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astro-ph.HE2013★ 1.6k cited

Evidence for High-Energy Extraterrestrial Neutrinos at the IceCube Detector

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +275

We report on results of an all-sky search for high-energy neutrino events interacting within the IceCube neutrino detector conducted between May 2010 and May 2012. The search follo…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 80 cited

Optical and Near-IR Observations of the Faint and Fast 2008ha-like Supernova 2010ae

M. D. Stritzinger, E. Hsiao, S. Valenti +21

A comprehensive set of optical and near-infrared (NIR) photometry and spectroscopy is presented for the faint and fast 2008ha-like supernova (SN) 2010ae. Contingent on the adopted…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 293 cited

Fermi-LAT Observations of the Gamma-ray Burst GRB 130427A

LAT collaboration, GBM collaboration

The observations of the exceptionally bright gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130427A by the Large Area Telescope aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope provide constraints on the nature…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 265 cited

High Density Circumstellar Interaction in the Luminous Type IIn SN 2010jl: The first 1100 days

Claes Fransson, Mattias Ergon, Peter J. Challis +16

HST and ground based observations of the Type IIn SN 2010jl are analyzed, including photometry, spectroscopy in the ultraviolet, optical and NIR bands, 26-1128 days after first det…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 33 cited

Search for neutrino-induced particle showers with IceCube-40

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +287

We report on the search for neutrino-induced particle-showers, so-called cascades, in the IceCube-40 detector. The data for this search was collected between April 2008 and May 200…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 73 cited

Probing the origin of cosmic-rays with extremely high energy neutrinos using the IceCube Observatory

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +275

We have searched for extremely high energy neutrinos using data taken with the IceCube detector between May 2010 and May 2012. Two neutrino induced particle shower events with ener…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 104 cited

Search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos with the IceCube 59-string configuration

The IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +287

A search for high-energy neutrinos was performed using data collected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory from May 2009 to May 2010, when the array was running in its 59-string con…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 50 cited

Long-term TeV and X-ray Observations of the Gamma-ray Binary HESS J0632+057

VERITAS Collaboration, E. Aliu, S. Archambault +297

HESS J0632+057 is the only gamma-ray binary known so far whose position in the sky allows observations with ground-based observatories both in the northern and southern hemispheres…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 74 cited

The First Pulse of the Extremely Bright GRB 130427A: A Test Lab for Synchrotron Shocks

R. Preece, J. Michael Burgess, A. von Kienlin +156

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130427A is one of the most energetic GRBs ever observed. The initial pulse up to 2.5 s is possibly the brightest well-isolated pulse observed to date. A fine…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 165 cited

Constraints on axionlike particles with H.E.S.S. from the irregularity of the PKS 2155-304 energy spectrum

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +211

Axionlike particles (ALPs) are hypothetical light (sub-eV) bosons predicted in some extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics. In astrophysical environments comprising h…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 54 cited

H.E.S.S. Observations of the Crab during its March 2013 GeV Gamma-Ray Flare

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian +217

Context. On March 4, 2013, the Fermi-LAT and AGILE reported a flare from the direction of the Crab Nebula in which the high-energy (HE; E > 100 MeV) flux was six times above its qu…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 40 cited

MAGIC observations and multifrequency properties of the Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar 3C 279 in 2011

J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +168

We study the multifrequency emission and spectral properties of the quasar 3C 279. We observed 3C 279 in very high energy (VHE, E>100GeV) gamma rays, with the MAGIC telescopes duri…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 78 cited

SN 2010lp---a Type Ia supernova from a violent merger of two carbon--oxygen White Dwarfs

M. Kromer, R. Pakmor, S. Taubenberger +6

SN 2010lp is a subluminous Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) with slowly-evolving lightcurves. Moreover, it is the only subluminous SN Ia observed so far that shows narrow emission lines o…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 2 cited

Impact of oscillations of photons into axion-like particles on the very-high energy gamma-ray spectrum of the blazar PKS1424+240

Manuel Meyer, Dieter Horns

Very high energy (VHE) gamma-rays undergo pair production with low energy photons of background radiation fields. This leads to an attenuation of the primary gamma-ray flux of extr…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 60 cited

Contemporaneous observations of the radio galaxy NGC 1275 from radio to very high energy gamma-rays

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi +157

The radio galaxy NGC 1275, recently identified as a very high energy (VHE, >100 GeV) gamma-ray emitter by MAGIC, is one of the few non-blazar AGN detected in the VHE regime. In ord…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 15 cited

HESS J1818-154, a new composite supernova remnant discovered in TeV gamma rays and X-rays

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian +217

Composite supernova remnants (SNRs) constitute a small subclass of the remnants of massive stellar explosions where non-thermal radiation is observed from both the expanding shell-…

astro-ph.HE2013

Time variability of viscosity parameter in differentially rotating discs

S. R. Rajesh, Nishant K. Singh

We propose a mechanism to produce fluctuations in the viscosity parameter () in differetially rotating discs. We carried out a nonlinear analysis of a general accretion flow, wh…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 475 cited

Dark Matter Constraints from Observations of 25 Milky Way Satellite Galaxies with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

LAT Collaboration, M. Ackermann, A. Albert +119

The dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies of the Milky Way are some of the most dark-matter-dominated objects known. Due to their proximity, high dark matter content, and lack of ast…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 64 cited

Probing the cosmic-ray content of galaxy clusters by stacking Fermi-LAT count maps

B. Huber, C. Tchernin, D. Eckert +4

Observations in radio have shown that galaxy clusters are giant reservoirs of cosmic rays (CR). Although a gamma- ray signal from the cluster volume is expected to arise through in…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 10 cited

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory Part VI: Ice Properties, Reconstruction and Future Developments

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +278

Papers on ice properties, reconstruction and future developments submitted to the 33nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (Rio de Janeiro 2013) by the IceCube Collaboration.

astro-ph.HE2013★ 8 cited

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory Part V: Neutrino Oscillations and Supernova Searches

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +278

Papers on neutrino oscillation and supernova searches submitted to the 33nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (Rio de Janeiro 2013) by the IceCube Collaboration.

astro-ph.HE2013★ 27 cited

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory Part I: Point Source Searches

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +278

Papers on point source searches submitted to the 33nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (Rio de Janeiro 2013) by the IceCube Collaboration.

astro-ph.HE2013★ 79 cited

Determination of the Point-Spread Function for the Fermi Large Area Telescope from On-orbit Data and Limits on Pair Halos of Active Galactic Nuclei

LAT Collaboration

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is a pair-conversion telescope designed to detect photons with energies from 20 MeV to > 300 GeV. The pre-laun…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 104 cited

PSR J2021+4026 in the Gamma Cygni region: the first variable gamma-ray pulsar seen by the Fermi LAT

LAT collaboration

Long-term monitoring of PSR J2021+4026 in the heart of the Cygnus region with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) unveiled a sudden decrease in flux above 100 MeV over a time scal…