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astro-ph2006★ 30 cited

The discovery outburst of the X-ray transient IGR J17497-2821 observed with RXTE and ATCA

Jerome Rodriguez, Marion Cadolle Bel, John A. Tomsick +4

We report the results of a series of RXTE and ATCA observations of the recently-discovered X-ray transient IGR J17497-2821. Our 3-200 keV PCA+HEXTE spectral analysis shows very lit…

astro-ph2006★ 11 cited

Discovery of a New X-Ray Burst/Millisecond Accreting Pulsar HETE J1900.1-2455

M. Suzuki, N. Kawai, T. Tamagawa +16

A class of low-mass X-ray binary sources are known to be both X-ray burst sources and millisecond pulsars at the same time. A new source of this class was discovered by High Energy…

astro-ph2006★ 82 cited

MAXIPOL: Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimetry Using a Rotating Half-Wave Plate

B. R. Johnson, J. Collins, M. E. Abroe +20

We discuss MAXIPOL, a bolometric balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the E-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB). MAXIPOL is the first bolom…

astro-ph2006★ 61 cited

Nearby Supernova Factory Observations of SN 2006D: On Sporadic Carbon Signatures in Early Type Ia Supernova Spectra

The Nearby Supernova Factory, :, R. C. Thomas +27

We present four spectra of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2006D extending from -7 to +13 days with respect to B-band maximum. The spectra include the strongest signature of unburned…

astro-ph2006★ 50 cited

The Giant Flare of December 27, 2004 from SGR 1806-20

Steven E. Boggs, A. Zoglauer, E. Bellm +5

The giant flare of December 27, 2004 from SGR 1806-20 represents one of the most extraordinary events captured in over three decades of monitoring the gamma-ray sky. One measure of…

astro-ph2006★ 34 cited

Swift observations of GRB050904: the most distant cosmic explosion ever observed

G. Cusumano, V. Mangano, G. Chincarini +30

Swift discovered the high redshift (z=6.29) GRB050904 with the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) and began observing with its narrow field instruments 161 s after the burst onset. This g…

astro-ph2006★ 47 cited

MAXIPOL: Data Analysis and Results

J. H. P. Wu, J. Zuntz, M. E. Abroe +17

We present results from and the analysis of data from MAXIPOL, a balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). MAXIPOL is…

astro-ph2006★ 105 cited

Search for polarization from the prompt gamma-ray emission of GRB 041219a with SPI on INTEGRAL

E. Kalemci, S. E. Boggs, C. Kouveliotou +2

Measuring the polarization of the prompt gamma-ray emission from GRBs can significantly improve our understanding of both the GRB emission mechanisms, as well as the underlying eng…

astro-ph2006★ 34 cited

The Orbit of the Eclipsing X-ray Pulsar EXO 1722-363

Thomas W. J. Thompson, John A. Tomsick, J. J. M. in 't Zand +2

With recent and archival Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) X-ray measurements of the heavily obscured X-ray pulsar EXO 1722-363 (IGR J17252-3616), we carried out a pulse timing an…

astro-ph2006★ 58 cited

The Advanced Compton Telescope Mission

Steven E. Boggs, James Kurfess, James Ryan +30

The Advanced Compton Telescope (ACT), the next major step in gamma-ray astronomy, will probe the fires where chemical elements are formed by enabling high-resolution spectroscopy o…

astro-ph2006★ 79 cited

First Surface-resolved Results with the IOTA Imaging Interferometer: Detection of Asymmetries in AGB stars

S. Ragland, W. A. Traub, J. -P. Berger +20

We have measured non-zero closure phases for about 29% of our sample of 56 nearby Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars, using the 3-telescope Infrared Optical Telescope Array (IOTA)…

astro-ph2006★ 258 cited

Nearby Supernova Factory Observations of SN 2005gj: Another Type Ia Supernova in a Massive Circumstellar Envelope

The Nearby Supernova Factory Collaboration, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +24

We report Nearby Supernova Factory observations of SN 2005gj, the second confirmed case of a "hybrid" Type Ia/IIn supernova. Our early-phase photometry of SN 2005gj shows that the…

astro-ph2006★ 25 cited

Imaging extended sources with coded mask telescopes: Application to the INTEGRAL IBIS/ISGRI instrument

Renaud Matthieu, Alexandra Gros, François Lebrun +4

Context. In coded mask techniques, reconstructed sky images are pseudo-images: they are maps of the correlation between the image recorded on a detector and an array derived from t…

astro-ph2006★ 37 cited

When Do Internal Shocks End and External Shocks Begin? Early-Time Broadband Modelling of GRB 051111

N. R. Butler, W. Li, D. Perley +18

Even with the renaissance in gamma-ray burst (GRB) research fostered by the Swift satellite, few bursts have both contemporaneous observations at long wavelengths and exquisite obs…

astro-ph2006★ 11 cited

An Optically Dark GRB Observed by HETE-2: GRB 051022

Yujin E. Nakagawa, Atsumasa Yoshida, Satoshi Sugita +33

GRB 051022 was detected at 13:07:58 on 22 October 2005 by HETE-2. The location of GRB 051022 was determined immediately by the flight localization system. This burst contains multi…

astro-ph2006★ 10 cited

Diffuse Far-ultraviolet Observation of the Lupus Loop Region

Jong-Ho Shinn, Kyoung Wook Min, Chi-Na Lee +7

Diffuse far-ultraviolet (FUV) emissions from the Lupus Loop region (SNR 330.0+15.0) have been observed with Spectroscopy of Plasma Evolution from Astrophysical Radiation (SPEAR), a…

astro-ph2006★ 15 cited

UV and FIR selected star-forming galaxies at z=0: differences and overlaps

C. Kevin Xu, Veronique Buat, Jorge Iglesias-Páramo +22

We study two samples of local galaxies, one is UV (GALEX) selected and the other FIR (IRAS) selected, to address the question whether UV and FIR surveys see the two sides ('bright'…

astro-ph2006★ 43 cited

Likelihood Methods for Cluster Dark Energy Surveys

Wayne Hu, J. D. Cohn

Galaxy cluster counts at high redshift, binned into spatial pixels and binned into ranges in an observable proxy for mass, contain a wealth of information on both the dark energy e…

astro-ph2006★ 171 cited

Star formation in the nearby universe: the ultraviolet and infrared points of view

J. Iglesias-Paramo, V. Buat, T. T. Takeuchi +27

This work presents the main ultraviolet (UV) and far-infrared (FIR) properties of two samples of nearby galaxies selected from the GALEX (Å, hereafter NUV) and IRAS ($λ= 6…

astro-ph2006★ 768 cited

Radioactive 26Al and massive stars in the Galaxy

Roland Diehl, Hubert Halloin, Karsten Kretschmer +13

Gamma-rays from radioactive 26Al (half life ~7.2 10^5 yr) provide a 'snapshot' view of ongoing nucleosynthesis in the Galaxy. The Galaxy is relatively transparent to such gamma-ray…