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most citedMeasurements of Omega and Lambda from 42 High-Redshift Supernovae

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astro-ph2006★ 189 cited

H.E.S.S. observations of the supernova remnant RX J0852.0-4622: shell-type morphology and spectrum of a widely extended VHE gamma-ray source

HESS Collaboration, F. A. Aharonian

The shell-type supernova remnant RX J0852.0-4622 was observed with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) of Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes between December 2004 and May…

astro-ph2006★ 328 cited

Primary particle acceleration above 100 TeV in the shell-type Supernova Remnant RX J1713.7-3946 with deep H.E.S.S. observations

The HESS Collaboration, F. Aharonian

We present deep H.E.S.S. observations of the supernova remnant (SNR) RX J1713.7-3946. Combining data of three years - from 2003 to 2005 - we obtain significantly increased statisti…

astro-ph2006★ 61 cited

Nearby Supernova Factory Observations of SN 2006D: On Sporadic Carbon Signatures in Early Type Ia Supernova Spectra

The Nearby Supernova Factory, :, R. C. Thomas +27

We present four spectra of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2006D extending from -7 to +13 days with respect to B-band maximum. The spectra include the strongest signature of unburned…

astro-ph2006★ 7 cited

Visible and Near-Infrared Spectrophotometry of the Deep Impact Ejecta of Comet 9P/Tempel 1

Klaus W. Hodapp, Greg Aldering, Karen J. Meech +12

We have obtained optical spectrophotometry of the evolution of comet 9P/Tempel 1 after the impact of the Deep Impact probe, using the Supernova Integral Field Spectrograph (SNIFS)…

astro-ph2006★ 210 cited

H.E.S.S. observations of the Galactic Center region and their possible dark matter interpretation

H. E. S. S. collaboration, :, F. A. Aharonian

The detection of gamma-rays from the source HESS J1745-290 in the Galactic Center (GC) region with the H.E.S.S. array of Cherenkov telescopes in 2004 is presented. After subtractio…

astro-ph2006★ 553 cited

The type Ia supernova SNLS-03D3bb from a super-Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarf star

D. Andrew Howell, Mark Sullivan, Peter E. Nugent +14

The acceleration of the expansion of the universe, and the need for Dark Energy, were inferred from the observations of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). There is consensus that SNe Ia…

astro-ph2006

H.E.S.S. Observations of LS 5039

Mathieu De Naurois, the H. E. S. S. Collaboration Collaboration

Recent observations of the binary system LS5039 with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) revealed that its Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission is modulated at the…

astro-ph2006★ 66 cited

Discovery of Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from the BL Lac Object H2356-309 with the H.E.S.S. Cherenkov Telescopes

Aharonian et al.

The extreme synchrotron BL Lac object H2356-309, located at a redshift of z = 0.165, was observed from June to December 2004 with a total exposure of approx. 40 h live-time with th…

astro-ph2006★ 188 cited

Energy dependent gamma-ray morphology in the Pulsar wind nebula HESSJ1825-137

F. Aharonian

Detailed morphological and spatially resolved spectral studies reveal the very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray aspects of this object with unprecedented precision. We confirm previous…

astro-ph2006★ 863 cited

Observations of the Crab Nebula with H.E.S.S

The HESS Collaboration, F. Aharonian

The Crab nebula was observed with the H.E.S.S. stereoscopic Cherenkov-telescope array between October 2003 and January 2005 for a total of 22.9 hours (after data quality selection)…

astro-ph2006★ 107 cited

The Rise Time of Type Ia Supernovae from the Supernova Legacy Survey

A. Conley, D. A. Howell, A. Howes +24

We compare the rise times of nearby and distant Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) as a test for evolution using 73 high-redshift spectroscopically-confirmed SNe Ia from the first two yea…

astro-ph2006★ 254 cited

3.9 day orbital modulation in the TeV gamma-ray flux and spectrum from the X-ray binary LS 5039

The H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. A. Aharonian

New observations of LS 5039, a High Mass X-ray Binary comprising a massive star and compact object, were carried out with the High Energy Stereoscopic System of Cherenkov Telescope…

astro-ph2006★ 83 cited

Discovery of the two wings of the Kookaburra complex in VHE gamma -rays with H.E.S.S

The H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. A. Aharonian

Aims. Search for Very High Energy gamma-ray emission in the Kookaburra complex through observations with the H.E.S.S. array. Methods. Stereoscopic imaging of Cherenkov light emissi…

astro-ph2006★ 258 cited

Nearby Supernova Factory Observations of SN 2005gj: Another Type Ia Supernova in a Massive Circumstellar Envelope

The Nearby Supernova Factory Collaboration, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus +24

We report Nearby Supernova Factory observations of SN 2005gj, the second confirmed case of a "hybrid" Type Ia/IIn supernova. Our early-phase photometry of SN 2005gj shows that the…

astro-ph2006★ 23 cited

An alternative to grids and glasses: Quaquaversal pre-initial conditions for N-body simulations

Steen H. Hansen, Oscar Agertz, Michael Joyce +3

N-body simulations sample their initial conditions on an initial particle distribution, which for cosmological simulations is usually a glass or grid, whilst a Poisson distribution…

astro-ph2006★ 562 cited

Rates and properties of type Ia supernovae as a function of mass and star-formation in their host galaxies

M. Sullivan, D. Le Borgne, C. J. Pritchet +27

(ABRIDGED) We show that Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are formed within both very young and old stellar populations, with observed rates that depend on the stellar mass and mean star…

astro-ph2006★ 116 cited

The Type Ia Supernova Rate at z ~0.5 from the Supernova Legacy Survey

J. D. Neill, M. Sullivan, D. Balam +33

We present a measurement of the distant Type Ia supernova rate derived from the first two years of the Canada -- France -- Hawaii Telescope Supernova Legacy Survey. We observed fou…

astro-ph2006★ 30 cited

Archeops In-flight Performance, Data Processing and Map Making

J. F. Macias-Perez, G. Lagache, B. Maffei +69

Archeops is a balloon--borne experiment widely inspired by the Planck satellite and by its High Frequency Instrument (HFI). It is mainly dedicated to measure the Cosmic Microwave B…

astro-ph2006★ 78 cited

Determination of the Hubble constant, the intrinsic scatter of luminosities of Type Ia SNe, and evidence for non-standard dust in other galaxies

Xiaofeng Wang, Lifan Wang, Reynald Pain +2

A sample of 109 type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) with recession velocity < 30,000 km s^{-1}, is compiled from published SNe Ia light curves to explore the expansion rate of the local Un…

astro-ph2006★ 160 cited

Towards a Cosmological Hubble Diagram for Type II-P Supernovae

Peter Nugent, Mark Sullivan, Richard Ellis +13

We present the first high-redshift Hubble diagram for Type II-P supernovae (SNe II-P) based upon five events at redshift up to z~0.3. This diagram was constructed using photometry…

astro-ph2006★ 496 cited

Discovery of Very-High-Energy Gamma-Rays from the Galactic Centre Ridge

The H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. A. Aharonian

The origin of Galactic cosmic rays (with energies up to 10^15 eV) remains unclear, though it is widely believed that they originate in the shock waves of expanding supernova remnan…

astro-ph2006

Discovery of Very High Energy gamma - ray emission from the extreme BL Lac object H2356-309 with H.E.S.S

S. Pita, W. Benbow, L. Costamante +5

The understanding of acceleration mechanisms in active galactic nuclei (AGN) jets and the measurement of the extragalactic-background-light (EBL) density are closely linked and req…

astro-ph2006★ 75 cited

Measurement of Ω_m, Ω_Λ from a blind analysis of Type Ia supernovae with CMAGIC: Using color information to verify the acceleration of the Universe

A. Conley, G. Goldhaber, L. Wang +26

We present measurements of Ω_m and Ω_Λ from a blind analysis of 21 high-redshift supernovae using a new technique (CMAGIC) for fitting the multi-color lightcurves of Type Ia supern…

astro-ph2006★ 197 cited

First detection of a VHE gamma-ray spectral maximum from a Cosmic source: H.E.S.S. discovery of the Vela X nebula

Aharonian et al.

The Vela supernova remnant (SNR) is a complex region containing a number of sources of non-thermal radiation. The inner section of this SNR, within 2 degrees of the pulsar PSR B083…