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astro-ph.HE2016★ 66 cited

The NuSTAR Serendipitous Survey: The 40 month Catalog and the Properties of the Distant High Energy X-ray Source Population

G. B. Lansbury, D. Stern, J. Aird +35

We present the first full catalog and science results for the NuSTAR serendipitous survey. The catalog incorporates data taken during the first 40 months of NuSTAR operation, which…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 41 cited

Broadband X-ray spectral analysis of the Seyfert 1 galaxy GRS 1734-292

A. Tortosa, A. Marinucci, G. Matt +14

We discuss the broadband X-ray spectrum of GRS 1734-292 obtained from non-simultaneous XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations, performed in 2009 and 2014, respectively. GRS1734-292 is…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 116 cited

The NANOGrav Nine-Year Data Set: Measurement and Interpretation of Variations in Dispersion Measures

M. L. Jones, M. A. McLaughlin, M. T. Lam +21

We analyze dispersion measure (DM) variations of 37 millisecond pulsars in the 9-year NANOGrav data release and constrain the sources of these variations. Variations are significan…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 34 cited

Post-Outburst Radio Observations of the High Magnetic Field Pulsar PSR J1119-6127

Walid A. Majid, Aaron B. Pearlman, Tatyana Dobreva +4

We have carried out high frequency radio observations of the high magnetic field pulsar PSR J1119-6127 following its recent X-ray outburst. While initial observations showed no evi…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 134 cited

The distribution of radioactive Ti in Cassiopeia A

Brian W. Grefenstette, Chris L. Fryer, Fiona A. Harrison +28

The distribution of elements produced in the inner-most layers of a supernova explosion is a key diagnostic for studying the collapse of massive stars. Here we present the results…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 92 cited

The NANOGrav Nine-Year Data Set: Excess Noise in Millisecond Pulsar Arrival Times

M. T. Lam, J. M. Cordes, S. Chatterjee +22

Gravitational wave astronomy using a pulsar timing array requires high-quality millisecond pulsars, correctable interstellar propagation delays, and high-precision measurements of…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 500 cited

Searching for Dark Matter Annihilation in Recently Discovered Milky Way Satellites with Fermi-LAT

The Fermi-LAT, DES Collaborations, A. Albert +70

We search for excess gamma-ray emission coincident with the positions of confirmed and candidate Milky Way satellite galaxies using 6 years of data from the Fermi Large Area Telesc…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 9 cited

Coronal properties of the luminous radio-quiet quasar QSO B2202209

E. S. Kammoun, G. Risaliti, D. Stern +8

We present an analysis of the joint - and observations of the radio-quiet quasar QSO B2202209. Using an optical observation from the Hale Telescope at the…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 21 cited

Ultrafast outflows in ultraluminous X-ray sources

Ciro Pinto, Andrew Fabian, Matthew Middleton +1

Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are bright extragalactic sources with X-ray luminosities above 10^39 erg/s powered by accretion onto compact objects. According to the first stud…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 46 cited

A Search for Kilonovae in the Dark Energy Survey

Z. Doctor, R. Kessler, H. Y. Chen +68

The coalescence of a binary neutron star (BNS) pair is expected to produce gravitational waves (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) radiation, both of which may be detectable with current…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 34 cited

Disk-Wind Connection During the Heartbeats of GRS 1915+105

Abderahmen Zoghbi, J. M. Miller, A. L. King +14

Disk and wind signatures are seen in the soft state of Galactic black holes, while the jet is seen in the hard state. Here we study the disk-wind connection in the class of var…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 330 cited

Discovery of coherent pulsations from the Ultraluminous X-ray Source NGC 7793 P13

F. Fuerst, D. J. Walton, F. A. Harrison +12

We report the detection of coherent pulsations from the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 7793 P13. The ~0.42s nearly sinusoidal pulsations were initially discovered in broadband X-ra…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 10 cited

Transient Events in Archival Very Large Array Observations of the Galactic Center

Anirudh Chiti, Shami Chatterjee, Robert Wharton +5

The Galactic center has some of the highest stellar densities in the Galaxy and a range of interstellar scattering properties that may aid in the detection of new radio-selected tr…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 81 cited

Spectral Changes in the Hyperluminous Pulsar in NGC 5907 as a Function of Super-Orbital Phase

F. Fuerst, D. J. Walton, D. Stern +5

We present broad-band, multi-epoch X-ray spectroscopy of the pulsating ultra-luminous X-ray source (ULX) in NGC 5907. Simultaneous XMM-Newton and NuSTAR data from 2014 are best des…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 20 cited

Detection of Very Low-Frequency Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in the 2015 Outburst of V404 Cygni

D. Huppenkothen, G. Younes, A. Ingram +12

In June 2015, the black hole X-ray binary (BHXRB) V404 Cygni went into outburst for the first time since 1989. Here, we present a comprehensive search for quasi-periodic oscillatio…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 33 cited

The Broadband Spectral Variability of Holmberg IX X-1

D. J. Walton, F. Fuerst, F. A. Harrison +9

We present results from four new broadband X-ray observations of the extreme ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg IX X-1 ( erg/s), performed by and $N…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 43 cited

On the black hole mass of the gamma-ray emitting narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy 1H 0323+342

H. Landt, M. J. Ward, M. Balokovic +6

Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies have been identified by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope as a rare class of gamma-ray emitting active galactic nuclei (AGN). The lowest-redshift c…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 18 cited

GRS 1739-278 observed at very low luminosity with XMM-Newton and NuSTAR

F. Fuerst, J. A. Tomsick, K. Yamaoka +19

We present a detailed spectral analysis of XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations of the accreting transient black hole GRS 1739-278 during a very faint low hard state at ~0.02% of the…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 43 cited

First NuSTAR observations of the BL Lac - type blazar PKS~2155-304: constraints on the jet content and distribution of radiating particles

G. M. Madejski, K. Nalewajko, K. K. Madsen +35

We report the first hard X-ray observations with NuSTAR of the BL Lac type blazar PKS 2155-304, augmented with soft X-ray data from XMM-Newton and gamma-ray data from the Fermi Lar…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 78 cited

On the early-time excess emission in hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae

Paul M. Vreeswijk, Giorgos Leloudas, Avishay Gal-Yam +27

We present the light curves of the hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe-I) PTF12dam and iPTF13dcc, discovered by the (intermediate) Palomar Transient Factory. Both show ex…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 72 cited

NuSTAR observations of WISE J1036+0449, a Galaxy at z obscured by hot dust

C. Ricci, R. J. Assef, D. Stern +34

Hot, Dust-Obscured Galaxies (Hot DOGs), selected from the WISE all sky infrared survey, host some of the most powerful Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) known, and might represent an im…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 92 cited

Living on a Flare: Relativistic Reflection in V404 Cyg Observed by NuSTAR During its Summer 2015 Outburst

D. J. Walton, K. Mooley, A. L. King +19

We present first results from a series of observations of the black hole X-ray binary V404 Cyg obtained during its summer 2015 outburst, primarily focusing on observations…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 7 cited

The Phoenix galaxy as seen by NuSTAR

A. Masini, A. Comastri, S. Puccetti +18

Aims. We study the long-term variability of the well-known Seyfert 2 galaxy Mrk 1210 (a.k.a. UGC 4203, or the Phoenix galaxy). Methods. The source was observed by many X-ray facili…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 43 cited

Galactic Cosmic Ray Origins and OB Associations: Evidence from SuperTIGER Observations of Elements Fe through Zr

R. P. Murphy, M. Sasaki, W. R. Binns +14

We report abundances of elements from Fe to Zr in the cosmic radiation measured by the SuperTIGER (Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder) instrument during 55 days of…