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most citedDiscovery of the X-Ray Afterglow of the Gamma-Ray Burst of February 28 1997

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astro-ph2006★ 47 cited

The HELLAS2XMM survey.VIII. Optical identifications of the extended sample

F. Cocchia, F. Fiore, C. Vignali +14

(Abridged) We present the results of the photometric and spectroscopic identification of 110 hard X-ray selected sources (6e-15<F(2-10 keV)<4e-14 cgs) from 5 additional XMM-Newton…

astro-ph2004★ 2 cited

Clusters outskirts at X-ray wavelengths: current status and future prospects

Silvano Molendi

A solid observational characterization of cluster regions around the virial radius would allow us to improve considerably our understanding of the physics of galaxy clusters as a w…

astro-ph2001

Optical identification of sources from the HELLAS2XMM survey

F. Fiore, G. Matt, F. La Franca +10

We present preliminary results on the optical identifications of sources from the High Energy Large Area Survey performed with XMM-Newton (HELLAS2XMM). This survey covers about 3 s…

astro-ph2001★ 79 cited

The central region of M31 observed with XMM-Newton. II. Variability of the individual sources

J. P. Osborne, K. N. Borozdin, S. P. Trudolyubov +13

We present the results of a study of the variability of X-ray sources in the central 30' of the nearby Andromeda Galaxy (M31) based on XMM Performance Verification observations. Tw…

astro-ph2001★ 84 cited

The BeppoSAX High Energy Large Area Survey HELLAS, III: testing synthesis models for the X-ray background

A. Comastri, F. Fiore, C. Vignali +3

The BeppoSAX High Energy Large Area Survey (HELLAS) has surveyed several tens of square degrees of the sky in the 5--10 keV band down to a flux of about 5 10^-14 erg cm-2 s-1. The…

astro-ph2001★ 53 cited

The BeppoSAX High Energy Large Area Survey HELLAS, II: Number counts and X-ray spectral properties

F. Fiore, P. Giommi, C. Vignali +7

The BeppoSAX High Energy Large Area Survey (HELLAS) has surveyed about 85 deg^2 of sky in the 5-10 keV band down to a flux of 4-5 10^-14 erg cm-2 s-1. The source surface density of…