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astro-ph.HE2019★ 6 cited

X-ray spectral and flux variability of the microquasar GRS 1758-258 on timescales from weeks to years

Maria Hirsch, Katja Pottschmidt, David M. Smith +12

We present the spectral and timing evolution of the persistent black hole X-ray binary GRS 1758-258 based on almost 12 years of observations using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer P…

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★ 168 cited

Constraining the Neutron Star Mass-Radius Relation and Dense Matter Equation of State with NICER. II. Emission from Hot Spots on a Rapidly Rotating Neutron Star

Slavko Bogdanov, Frederick K. Lamb, Simin Mahmoodifar +10

We describe the model of surface emission from a rapidly rotating neutron star that is applied to Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer X-ray data of millisecond pulsars in or…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 174 cited

Constraining the Neutron Star Mass-Radius Relation and Dense Matter Equation of State with NICER. I. The Millisecond Pulsar X-ray Data Set

Slavko Bogdanov, Sebastien Guillot, Paul S. Ray +27

We present the set of deep Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) X-ray timing observations of the nearby rotation-powered millisecond pulsars PSRs J0437-4715, J0030+04…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 146 cited

A NICER view of PSR J0030+0451: evidence for a global-scale multipolar magnetic field

Anna V. Bilous, Anna L. Watts, Alice K. Harding +8

Recent modeling of NICER observations of thermal X-ray pulsations from the surface of the isolated millisecond pulsar PSR J0030+0451 suggests that the hot emitting regions on the p…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 272 cited

A NICER view of PSR J0030+0451: Implications for the dense matter equation of state

G. Raaijmakers, T. E. Riley, A. L. Watts +14

Both the mass and radius of the millisecond pulsar PSR J0030+0451 have been inferred via pulse-profile modeling of X-ray data obtained by NASA's NICER mission. In this Letter we st…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 16 cited

Relativistic ocean -modes during type-I X-ray bursts

Frank R. N. Chambers, Anna L. Watts

Accreting neutron stars (NS) can exhibit high frequency modulations in their lightcurves during thermonuclear X-ray bursts, known as burst oscillations. These frequencies can be of…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 225 cited

Constraining the dense matter equation of state with joint analysis of NICER and LIGO/Virgo measurements

G. Raaijmakers, S. K. Greif, T. E. Riley +8

The NICER collaboration recently published a joint estimate of the mass and the radius of PSR J0030+0451, derived via X-ray pulse-profile modeling. Raaijmakers et al. (2019) explor…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 102 cited

H-AMR: A New GPU-accelerated GRMHD Code for Exascale Computing With 3D Adaptive Mesh Refinement and Local Adaptive Time-stepping

M. T. P. Liska, K. Chatterjee, D. Issa +10

General-relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations have revolutionized our understanding of black hole accretion. Here, we present a graphics processing unit (GPU) accele…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 58 cited

Search for dark matter towards the Galactic Centre with 11 years of ANTARES data

The ANTARES Collaboration

Neutrino detectors participate in the indirect search for the fundamental constituents of dark matter (DM) in form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). In WIMP scenario…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 129 cited

A radio parallax to the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070

P. Atri, J. C. A. Miller-Jones, A. Bahramian +18

Using the Very Long Baseline Array and the European Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network we have made a precise measurement of the radio parallax of the black hole X-ray binar…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 18 cited

A LOFAR radio search for single and periodic pulses from M31

Joeri van Leeuwen, Klim Mikhailov, Evan Keane +5

Bright, short radio bursts are emitted by sources at a large range of distances: from the nearby Crab pulsar to remote Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). FRBs are likely to originate from d…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 10 cited

A New Microquasar Candidate in M83

Roberto Soria, William P. Blair, Knox S. Long +2

Microquasars are neutron star or black hole X-ray binaries with jets. These jets can create shock-ionized bubbles of hot plasma that can masquerade as peculiar supernova remnants (…

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★ 23 cited

Physical constraints from near-infrared fast photometry of the black-hole transient GX 339-4

F. M. Vincentelli, P. Casella, P. Petrucci +9

We present results from the first multi-epoch X-ray/IR fast-photometry campaign on the black-hole transient GX 339--4, during its 2015 outburst decay. We studied the evolution of t…

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★ 12 cited

Low-frequency radio absorption in Tycho's supernova remnant

Maria Arias, Jacco Vink, Ping Zhou +3

Tycho's SNR is the remnant of the type Ia supernova explosion SN1572. In this work we present new low-frequency radio observations with the LOFAR Low-Band and High-Band Antennae, c…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 61 cited

The Formation of a 70 Msun Black Hole at High Metallicity

K. Belczynski, R. Hirschi, E. A. Kaiser +7

A 70Msun BH was discovered in Milky Way disk in a long period and almost circular detached binary system (LB-1) with a high metallicity 8Msun B star companion. Current consensus on…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 33 cited

Low frequency view of GRB 190114C reveals time varying shock micro-physics

K. Misra, L. Resmi, D. A. Kann +25

We present radio and optical afterglow observations of the TeV-bright long Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) 190114C at a redshift of , which was detected by the MAGIC telescope. Our…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 38 cited

GRB171010A / SN2017htp: a GRB-SN at z=0.33

A. Melandri, D. B. Malesani, L. Izzo +41

The number of supernovae known to be connected with long-duration gamma-ray bursts is increasing and the link between these events is no longer exclusively found at low redshift ($…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 11 cited

On the frequency correlations of low-frequency QPOs with kilohertz QPOs in accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars

Marieke van Doesburgh, Michiel van der Klis

We investigate frequency correlations of low frequency (LF, <80 Hz) and kHz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) using the complete RXTE data sets on 6 accreting millisecond X-ray pu…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 14 cited

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results and the Role of ALMA

Ciriaco Goddi, Geoff Crew, Violette Impellizzeri +41

In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration revealed the first image of the candidate super-massive black hole (SMBH) at the centre of the giant elliptical galax…