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most citedObservation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

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astro-ph.HE2026

Constraints on the VHE counterpart of two binary black hole mergers observed by the MAGIC and CTAO LST-1 telescopes

K. Abe, S. Abe, J. Abhir +358

We present very-high-energy gamma-ray observations of two binary black hole merger candidates, GW240615_113620 and GW241125_010116, performed with the Major Atmospheric Gamma Imagi…

astro-ph.HE2026

Chasing Gamma-Ray Signals from Binary Neutron Star Coalescences with the Cherenkov Telescope Array: Prospects and Observing Strategies

S. Abe, J. Abhir, A. Abhishek +457

The detection of gravitational waves (GWs) from a binary neutron star (BNS) merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), together with its electromagnetic counterpart, th…

astro-ph.HE2026

Exploring memory-burdened primordial black holes with ultra-high-energy cosmic-rays

Antonio Ambrosone, Marco Chianese, Carmelo Evoli

Quantum backreaction effects may quench Hawking evaporation through a ``memory burden'', allowing primordial black holes (PBHs) with formation masses well below $10^{15}~\mathrm{g}…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

Locating the missing large-scale emission in the jet of M87* with short EHT baselines

Boris Georgiev, Paul Tiede, Sebastiano D. von Fellenberg +280

In Very-Long Baseline Interferometric arrays, nearly co-located stations probe the largest scales and typically cannot resolve the observed source. In the absence of large-scale st…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 5 cited

Diffuse neutrino flux from relativistic reconnection in AGN coronae

D. Karavola, M. Petropoulou, D. F. G. Fiorillo +3

IceCube observations point to Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) as promising contributors to the observed astrophysical neutrino flux. Close to the central black hole, protons can be ac…

astro-ph.HE2025

The first 10years of the HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory: science results

Anna Lia Longinotti, HAWC Collaboration

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory, located on the slopes of the Sierra Negra volcano in Mexico, began operations in March 2015. Over the past decade, HAWC has en…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 4 cited

Probing jet base emission of M87* with the 2021 Event Horizon Telescope observations

Saurabh, Hendrik Müller, Sebastiano D. von Fellenberg +282

We investigate the presence and spatial characteristics of the jet base emission in M87* at 230 GHz, enabled by the enhanced uv coverage in the 2021 Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) o…

astro-ph.HE2025

Optimizing the potential of KM3NeT in detecting core-collapse supernovae

KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, A. Albert +285

Core-collapse supernovae mark the end of life of massive stars. However, despite their importance in astrophysics, their underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Neutrinos that emerge…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Search for Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background with 956.2 days of Super-Kamiokande Gadolinium Dataset

K. Abe, S. Abe, Y. Asaoka +245

We report the search result for the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background (DSNB) in neutrino energies beyond 9.3~MeV in the gadolinium-loaded Super-Kamiokande (SK) detector with $2…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

VHE -ray observations of bright BL Lacs with the Large-Sized Telescope prototype (LST-1) of the CTAO

The CTAO-LST Project, :, K. Abe +331

Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is the next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory operating in the energy range from 20 GeV up to 300 TeV, with two sites in La…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 20 cited

Horizon-scale variability of M87* from 2017--2021 EHT observations

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

We report three epochs of polarized images of M87* at 230\,GHz using data from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) taken in 2017, 2018, and 2021. The baseline coverage of the 2021 ob…

astro-ph.HE2025

Constraining gamma-ray burst parameters with the first ultra-high energy neutrino event KM3-230213A

KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, A. Albert +278

Context: The detection of the highest energy neutrino observed to date by KM3NeT, with an estimated energy of 220 PeV, opens up new possibilities for the study and identification o…

astro-ph.HE2025

Constraining the TeV gamma-ray emission of SN 2024bch, a possible type IIn-L from a red supergiant progenitor. Multiwavelength observations and analysis of the progenitor

The CTAO-LST Project, :, K. Abe +332

We present very high-energy optical photometry and spectroscopic observations of SN 2024bch in the nearby galaxy NGC 3206 (\sim 20 Mpc). We used gamma-ray observations performed wi…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

Prospects for dark matter observations in dwarf spheroidal galaxies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

K. Abe, S. Abe, J. Abhir +491

The dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) orbiting the Milky Way are widely regarded as systems supported by velocity dispersion against self-gravity, and as prime targets for the sear…

astro-ph.HE2025

Polarization of reflected X-ray emission from the Sgr A molecular complex: multiple flares, multiple sources?

Ildar Khabibullin, Eugene Churazov, Riccardo Ferrazzoli +100

The extended X-ray emission observed in the direction of several molecular clouds in the central molecular zone of our Galaxy exhibits spectral and temporal properties consistent w…

astro-ph.HE2025

The Scintillator Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration

Data collected so far by the Pierre Auger Observatory have enabled major advances in ultra-high energy cosmic ray physics and demonstrated that improved determination of masses of…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 14 cited

Continuum optical-UV and X-ray variability of AGN: current results and future challenges

Maurizio Paolillo, Iossif Papadakis

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are believed to be powered by accretion of matter onto a supermassive black hole. A fundamental ingredient in shaping our understanding of AGN is their…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Detection of the Geminga pulsar at energies down to 20 GeV with the LST-1 of CTAO

The CTAO-LST Project, :, K. Abe +331

Geminga is the third gamma-ray pulsar firmly detected by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) after the Crab and the Vela pulsars. Most of its emission is expected at t…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 4 cited

Origin of the ring ellipticity in the black hole images of M87*

Rohan Dahale, Ilje Cho, Kotaro Moriyama +273

We investigate the origin of the elliptical ring structure observed in the images of the supermassive black hole M87*, aiming to disentangle contributions from gravitational, astro…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

Scaler rates from the Pierre Auger Observatory: a new proxy of solar activity

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, I. Bizzarri, C. Dionese +1

The modulation of low-energy galactic cosmic rays reflects interplanetary magnetic field variations and can provide useful information on solar activity. An array of ground-surface…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 13 cited

High-energy gamma-ray emission from memory-burdened primordial black holes

Marco Chianese

Theoretical studies on the memory-burden effect suggest that Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) with masses smaller than grams may be viable dark matter candidates and, conseq…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 8 cited

X-ray Polarization of the High-Synchrotron-Peak BL Lacertae Object 1ES 1959+650 during Intermediate and High X-ray Flux States

Luigi Pacciani, Dawoon E. Kim, Riccardo Middei +97

We report the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) polarimetric and simultaneous multiwavelength observations of the high-energy-peaked BL Lacertae (HBL) object 1ES 1959+650,…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Reconstruction of spider system's observables from orbital period modulations via the Applegate mechanism

Vittorio De Falco, Amodio Carleo, Alessandro Ridolfi +1

Redback and black widow pulsars are two classes of peculiar binary systems characterized by very short orbital periods, very low mass companions, and, in several cases, regular ecl…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 5 cited

A search for the anomalous events detected by ANITA using the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +374

A dedicated search for upward-going air showers at zenith angles exceeding and energies EeV has been performed using the Fluorescence Detector of the Pierre Aug…