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astro-ph.EP2016★ 35 cited

Planck intermediate results. LII. Planet flux densities

Planck Collaboration, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown +147

Measurements of flux density are described for five planets, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, across the six Planck High Frequency Instrument frequency bands (100-857 GH…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 18 cited

NuSTAR and XMM-Newton observations of the Arches cluster in 2015: fading hard X-ray emission from the molecular cloud

Roman Krivonos, Maica Clavel, JaeSub Hong +6

We present results of long NuSTAR (200 ks) and XMM-Newton (100 ks) observations of the Arches stellar cluster, a source of bright thermal (kT~2 keV) X-rays with prominent Fe XXV K_…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 15 cited

Finding the UV-Visible Path Forward: Proceedings of the Community Workshop to Plan the Future of UV/Visible Space Astrophysics

Paul A. Scowen, Todd Tripp, Matt Beasley +30

We present the science cases and technological discussions that came from the workshop entitled "Finding the UV-Visible Path Forward" held at NASA GSFC June 25-26, 2015. The materi…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 76 cited

Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts During the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run and Implications for the Origin of GRB 150906B

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, IPN Collaboration +1002

We present the results of the search for gravitational waves (GWs) associated with -ray bursts detected during the first observing run of the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravi…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 236 cited

The e-ASTROGAM mission (exploring the extreme Universe with gamma rays in the MeV-GeV range)

Alessandro De Angelis, Vincent Tatischeff, Marco Tavani +71

e-ASTROGAM (`enhanced ASTROGAM') is a breakthrough Observatory mission dedicated to the study of the non-thermal Universe in the photon energy range from 0.3 MeV to 3 GeV. The miss…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 54 cited

Flare differentially rotates sunspot on Sun's surface

Chang Liu, Yan Xu, Wenda Cao +7

Sunspots are concentrations of magnetic field visible on the solar surface (photosphere). It was considered implausible that solar flares, as resulted from magnetic reconnection in…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 33 cited

Exploring Cosmic Origins with CORE: Extragalactic sources in Cosmic Microwave Background maps

G. De Zotti, J. Gonzalez-Nuevo, M. Lopez-Caniego +121

We discuss the potential of a next generation space-borne Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiment for studies of extragalactic sources. Our analysis has particular bearing on…

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.SR2016★ 75 cited

Global Energetics of Solar Flares: III. Non thermal Energies

Markus J. Aschwanden, Gordon Holman, Aidan O'Flannagain +3

This study entails the third part of a global flare energetics project, in which Ramaty High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) data of 191 M and X-class flare events from…

astro-ph.CO2016★ 178 cited

Planck intermediate results. LI. Features in the cosmic microwave background temperature power spectrum and shifts in cosmological parameters

Planck Collaboration, N. Aghanim, Y. Akrami +150

The six parameters of the standard CDM model have best-fit values derived from the Planck temperature power spectrum that are shifted somewhat from the best-fit values derived f…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 17 cited

Making maps of Cosmic Microwave Background polarization for B-mode studies: the POLARBEAR example

Davide Poletti, Giulio Fabbian, Maude Le Jeune +46

Analysis of cosmic microwave background (CMB) datasets typically requires some filtering of the raw time-ordered data. Filtering is frequently used to minimize the impact of low fr…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 27 cited

The Geometry of the Infrared and X-ray Obscurer in a Dusty Hyperluminous Quasar

Duncan Farrah, Mislav Balokovic, Daniel Stern +24

We study the geometry of the AGN obscurer in IRAS 09104+4109, an IR-luminous, radio-intermediate FR-I source at , using infrared data from Spitzer and Herschel, X-ray data…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 26 cited

Planck intermediate results. XLV. Radio spectra of northern extragalactic radio sources

Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +202

Continuum spectra covering centimetre to submillimetre wavelengths are presented for a northern sample of 104 extragalactic radio sources, mainly active galactic nuclei, based on f…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 22 cited

An analysis of interplanetary solar radio emissions associated with a coronal mass ejection

Vratislav Krupar, Jonathan Eastwood, Oksana Kruparova +12

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large-scale eruptions of magnetized plasma that may cause severe geomagnetic storms if Earth-directed. Here we report a rare instance with compreh…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 14 cited

Fine-pitch CdTe detector for hard X-ray imaging and spectroscopy of the Sun with the FOXSI rocket experiment

S. Ishikawa, M. Katsuragawa, S. Watanabe +8

We have developed a fine-pitch hard X-ray (HXR) detector using a cadmium telluride (CdTe) semiconductor for imaging and spectroscopy for the second launch of the Focusing Optics So…

physics.space-ph2016★ 103 cited

Multi-Species Measurements of the Firehose and Mirror Instability Thresholds in the Solar Wind

C. H. K. Chen, L. Matteini, A. A. Schekochihin +5

The firehose and mirror instabilities are thought to arise in a variety of space and astrophysical plasmas, constraining the pressure anisotropies and drifts between particle speci…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 53 cited

The First Focused Hard X-ray Images of the Sun with NuSTAR

Brian W. Grefenstette, Lindsay Glesener, Säm Krucker +20

We present results from the the first campaign of dedicated solar observations undertaken by the \textit{Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope ARray} ({\em NuSTAR}) hard X-ray telescope.…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 8 cited

Simulation of Quiet-Sun Hard X-rays Related to Solar Wind Superhalo Electrons

Wen Wang, Linghua Wang, Sam Krucker +1

In this paper, we propose that the accelerated electrons in the quiet Sun could collide with the solar atmosphere to emit Hard X-rays (HXRs) via non-thermal bremsstrahlung, while s…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 12 cited

IGR J18293-1213 is an eclipsing Cataclysmic Variable

Maïca Clavel, J. A. Tomsick, A. Bodaghee +7

Studying the population of faint hard X-ray sources along the plane of the Galaxy is challenging because of high-extinction and crowding, which make the identification of individua…

astro-ph.CO2016★ 398 cited

Planck intermediate results. XLVI. Reduction of large-scale systematic effects in HFI polarization maps and estimation of the reionization optical depth

Planck Collaboration, N. Aghanim, M. Ashdown +170

This paper describes the identification, modelling, and removal of previously unexplained systematic effects in the polarization data of the Planck High Frequency Instrument (HFI)…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 49 cited

The injection of ten electron/He-rich SEP events

Linghua Wang, Säm Krucker, Glenn M. Mason +2

We have derived the particle injections at the Sun for ten good electron/He-rich solar energetic particle (SEP) events, using a 1.2 AU particle path length (suggested by anal…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 68 cited

Evidence for intermediate polars as the origin of the Galactic Center hard X-ray emission

Charles J. Hailey, Kaya Mori, Kerstin Perez +14

Recently, unresolved hard (20-40 keV) X-ray emission has been discovered within the central 10 pc of the Galaxy, possibly indicating a large population of intermediate polars (IPs)…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 8 cited

Hard X-ray Emission from Sh2-104: A NuSTAR search for Gamma-ray Counterparts

E. V. Gotthelf, K. Mori, E. Aliu +11

We present NuSTAR hard X-ray observations of Sh 2-104, a compact HII region containing several young massive stellar clusters (YMSCs). We have detected distinct hard X-ray sources…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 127 cited

The Soft State of Cygnus X-1 Observed with NuSTAR: A Variable Corona and a Stable Inner Disk

D. J. Walton, J. A. Tomsick, K. K. Madsen +17

We present a multi-epoch hard X-ray analysis of Cygnus X-1 in its soft state based on four observations with NuSTAR. Despite the basic similarity of the observed spectra, there is…