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astro-ph.HE2012★ 46 cited

PSR J0357+3205: the tail of the turtle

Martino Marelli, Andrea De Luca, David Salvetti +6

Using a new XMM-Newton observation, we have characterized the X-ray properties of the middle-aged radio-quiet gamma-ray pulsar J0357+3205 (named Morla) and its tail. The X-ray emis…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 28 cited

PSR J0357+3205: a fast moving pulsar with a very unusual X-ray trail

A. De Luca, R. P. Mignani, M. Marelli +6

The middle-aged PSR J0357+3205 is a nearby, radio-quiet, bright gamma-ray pulsar discovered by the Fermi mission. Our previous Chandra observation revealed a huge, very peculiar st…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 44 cited

Discovery of TeV Gamma-ray Emission from CTA 1 by VERITAS

E. Aliu, S. Archambault, T. Arlen +88

We report the discovery of TeV gamma-ray emission coincident with the shell-type radio supernova remnant (SNR) CTA 1 using the VERITAS gamma-ray observatory. The source, VER J0006+…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 9 cited

Chandra Observations of the Collisional Ring Galaxy NGC 922

A. H. Prestwich, J. L. Galache. T. Linden, V. Kalogara +5

In this paper we report on Chandra observations of the starburst galaxy NGC 922. NGC 922 is a drop-through ring galaxy with an expanding ring of star formation, similar in many res…

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★ 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★ 102 cited

Rapid TeV Gamma-Ray Flaring of BL Lacertae

T. Arlen, T. Aune, M. Beilicke +83

We report on the detection of a very rapid TeV gamma-ray flare from BL Lacertae on 2011 June 28 with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS). The flar…

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★ 8 cited

New VLT observations of the Fermi pulsar PSR J1048-5832

M. Razzano, R. P. Mignani, M. Marelli +1

PSR J1048-5832 is a Vela-like (P=123.6 ms; tau~20.3 kyr) gamma-ray pulsar detected by Fermi, at a distance of ~2.7 kpc and with a rotational energy loss rate dot{E}_{SD} ~2 x 10^{3…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 4 cited

Fermi-LAT searches for gamma-ray pulsars

Pablo M. Saz Parkinson

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi satellite is the first gamma-ray instrument to discover pulsars directly via their gamma-ray emission. Roughly one third of the 117 gamm…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 2 cited

Fermi-LAT Detection of Gamma-ray Pulsars above 10 GeV

Pablo M. Saz Parkinson

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi satellite has detected ~120 pulsars above 100 MeV. While most gamma-ray pulsars have spectra that are well modeled by a power law…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 9 cited

VERITAS Observations of Six Bright, Hard-Spectrum Fermi-LAT Blazars

E. Aliu, S. Archambault, T. Arlen +84

We report on VERITAS very-high-energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) observations of six blazars selected from the Fermi Large Area Telescope First Source Catalog (1FGL). The gamma-ray emission…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 17 cited

Search for a correlation between very-high-energy gamma rays and giant radio pulses in the Crab pulsar

E. Aliu, S. Archambault, T. Arlen +87

We present the results of a joint observational campaign between the Green Bank radio telescope and the VERITAS gamma-ray telescope, which searched for a correlation between the em…

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★ 51 cited

Radio Detection of the Fermi LAT Blind Search Millisecond Pulsar J1311-3430

P. S. Ray, S. M. Ransom, C. C. Cheung +15

We report the detection of radio emission from PSR J1311-3430, the first millisecond pulsar discovered in a blind search of Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) gamma-ray data. We dete…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 20 cited

Are Lines From Unassociated Gamma-Ray Sources Evidence For Dark Matter Annihilation?

Dan Hooper, Tim Linden

Very recently, it was pointed out that there exists a population of gamma-ray sources without associations at other wavelengths which exhibit spectral features consistent with mono…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 113 cited

Constraints on Cosmic Rays, Magnetic Fields, and Dark Matter from Gamma-Ray Observations of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies with VERITAS and Fermi

T. Arlen, T. Aune, M. Beilicke +81

Observations of radio halos and relics in galaxy clusters indicate efficient electron acceleration. Protons should likewise be accelerated, suggesting that clusters may also be sou…

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★ 49 cited

PSR J1838-0537: Discovery of a young, energetic gamma-ray pulsar

H. J. Pletsch, L. Guillemot, B. Allen +12

We report the discovery of PSR J1838-0537, a gamma-ray pulsar found through a blind search of data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). The pulsar has a spin frequency of 6.9…

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★ 9 cited

Dynamics Inside the Radio and X-ray Cluster Cavities of Cygnus A and Similar FRII Sources

William G. Mathews, Fulai Guo

We describe approximate axisymmetric computations of the dynamical evolution of material inside radio lobes and X-ray cluster gas cavities in Fanaroff-Riley II sources such as Cygn…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 12 cited

Gamma Rays from Star Formation in Clusters of Galaxies

Emma Storm, Tesla E. Jeltema, Stefano Profumo

Star formation in galaxies is observed to be associated with gamma-ray emission. The detection of gamma rays from star-forming galaxies by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) has…