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astro-ph.HE2016★ 122 cited

On the likelihood of detecting gravitational waves from Population III compact object binaries

K. Belczynski, T. Ryu, R. Perna +3

We study the contribution of binary black hole (BH-BH) mergers from the first, metal-free stars in the Universe (Pop III) to gravitational wave detection rates. Our study combines…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 195 cited

Search for annihilating dark matter in the Sun with 3 years of IceCube data

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +301

We present results from an analysis looking for dark matter annihilation in the Sun with the IceCube neutrino telescope. Gravitationally trapped dark matter in the Sun's core can a…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 79 cited

Two New Calcium-Rich Gap Transients in Group and Cluster Environments

R. Lunnan, M. M. Kasliwal, Y. Cao +20

We present the Palomar Transient Factory discoveries and the photometric and spectroscopic observations of PTF11kmb and PTF12bho. We show that both transients have properties consi…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 14 cited

Model Atmospheres for X-ray Bursting Neutron Stars

Zach Medin, Marina von Steinkirch, Alan C. Calder +3

The hydrogen and helium accreted by X-ray bursting neutron stars is periodically consumed in runaway thermonuclear reactions that cause the entire surface to glow brightly in X-ray…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 270 cited

The contribution of Fermi-2LAC blazars to the diffuse TeV-PeV neutrino flux

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +319

The recent discovery of a diffuse cosmic neutrino flux extending up to PeV energies raises the question of which astrophysical sources generate this signal. One class of extragalac…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 30 cited

Flares in Gamma Ray Bursts: Disc Fragmentation and Evolution

Simone Dall'Osso, Rosalba Perna, Takamitsu L. Tanaka +1

Flaring activity following gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), observed in both long and short GRBs, signals a long-term activity of the central engine. However, its production mechanism has…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 57 cited

X-rays from the location of the Bactrian Transient ASASSN-15lh

R. Margutti, B. D. Metzger, R. Chornock +13

We present the detection of persistent soft X-ray radiation with L_x ~ 10^41-10^42 erg/s at the location of the extremely luminous, double-humped transient ASASSN-15lh as revealed…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 323 cited

All-sky search for time-integrated neutrino emission from astrophysical sources with 7 years of IceCube data

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +306

Since the recent detection of an astrophysical flux of high energy neutrinos, the question of its origin has not yet fully been answered. Much of what is known about this flux come…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 39 cited

First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube Detector

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +312

We present the results of the first IceCube search for dark matter annihilation in the center of the Earth. Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), candidates for dark matter…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 35 cited

Search for Neutrinos in Super-Kamiokande associated with Gravitational Wave Events GW150914 and GW151226

K. Abe, K. Haga, Y. Hayato +130

We report the results from a search in Super-Kamiokande for neutrino signals coincident with the first detected gravitational wave events, GW150914 and GW151226, using a neutrino e…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 514 cited

Observation and Characterization of a Cosmic Muon Neutrino Flux from the Northern Hemisphere using six years of IceCube data

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +309

The IceCube Collaboration has previously discovered a high-energy astrophysical neutrino flux using neutrino events with interaction vertices contained within the instrumented volu…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 7 cited

Search for Sources of High Energy Neutrons with Four Years of Data from the IceTop Detector

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +308

IceTop is an air shower array located on the Antarctic ice sheet at the geographic South Pole. IceTop can detect an astrophysical flux of neutrons from Galactic sources as an exces…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 31 cited

Lowering IceCube's Energy Threshold for Point Source Searches in the Southern Sky

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +317

Observation of a point source of astrophysical neutrinos would be a "smoking gun" signature of a cosmic-ray accelerator. While IceCube has recently discovered a diffuse flux of ast…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 62 cited

All-flavour Search for Neutrinos from Dark Matter Annihilations in the Milky Way with IceCube/DeepCore

IceCube collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +319

We present the first IceCube search for a signal of dark matter annihilations in the Milky Way using all-flavour neutrino-induced particle cascades. The analysis focuses on the Dee…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 207 cited

Short Gamma-Ray Bursts from the Merger of Two Black Holes

Rosalba Perna, Davide Lazzati, Bruno Giacomazzo

Short Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are explosions of cosmic origin believed to be associated with the merger of two compact objects, either two neutron stars, or a neutron star and a bl…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 118 cited

Anisotropy in Cosmic-Ray Arrival Directions in the Southern Hemisphere with Six Years of Data from the IceCube Detector

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +314

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has accumulated a total of 318 billion cosmic-ray induced muon events between May 2009 and May 2015. This data set was used for a detailed analysis…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 34 cited

Type Ia Supernova Explosions from Hybrid Carbon-Oxygen-Neon White Dwarf Progenitors

Donald E. Willcox, Dean M. Townsley, Alan C. Calder +2

Motivated by recent results in stellar evolution that predict the existence of hybrid white dwarf (WD) stars with a C-O core inside an O-Ne shell, we simulate thermonuclear (Type I…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 147 cited

High-energy Neutrino follow-up search of Gravitational Wave Event GW150914 with ANTARES and IceCube

S. Adrián-Martínez, A. Albert, M. André +1387

We present the high-energy-neutrino follow-up observations of the first gravitational wave transient GW150914 observed by the Advanced LIGO detectors on Sept. 14th, 2015. We search…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 39 cited

White Dwarf Mergers on Adaptive Meshes I. Methodology and Code Verification

Max P. Katz, Michael Zingale, Alan C. Calder +3

The Type Ia supernova progenitor problem is one of the most perplexing and exciting problems in astrophysics, requiring detailed numerical modeling to complement observations of th…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 161 cited

The discovery, monitoring and environment of SGR J1935+2154

G. L. Israel, P. Esposito, N. Rea +9

We report on the discovery of a new member of the magnetar class, SGR J1935+2154, and on its timing and spectral properties measured by an extensive observational campaign carried…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 151 cited

An All-Sky Search for Three Flavors of Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +314

We present the results and methodology of a search for neutrinos produced in the decay of charged pions created in interactions between protons and gamma-rays during the prompt emi…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 91 cited

Real-Time Supernova Neutrino Burst Monitor at Super-Kamiokande

K. Abe, Y. Haga, Y. Hayato +124

We present a real-time supernova neutrino burst monitor at Super-Kamiokande (SK). Detecting supernova explosions by neutrinos in real time is crucial for giving a clear picture of…