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most citedSDSS-III: Massive Spectroscopic Surveys of the Distant Universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems

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astro-ph.HE2016★ 42 cited

Discerning the -ray emitting region in the flat spectrum radio quasars

Y. G. Zheng, C. Y. Yang, L. Zhang +1

A model-dependent method is proposed to determine the location of the -ray emitting region for a given flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ). In the model, the extra-relativistic el…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 21 cited

Revisiting the structure and spectrum of the magnetic-reconnection-heated corona in luminous AGNs

J. Y. Liu, ErLin Qiao, B. F. Liu

It is believed that the hard X-ray emission in the luminous active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is from the hot corona above the cool accretion disk. However, the formation of the corona…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 74 cited

Revisiting Quasi-Periodic modulation in -ray Blazar PKS 2155-304 with Fermi Pass 8 data

Pengfei Zhang, Dahai Yan, Nenghui Liao +1

We examine the gamma-ray quasi-periodic variability of PKS 2155-304 with the latest publicly available \emph{Fermi}-LAT Pass 8 data which covers the years from 2008 August to 2016…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 31 cited

Discovery of a Redback Millisecond Pulsar Candidate: 3FGL J0212.1+5320

Kwan-Lok Li, Albert K. H. Kong, Xian Hou +4

We present a multi-wavelength study of the unidentified Fermi object, 3FGL J0212.1+5320. Within the 95% error ellipse, Chandra detects a bright X-ray source (i.e., F(0.5-7keV) = 1.…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 10 cited

Dependence of the broad Fe K line on the physical parameters of AGN

Zhu Liu, Weimin Yuan, Youjun Lu +3

In this paper, the dependence of the broad Fe K line on the physical parameters of AGN, such as the black hole mass , accretion rate (equivalently represented by Eddingt…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 22 cited

The physical properties of \textit{Fermi} TeV BL Lac objects jets

N. Ding, X. Zhang, D. R. Xiong +1

We investigate the physical properties of \textit{Fermi} TeV BL Lac objects jets by modeling the quasi-simultaneous spectral energy distribution of 29 \textit{Fermi} TeV BL Lacs in…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 21 cited

Curvature of the spectral energy distribution, the dominant process for inverse Compton component and other jet properties in Fermi 2LAC blazars

R. Xue, D. Luo, L. M. Du +7

We fit the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of members of a large sample of Fermi 2LAC blazars to synchrotron and inverse Compton (IC) models. Our main results are as follows.…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 19 cited

Testing one-zone synchrotron-self-Compton models with spectral energy distributions of Mrk 421

Qianqian Zhu, Dahai Yan, Pengfei Zhang +3

We test one-zone synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) models with high-quality multiwavelength spectral energy distribution (SED) data of Mrk 421. We use Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 12 cited

Search for gamma-ray emission from AE Aquarii with seven years of FERMI-LAT observations

Jian Li, Diego F. Torres, Nanda Rea +4

AE Aquarii (AE Aqr) is a cataclysmic binary hosting one of the fastest rotating (P = 33.08 s) white dwarfs known. Based on seven years of Fermi Large Area Telescope (L…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 6 cited

Effect of spectral index distribution on estimating the AGN radio luminosity function

Zunli Yuan, Jiancheng wang, Ming Zhou +1

In this paper, we scrutinize the effect of spectral index distribution on estimating the AGN (active galactic nucleus) radio luminosity function (RLF) by a Monte Carlo method. We f…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 1 cited

Optical Spectroscopy of Four Young Radio Sources

Xu-Liang Fan, Jin-Ming Bai, Chen Hu +1

We report the optical spectroscopy of four young radio sources which are observed with the Lijiang 2.4m telescope. The Eddington ratios of these sources are similar with those of n…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 19 cited

Modelling the multi-wavelength emission of flat spectrum radio quasar 3C 279

Y. G. Zheng, C. Y. Yang

We employ a length-dependent conical jet model for the jet structure and emission properties of flat spectrum radio quasar 3C 279 in the steady state. In the model, ultra-relativis…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 13 cited

What determines the observational differences of blazars?

Xu-Liang Fan, Jin-Ming Bai, Jirong Mao

We examine the scenario that the Doppler factor determines the observational differences of blazars in this paper. Significantly negative correlations are found between the observa…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 32 cited

Bethe-Heitler cascades as a plausible origin of hard spectra in distant TeV blazars

Y. G. Zheng, C. Y. Yang, S. J. Kang

Context. Very high-energy (VHE) -ray measurements of distant TeV blazars can be nicely explained by TeV spectra induced by ultra high-energy cosmic rays. Aims. We develop a mode…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 16 cited

Twist-induced Magnetosphere Reconfiguration for Intermittent Pulsars

Lei Huang, Cong Yu, Hao Tong

We propose that the magnetosphere reconfiguration induced by magnetic twists in the closed field line region can account for the mode-switching of intermittent pulsars. We carefull…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 30 cited

The Oxygen Features in Type Ia Supernovae and the Implications for the Nature of Thermonuclear Explosions

Xulin Zhao, Keiichi Maeda, Xiaofeng Wang +6

The absorption feature O I 7773 is an important spectral indicator for type Ia supernovae (SNe~Ia) that can be used to trace the unburned material at outer layers of the exploding…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 19 cited

Discovery of -ray emission from the radio-intermediate quasar III Zw 2: violent jet activity with intraday -ray variability

Neng-Hui Liao, Yu-Liang Xin, Xu-Liang Fan +4

III Zw 2 is the prototype of radio-intermediate quasars. Although there is the evidence of possessing strong jet, significant -ray emission has not been reported before. In this…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 30 cited

Measurement of the high-energy gamma-ray emission from the Moon with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, A. Albert +112

We have measured the gamma-ray emission spectrum of the Moon using the data collected by the Large Area Telescope onboard the Fermi satellite during its first 7 years of operation,…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 55 cited

Supplement: Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914

B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott +1538

This Supplement provides supporting material for arXiv:1602.08492 . We briefly summarize past electromagnetic (EM) follow-up efforts as well as the organization and policy of the c…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 15 cited

A mixture evolution scenario of the AGN radio luminosity function

Zunli Yuan, Jiancheng Wang, Ming Zhou +1

We propose a mixture evolution scenario to model the evolution of the radio luminosity function (RLF) of steep spectrum AGNs (active galactic nuclei) based on a Bayesian method. In…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 5 cited

X-ray spectral and temporal analysis of Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxy Was 61

Liming Dou, Ting-Gui Wang, Yanli Ai +3

We present an analysis of spectrum and variability of the bright reddened narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxy Was~61 using 90 ks archival {\it XMM-Newton} data. The X-ray spectrum in 0.2-…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 436 cited

Development of the Model of Galactic Interstellar Emission for Standard Point-Source Analysis of Fermi Large Area Telescope Data

F. Acero, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello +131

Most of the celestial gamma rays detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope originate from the interstellar medium when energetic cosmic…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 99 cited

Optical Observations of the Type Ia Supernova 2011fe in M101 for Nearly 500 Days

Kaicheng Zhang, Xiaofeng Wang, JuJia Zhang +17

We present well-sampled optical observations of the bright Type Ia supernova (SN~Ia) SN 2011fe in M101. Our data, starting from days before maximum light and extending to…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 327 cited

Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914

B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott +1538

A gravitational-wave (GW) transient was identified in data recorded by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors on 2015 September 14. The e…