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astro-ph.HE2018★ 18 cited

Discrepancy in tidal deformability of GW170817 between the Advanced LIGO twin detectors

Tatsuya Narikawa, Nami Uchikata, Kyohei Kawaguchi +4

We find that the Hanford and Livingston detectors of Advanced LIGO derive a distinct posterior probability distribution of binary tidal deformability tilde{Lambda} of the first bin…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 68 cited

Constraints on the diffuse photon flux with energies above eV using the surface detector of the Telescope Array experiment

Telescope Array Collaboration, R. U. Abbasi, M. Abe +139

We present the results of the search for ultra-high-energy photons with nine years of data from the Telescope Array surface detector. A multivariate classifier is built upon 16 rec…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 6 cited

Intergalactic -ray propagation: basic ideas, processes, and constraints

T. A. Dzhatdoev, E. V. Khalikov, E. I. Podlesnyi +1

We review extragalactic -ray propagation models with emphasis on the electromagnetic (EM) cascade process in the magnetized expanding Universe. We consider cascades initiated by…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 53 cited

Testing a reported correlation between arrival directions of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays and a flux pattern from nearby starburst galaxies using Telescope Array data

Telescope Array Collaboration, R. U. Abbasi, M. Abe +138

The Pierre Auger Collaboration (Auger) recently reported a correlation between the arrival directions of cosmic rays with energies above 39 EeV and the flux pattern of 23 nearby st…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 1 cited

Future ground arrays for ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays: recent updates and perspectives

Toshihiro Fujii

The origin and nature of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are one of the most intriguing mysteries in particle astrophysics and astronomy. The two largest observatories, the P…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 71 cited

Periastron Observations of TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from a Binary System with a 50-year Period

The VERITAS Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, W. Benbow +212

We report on observations of the pulsar / Be star binary system PSR J2032+4127 / MT91 213 in the energy range between 100 GeV and 20 TeV with the VERITAS and MAGIC imaging atmosphe…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 11 cited

Relativistic Fireball Reprise: Radio Suppression at the Onset of Short Magnetar Bursts

Shotaro Yamasaki, Shota Kisaka, Toshio Terasawa +1

There is growing evidence that a clear distinction between magnetars and radio pulsars may not exist, implying the population of neutron stars that exhibit both radio pulsations an…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 17 cited

Outflow and Emission Model of Pulsar Wind Nebulae with the Back-reaction of Particle Diffusion

Wataru Ishizaki, Katsuaki Asano, Kyohei Kawaguchi

We present a new pulsar wind nebula (PWN) model solving both advection and diffusion of non-thermal particles in a self-consistent way to satisfy the momentum and energy conservati…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 59 cited

Mass composition of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with the Telescope Array Surface Detector Data

Telescope Array Collaboration, R. U. Abbasi, M. Abe +139

The results on ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECR) mass composition obtained with the Telescope Array surface detector are presented. The analysis employs the boosted decision tr…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 235 cited

The blazar TXS 0506+056 associated with a high-energy neutrino: insights into extragalactic jets and cosmic ray acceleration

S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli, C. Arcaro +146

A neutrino with energy of 290 TeV, IceCube-170922A, was detected in coincidence with the BL Lac object TXS~0506+056 during enhanced gamma-ray activity, with chance coincidenc…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 5 cited

Late Engine Activity of GRB 161017A Revealed by Early Optical Observations

Yutaro Tachibana, Makoto Arimoto, Katsuaki Asano +8

The long gamma-ray burst GRB 161017A was detected by Fermi and Swift, and its afterglow was observed by the MITSuME 50-cm optical telescope promptly about 50 s after the burst. Ear…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 19 cited

Search for GeV Gamma-ray Counterparts of Gravitational Wave Events by CALET

O. Adriani, Y. Akaike, K. Asano +88

We present results on searches for gamma-ray counterparts of the LIGO/Virgo gravitational-wave events using CALorimetric Electron Telescope ({\sl CALET}) observations. The main ins…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 54 cited

Multi-wavelength characterization of the blazar S5~0716+714 during an unprecedented outburst phase

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +187

The BL Lac object S5~0716+714, a highly variable blazar, underwent an impressive outburst in January 2015 (Phase A), followed by minor activity in February (Phase B). The MAGIC obs…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 179 cited

Extended Measurement of the Cosmic-Ray Electron and Positron Spectrum from 11 GeV to 4.8 TeV with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station

O. Adriani, Y. Akaike, K. Asano +88

Extended results on the cosmic-ray electron + positron spectrum from 11 GeV to 4.8 TeV are presented based on observations with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) on the I…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 152 cited

Radiative transfer simulation for the optical and near-infrared electromagnetic counterparts to GW170817

Kyohei Kawaguchi, Masaru Shibata, Masaomi Tanaka

Recent detection of gravitational waves from a binary-neutron star merger (GW170817) and the subsequent observations of electromagnetic counterparts provide a great opportunity to…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 12 cited

Influence of Earth-Directed Coronal Mass Ejections on the Sun's Shadow Observed by the Tibet-III Air Shower Array

M. Amenomori, X. J. Bi, D. Chen +78

We examine the possible influence of Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (ECMEs) on the Sun's shadow in the 3~TeV cosmic-ray intensity observed by the Tibet-III air shower (AS) a…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 47 cited

Constraining Dark Matter lifetime with a deep gamma-ray survey of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster with MAGIC

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +148

Clusters of galaxies are the largest known gravitationally bound structures in the Universe, with masses around , most of it in the form of dark matter. The groun…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 30 cited

Blazar Spectra with Hard-sphere-like Acceleration of Electrons

Katsuaki Asano, Masaaki Hayashida

Electrons emitting non-thermal photons in blazars are possibly accelerated by turbulences developed in jets. In this paper, we consider the case so-called hard-sphere scattering as…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 69 cited

Study of muons from ultra-high energy cosmic ray air showers measured with the Telescope Array experiment

Telescope Array Collaboration, R. U. Abbasi, M. Abe +138

One of the uncertainties in interpretation of ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) data comes from the hadronic interaction models used for air shower Monte Carlo (MC) simulations.…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 37 cited

Search for Neutrinos in Super-Kamiokande associated with the GW170817 neutron-star merger

K. Abe, C. Bronner, Y. Hayato +160

We report the results of a neutrino search in Super-Kamiokande for coincident signals with the first detected gravitational wave produced by a binary neutron star merger, GW170817,…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 24 cited

Hadronic origin of prompt high-energy emission of gamma-ray bursts revisited: in the case of a limited maximum proton energy

Kai Wang, Ruo-Yu Liu, Zi-Gao Dai +1

The high-energy (> 100MeV) emission observed by Fermi-LAT during the prompt phase of some luminous gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) could arise from the cascade induced by interactions betw…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 123 cited

The Cosmic-Ray Energy Spectrum between 2 PeV and 2 EeV Observed with the TALE detector in monocular mode

R. U. Abbasi, M. Abe, T. Abu-Zayyad +137

We report on a measurement of the cosmic ray energy spectrum by the Telescope Array Low-Energy Extension (TALE) air fluorescence detector. The TALE air fluorescence detector is als…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 32 cited

Evidence of Intermediate-Scale Energy Spectrum Anisotropy of Cosmic Rays E10 eV with the Telescope Array Surface Detector

R. U. Abbasi, M. Abe, T. Abu-Zayyad +136

An intermediate-scale energy spectrum anisotropy has been found in the arrival directions of ultra-high energy cosmic rays of energies above eV in the northern hemisphe…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 31 cited

Circular polarization of gravitational waves from non-rotating supernova cores: a new probe into the pre-explosion hydrodynamics

Kazuhiro Hayama, Takami Kuroda, Kei Kotake +1

We present an analysis of the circular polarization of gravitational-waves (GWs) using results from three-dimensional (3D), general relativistic (GR) core-collapse simulations of a…