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astro-ph.HE2019★ 18 cited

Simultaneous observations of the blazar PKS2155-304 from Ultra-Violet to TeV energies

H. E. S. S., Fermi, NuSTAR collaborations

The results of the first ever contemporaneous multi-wavelength observation campaign on the BL Lac object PKS2155-304 involving Swift, NuSTAR, Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. are reported. T…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 25 cited

H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT observations of PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 during its 2014 and 2017 periastron passages

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, R. Adam +222

PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 is a gamma-ray binary system consisting of a pulsar in an eccentric orbit around a bright Oe stellar-type companion star that features a dense circumstellar di…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 7 cited

Diagnosing pulsar winds in black-widow, redback, and other binary millisecond pulsar systems

Anne Zilles, Kumiko Kotera, Rene Rohrmann +1

Binary systems composed of a recycled millisecond pulsar and a stellar companion in close orbit could be excellent sites to diagnose pulsar winds. In such systems, the pulsar outfl…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 15 cited

Modeling spectral lags in active galactic nucleus flares in the context of Lorentz invariance violation searches

Perennes Cédric, Sol Hélène, Bolmont Julien

High-energy photons emitted by flaring active galactic nuclei (AGNs) have been used for many years to constrain modified dispersion relations in vacuum encountered in the context o…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 274 cited

A very-high-energy component deep in the Gamma-ray Burst afterglow

H. Abdalla R. Adam F. Aharonian F. Ait Benkhali E. O. Anguener M. Arakawa, C. Arcaro, C. Armand +219

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are brief flashes of gamma rays, considered to be the most energetic explosive phenomena in the Universe. The emission from GRBs comprises a short (typicall…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 4 cited

GRB 190114C in the nuclear region of an interacting galaxy -- A detailed host analysis using ALMA, HST and VLT

A. de Ugarte Postigo, C. C. Thöne, S. Martın +28

GRB 190114C is the first GRB for which the detection of very-high energy emission up to the TeV range has been reported. It is still unclear whether environmental properties might…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 28 cited

H.E.S.S. detection of very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from the quasar PKS 0736+017

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +225

Flat-spectrum radio-quasars (FSRQs) are rarely detected at very-high-energies (VHE; E>100 GeV) due to their low-frequency-peaked SEDs. At present, only 6 FSRQs are known to emit VH…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 30 cited

Investigating the multiwavelength behaviour of the flat spectrum radio quasar CTA 102 during 2013-2017

F. D'Ammando, C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata +94

We present a multiwavelength study of the flat-spectrum radio quasar CTA 102 during 2013-2017. We use radio-to-optical data obtained by the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope, 15 GHz dat…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 76 cited

The first six months of the Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's third observing run with GRANDMA

S. Antier, S. Agayeva, V. Aivazyan +74

We present the Global Rapid Advanced Network Devoted to the Multi-messenger Addicts (GRANDMA). The network consists of 21 telescopes with both photometric and spectroscopic facilit…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 13 cited

Probing binary neutron star mergers in dense environments using afterglow counterparts

Raphaël Duque, Paz Beniamini, Frédéric Daigne +1

The only binary neutron star merger gravitational wave event with detected electromagnetic counterparts recorded to date is GRB170817A. This merger occurred in a rarefied medium wi…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 51 cited

Proton acceleration in pulsar magnetospheres

C. Guépin, B. Cerutti, K. Kotera

Pulsars have been identified as good candidates for the acceleration of cosmic rays, up to ultra-high energies. However, a precise description of the acceleration processes at play…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 27 cited

High-energy neutrinos from fallback accretion of binary neutron star merger remnants

Valentin Decoene, Claire Guépin, Ke Fang +2

Following the coalescence of binary neutron stars, debris from the merger which remains marginally bound to the central compact remnant will fallback at late times, feeding a susta…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 6 cited

Polarised radiative transfer, rotation measure fluctuations and large-scale magnetic fields

Alvina Y. L. On, Jennifer Y. H. Chan, Kinwah Wu +2

Faraday rotation measure at radio wavelengths is commonly used to diagnose large-scale magnetic fields. It is argued that the length-scales on which magnetic fields vary in large-s…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 85 cited

Radio emission from a pulsar's magnetic pole revealed by general relativity

Gregory Desvignes, Michael Kramer, Kejia Lee +7

Binary pulsars are affected by general relativity (GR), causing the spin axes of each pulsar to precess. We present polarimetric radio observations of PSR J1906+0746 that demonstra…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 301 cited

The International Pulsar Timing Array: Second data release

B. B. P. Perera, M. E. DeCesar, P. B. Demorest +72

In this paper, we describe the International Pulsar Timing Array second data release, which includes recent pulsar timing data obtained by three regional consortia: the European Pu…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 5 cited

Runaway O-star Bow Shocks as Particle Accelerators? The Case of AE Aur revisited

Blagoy Rangelov, Thierry Montmerle, S. R. Federman +2

We present results of our Chandra/ACIS observations of the field centered on the fast, runaway O star AE Aur and its bow shock. Previous XMM-Newton observations revealed an X-ray "…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 52 cited

Particle acceleration in relativistic turbulence: A theoretical appraisal

Camilia Demidem, Martin Lemoine, Fabien Casse

We discuss the physics of stochastic particle acceleration in relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, combining numerical simulations of test-particle acceleration in sy…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 27 cited

The connection between merging double compact objects and the Ultraluminous X-ray Sources

Samaresh Mondal, Krzysztof Belczyński, Grzegorz Wiktorowicz +2

We explore the different formation channels of merging double compact objects (DCOs: BH-BH/BH-NS/NS-NS) that went through a ultraluminous X-ray phase (ULX: X-ray sources with appar…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 119 cited

An Optically Targeted Search for Gravitational Waves emitted by Core-Collapse Supernovae during the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1195

We present the results from a search for gravitational-wave transients associated with core-collapse supernovae observed within a source distance of approximately 20 Mpc during the…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 27 cited

SN 2012dn from early to late times: 09dc-like supernovae reassessed

S. Taubenberger, A. Floers, C. Vogl +40

As a candidate 'super-Chandrasekhar' or 09dc-like Type Ia supernova (SN Ia), SN 2012dn shares many characteristics with other members of this remarkable class of objects but lacks…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 23 cited

Physics of relativistic collisionless shocks: III The suprathermal particles

Martin Lemoine, Guy Pelletier, Arno Vanthieghem +1

In this third paper of a series, we discuss the physics of the population of accelerated particles in the precursor of an unmagnetized, relativistic collisionless pair shock. In pa…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 24 cited

Physics of relativistic collisionless shocks: II Dynamics of the background plasma

M. Lemoine, A. Vanthieghem, G. Pelletier +1

In this second paper of a series, we discuss the dynamics of a plasma entering the precursor of an unmagnetized, relativistic collisionless pair shock. We discuss how this backgrou…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 30 cited

Physics of relativistic collisionless shocks: The scattering center frame

G. Pelletier, L. Gremillet, A. Vanthieghem +1

In this first paper of a series dedicated to the microphysics of unmagnetized, relativistic collisionless pair shocks, we discuss the physics of the Weibel-type transverse current…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 63 cited

Physics of Weibel-mediated relativistic collisionless shocks

M. Lemoine, L. Gremillet, G. Pelletier +1

We develop a comprehensive theoretical model of relativistic collisionless pair shocks mediated by the current filamentation instability. We notably characterize the noninertial fr…