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most citedObservation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

10.9k citations

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astro-ph.HE2017★ 112 cited

On the Progenitor of Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1095

On 2017 August 17 the merger of two compact objects with masses consistent with two neutron stars was discovered through gravitational-wave (GW170817), gamma-ray (GRB 170817A), and…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 192 cited

The SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts II: New FRB discoveries and their follow-up

S. Bhandari, E. F. Keane, E. D. Barr +47

We report the discovery of four Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) in the ongoing SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts (SUPERB) at the Parkes Radio Telescope: FRBs 150610, 15120…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 7 cited

Evolution of the surface magnetic field of rotating proto-neutron stars

Martin Obergaulinger, Miguel-Ángel Aloy

We study the evolution of the field on the surface of proto-neutron stars in the immediate aftermath of stellar core collapse by analyzing the results of self-consistent, axisymmet…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 83 cited

Radio observations of active galactic nuclei with mm-VLBI

B. Boccardi, T. P. Krichbaum, E. Ros +1

Over the past few decades, our knowledge of jets produced by active galactic nuclei (AGN) has greatly progressed thanks to the development of very-long-baseline interferometry (VLB…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 60 cited

All-flavor search for a diffuse flux of cosmic neutrinos with 9 years of ANTARES data

ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, M. André +125

The ANTARES detector is at present the most sensitive neutrino telescope in the Northern Hemisphere. The highly significant cosmic neutrino excess observed by the Antarctic IceCube…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 1.3k cited

GW170608: Observation of a 19-solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1101

On June 8, 2017 at 02:01:16.49 UTC, a gravitational-wave signal from the merger of two stellar-mass black holes was observed by the two Advanced LIGO detectors with a network signa…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 193 cited

Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory

A. Albert, M. Andre, M. Anghinolfi +1931

The Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observatories recently discovered gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral. A short gamma-ray burst (GRB) that followed the merg…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 54 cited

The Highly Collimated Radio Jet of HH 80-81: Structure and Non-Thermal Emission

Adriana Rodríguez-Kamenetzky, Carlos Carrasco-González, Anabella Araudo +7

Radio emission from protostellar jets is usually dominated by free-free emission from thermal electrons. However, in some cases, it has been proposed that non-thermal emission coul…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 3.6k cited

Gravitational Waves and Gamma-rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor +1

On 2017 August 17, the gravitational-wave event GW170817 was observed by the Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors, and the gamma-ray burst (GRB) GRB 170817A was observed independently…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 266 cited

Search for post-merger gravitational waves from the remnant of the binary neutron star merger GW170817

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1105

The first observation of a binary neutron star coalescence by the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo gravitational-wave detectors offers an unprecedented opportunity to study matter…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 33 cited

Constraining properties of high-density matter in neutron stars with magneto-elastic oscillations

Michael Gabler, Pablo Cerdá-Durán, Nikolaos Stergioulas +2

We discuss torsional oscillations of highly magnetised neutron stars (magnetars) using two-dimensional, magneto-elastic-hydrodynamical simulations. Our model is able to explain bot…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 227 cited

Estimating the Contribution of Dynamical Ejecta in the Kilonova Associated with GW170817

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, B. P. Abbott +1100

The source of the gravitational-wave signal GW170817, very likely a binary neutron star merger, was also observed electromagnetically, providing the first multi-messenger observati…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 16 cited

TANAMI: Tracking Active Galactic Nuclei with Austral Milliarcsecond Interferometry - II. Additional Sources

C. Müller, M. Kadler, R. Ojha +31

TANAMI is a multiwavelength program monitoring active galactic nuclei (AGN) south of -30deg declination including high-resolution Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) imaging,…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 2 cited

Magneto-elastic oscillations modulating the emission of magnetars

Michael Gabler, Pablo Cerdá-Durán, Alexei Mate +3

Magneto-elastic oscillations of neutron stars are believed to explain observed quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the decaying tail of the giant flares of highly magnetized neut…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 18 cited

The force-free twisted magnetosphere of a neutron star - II: Degeneracies of the Grad-Shafranov equation

Taner Akgün, Pablo Cerdá-Durán, Juan Antonio Miralles +1

We extend our previous study of equilibrium solutions of non-rotating force-free magnetospheres of neutron stars. We show that multiple solutions exist for the same sets of paramet…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 35 cited

Linear Theory of the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability at a Discontinuous Surface of a Relativistic Flow

Jin Matsumoto, Miguel A. Aloy, Manel Perucho

We address the linear stability of a discontinuous surface of a relativistic flow in the context of a jet that oscillates radially as it propagates. The restoring force of the osci…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 27 cited

Radio mode feedback: Does relativity matter?

Manel Perucho, José María Martí, Vicent Quilis +1

Radio mode feedback, associated with the propagation of powerful outflows in active galaxies, is a crucial ingredient in galaxy evolution. Extragalactic jets are well collimated an…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 3 cited

How to form a millisecond magnetar? Magnetic field amplification in protoneutron stars

Jerome Guilet, Ewald Mueller, Hans-Thomas Janka +4

Extremely strong magnetic fields of the order of are required to explain the properties of magnetars, the most magnetic neutron stars. Such a strong magnetic fie…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 26 cited

The impact of red giant/AGB winds on AGN jet propagation

Manel Perucho, Valentí Bosch-Ramon, Maxim V. Barkov

Dense stellar winds may mass-load the jets of active galactic nuclei, although it is unclear what are the time and spatial scales in which the mixing takes place. We study the firs…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 24 cited

Long-term evolution of the force-free twisted magnetosphere of a magnetar

Taner Akgün, Pablo Cerdá-Durán, Juan Antonio Miralles +1

We study the long-term quasi-steady evolution of the force-free magnetosphere of a magnetar coupled to its internal magnetic field. We find that magnetospheric currents can be main…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 96 cited

First all-flavour Neutrino Point-like Source Search with the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

ANTARES Collaboration, A. Albert, M. André +126

A search for cosmic neutrino sources using the data collected with the ANTARES neutrino telescope between early 2007 and the end of 2015 is performed. For the first time, all neutr…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 82 cited

A polarized fast radio burst at low Galactic latitude

E. Petroff, S. Burke-Spolaor, E. F. Keane +35

We report on the discovery of a new fast radio burst, FRB 150215, with the Parkes radio telescope on 2015 February 15. The burst was detected in real time with a dispersion measure…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 26 cited

Jet-torus connection in radio galaxies: Relativistic hydrodynamics and synthetic emission

C. M. Fromm, M. Perucho, O. Porth +5

High-resolution Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry observations of active galactic nuclei have revealed asymmetric structures in the jets of radio galaxies. These asymmetric structu…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 53 cited

New Constraints on all flavour Galactic diffuse neutrino emission with the ANTARES telescope

A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi +126

The flux of very high-energy neutrinos produced in our Galaxy by the interaction of accelerated cosmic rays with the interstellar medium is not yet determined. The characterization…