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astro-ph.HE2011★ 21 cited

Gamma-Ray Emission from Two Blazars Behind the Galactic Plane: B2013+370 & B2023+336

E. Kara, M. Errando, W. Max-Moerbeck +7

B2013+370 and B2023+336 are two blazars at low-galactic latitude that were previously proposed to be the counterparts for the EGRET unidentified sources, 3EG J2016+3657 and 3EG J20…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 38 cited

Multimessenger Science Reach and Analysis Method for Common Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-energy Neutrinos

Bruny Baret, Imre Bartos, Boutayeb Bouhou +23

We present the baseline multimessenger analysis method for the joint observations of gravitational waves (GW) and high-energy neutrinos (HEN), together with a detailed analysis of…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 40 cited

Multiwavelength Observations of the Previously Unidentified Blazar RX J0648.7+1516

E. Aliu, T. Aune, M. Beilicke +84

We report on the VERITAS discovery of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma- ray emission above 200 GeV from the high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object RXJ0648.7+1516 (GBJ0648+1516), associate…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 79 cited

Pulsed Gamma Rays from the Original Millisecond and Black Widow Pulsars: a case for Caustic Radio Emission?

L. Guillemot, T. J. Johnson, C. Venter +25

We report the detection of pulsed gamma-ray emission from the fast millisecond pulsars (MSPs) B1937+21 (also known as J1939+2134) and B1957+20 (J1959+2048) using 18 months of surve…

astro-ph.HE2011

The White Dwarf Mass and the Accretion Rate of Recurrent Novae: an X-ray Perspective

Koji Mukai, Jennifer L. Sokoloski, Thomas Nelson +1

We present recent results of quiescent X-ray observations of recurrent novae (RNe) and related objects. Several RNe are luminous hard X-ray sources in quiescence, consistent with a…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 116 cited

Discovery of Nine Gamma-Ray Pulsars in Fermi-LAT Data Using a New Blind Search Method

H. J. Pletsch, L. Guillemot, B. Allen +28

We report the discovery of nine previously unknown gamma-ray pulsars in a blind search of data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). The pulsars were found with a novel hierar…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 1 cited

GeV-TeV Blazar Population Studies

G. D. Senturk, M. Errando, M. Boettcher +3

The synergy between the Fermi-LAT and ground-based Cherenkov telescope arrays gives us the opportunity for the first time to characterize the high energy emission (100 MeV - 10 TeV…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 81 cited

Introducing PHAEDRA: a new spectral code for simulations of relativistic magnetospheres

Kyle Parfrey, Andrei M. Beloborodov, Lam Hui

We describe a new scheme for evolving the equations of force-free electrodynamics, the vanishing-inertia limit of magnetohydrodynamics. This pseudospectral code uses global orthogo…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 63 cited

Evidence for Type Ia Supernova Diversity from Ultraviolet Observations with the Hubble Space Telescope

Xiaofeng Wang, Lifan Wang, Alexei V. Filippenko +93

We present ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy and photometry of four Type Ia supernovae (SNe 2004dt, 2004ef, 2005M, and 2005cf) obtained with the UV prism of the Advanced Camera for Sur…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 110 cited

High-Precision Timing of 5 Millisecond Pulsars: Space Velocities, Binary Evolution and Equivalence Principles

M. E. Gonzalez, I. H. Stairs, R. D. Ferdman +9

We present high-precision timing of five millisecond pulsars (MSPs) carried out for more than seven years; four pulsars are in binary systems and one is isolated. We are able to me…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 42 cited

Observational Constraints on Multi-messenger Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-energy Neutrinos

Imre Bartos, Chad Finley, Alessandra Corsi +1

It remains an open question to what extent many of the astronomical sources of intense bursts of electromagnetic radiation are also strong emitters of non-photon messengers, in par…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 30 cited

Observations of Energetic High Magnetic Field Pulsars with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

D. Parent, M. Kerr, P. R. Den Hartog +27

We report the detection of gamma-ray pulsations from the high-magnetic-field rotation-powered pulsar PSR J1119-6127 using data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope. The gamma-ray li…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 34 cited

An Extreme Pulsar Tail Protruding from the Frying Pan Supernova Remnant

C. -Y. Ng, N. Bucciantini, B. M. Gaensler +3

The Frying Pan (G315.9-0.0) is a radio supernova remnant with a peculiar linear feature (G315.78-0.23) extending 10' radially outward from the rim of the shell. We present radio im…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 54 cited

VERITAS Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by Swift

VERITAS Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu +84

We present the results of sixteen Swift-triggered GRB follow-up observations taken with the VERITAS telescope array from January, 2007 to June, 2009. The median energy threshold an…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 197 cited

Detection of Pulsed Gamma Rays Above 100 GeV from the Crab Pulsar

VERITAS Collaboration, E. Aliu, T. Arlen +93

We report the detection of pulsed gamma rays from the Crab pulsar at energies above 100 Gigaelectronvolts (GeV) with the VERITAS array of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The dete…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 23 cited

Discovery of gamma and X-ray pulsations from the young and energetic PSR J1357-6429 with Fermi and XMM-Newton

M. Lemoine-Goumard, V. E. Zavlin, M. -H. Grondin +20

Since the launch of the Fermi satellite, the number of known gamma-ray pulsars has increased tenfold. Most gamma-ray detected pulsars are young and energetic, and many are associat…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 39 cited

Emission geometry, radiation pattern, and magnetic topology of the magnetar XTE J1810-197 in its quiescent state

Federico Bernardini, Rosalba Perna, Eric Gotthelf +3

The return to the quiescent state of the Anomalous X-ray pulsar XTE J1810-197 following its 2003 outburst represents a unique opportunity to probe the surface emission properties o…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 23 cited

EVLA Nova Project Observations of the Classical Nova V1723 Aquilae

Miriam I. Krauss, Laura Chomiuk, Michael Rupen +8

We present radio light curves and spectra of the classical nova V1723 Aql obtained with the Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA). This is the first paper to showcase results from the E…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 13 cited

VERITAS Observations of the Unusual Extragalactic Transient Swift J164449.3+573451

E. Aliu, T. Arlen, T. Aune +79

We report on very-high-energy (100 GeV) gamma-ray observations of Swift J164449.3+573451, an unusual transient object first detected by the {\it Swift} Observatory and later det…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 100 cited

Understanding Compact Object Formation and Natal Kicks. III. The case of Cygnus X-1

Tsing-Wai Wong, Francesca Valsecchi, Tassos Fragos +1

In recent years, accurate observational constraints become available for an increasing number of Galactic X-ray binaries. Together with proper motion measurements, we could reconst…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 42 cited

Multiwavelength Observations of the VHE Blazar 1ES 2344+514

V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen +70

Multiwavelength observations of the high-frequency-peaked blazar 1ES2344+514 were performed from 2007 October to 2008 January. The campaign represents the first contemporaneous dat…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 11 cited

Is Calvera a Gamma-ray Pulsar?

J. P. Halpern

Originally selected as a neutron star (NS) candidate in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey, 1RXS J141256.0+792204 ("Calvera") was discovered to be a 59 ms X-ray pulsar in a pair of XMM-Newto…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 48 cited

Discovery of an Energetic Pulsar Associated with SNR G76.9+1.0

Z. Arzoumanian, E. V. Gotthelf, S. M. Ransom +3

We report the discovery of PSR J2022+3842, a 24 ms radio and X-ray pulsar in the supernova remnant G76.9+1.0, in observations with the Chandra X-ray telescope, the Robert C. Byrd G…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 152 cited

TeV and Multi-wavelength Observations of Mrk 421 in 2006-2008

V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen +103

We report on TeV gamma-ray observations of the blazar Mrk 421 (redshift of 0.031) with the VERITAS observatory and the Whipple 10m Cherenkov telescope. The excellent sensitivity of…