Manami Sasaki, Sean. D. Points

We perform an analysis of the X-ray superbubble in the N 206 HII region in the Large Magellanic Cloud using current generation facilities to gain a better understanding of the phys…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 4 cited

A theoretical color-velocity correlation for supernovae associated with gamma-ray bursts

Sharon Rapoport, Stuart A. Sim, Keiichi Maeda +4

We carry out the first multi-dimensional radiative transfer calculations to simultaneously compute synthetic spectra and light curves for models of supernovae driven by fast bipola…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 17 cited

Accurate Localization and Identification of Six Hard X-ray Sources from Chandra and XMM-Newton data

D. I. Karasev, A. A. Lutovinov, M. G. Revnivtsev +1

We present the results of Chandra and XMM-Newton observations for six hard X-ray sources (IGR J12134-6015, IGR J18293-1213, IGR J18219-1347, IGR J17350-2045, IGR J18048-1455, XTE J…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 12 cited

The high-field polar RX J1007.5-2017

H. -C. Thomas, K. Beuermann, K. Reinsch +2

We report optical and X-ray observations of the high-field polar RXJ1007.5-2017 performed between 1990 and 2012. It has an orbital period of 208.60 min determined from the ellipsoi…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 45 cited

Interpreting the near-infrared spectra of the 'golden standard' Type Ia supernova 2005cf

E. E. E. Gall, S. Taubenberger, M. Kromer +5

We present nine near-infrared (NIR) spectra of supernova (SN) 2005cf at epochs from -10 d to +42 d with respect to B-band maximum, complementing the existing excellent data sets av…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 42 cited

Contribution of the accretion disk, hot corona, and obscuring torus to the luminosity of Seyfert galaxies: INTEGRAL and Spitzer observations

S. Sazonov, S. P. Willner, A. D. Goulding +12

We estimate the relative contributions of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) accretion disk, corona, and obscuring torus to the bolometric luminosity of Seyfert galaxies, using Spi…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 28 cited

Prospect of Studying Hard X- and Gamma-Rays from Type Ia Supernovae

K. Maeda, Y. Terada, D. Kasen +9

We perform multi-dimensional, time-dependent radiation transfer simulations for hard X-ray and gamma-ray emissions, following radioactive decays of 56Ni and 56Co, for two-dimension…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 17 cited

Coronae above accretion disks around black holes: The effect of Compton cooling

E. Meyer-Hofmeister, B. F. Liu, F. Meyer

The geometry of the accretion flow around stellar mass and supermassive black holes depends on the accretion rate. Broad iron emission lines originating from the irradiation of coo…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 69 cited

The XMM-Newton survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud

F. Haberl, R. Sturm, J. Ballet +13

Although numerous archival XMM-Newton observations existed towards the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) before 2009, only a fraction of the whole galaxy was covered. Between May 2009 a…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 44 cited

Fast time variations of supernova neutrino signals from 3-dimensional models

Tina Lund, Annop Wongwathanarat, Hans-Thomas Janka +2

We study supernova neutrino flux variations in the IceCube detector, using 3D models based on a simplified neutrino transport scheme. The hemispherically integrated neutrino emissi…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 150 cited

X-ray emission from star-forming galaxies - III. Calibration of the Lx-SFR relation up to redshift z1.3

S. Mineo, M. Gilfanov, B. D. Lehmer +2

We investigate the relation between total X-ray emission from star-forming galaxies and their star formation activity. Using nearby late-type galaxies and ULIRGs from Paper I and s…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 93 cited

Multi-Wavelength Observations of Supernova 2011ei: Time-Dependent Classification of Type IIb and Ib Supernovae and Implications for their Progenitors

D. Milisavljevic, R. Margutti, A. M. Soderberg +39

We present X-ray, UV/optical, and radio observations of the stripped-envelope, core-collapse supernova (SN) 2011ei, one of the least luminous SNe IIb or Ib observed to date. Our ob…

astro-ph.HE2012

The influence of jet geometry on light curves and spectra of GRB afterglows

A. G. Tolstov

We have performed detailed calculations of spectra and light curves of GRB afterglows assuming that the observed GRBs can have a jet geometry. The calculations are based on an expa…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 10 cited

SRG/eROSITA prospects for detection of GRB afterglows

I. I. Khabibullin, S. Yu. Sazonov, R. A. Sunyaev

We discuss the potential of the eROSITA telescope on board the \emph{Spectrum-X-Gamma} observatory to detect gamma-ray burst (GRB) X-ray afterglows during its 4-year all-sky survey…