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UHECRs from the Radio Lobes of AGNs
F. Fraschetti, F. Melia
We report a stochastic mechanism of particle acceleration from first principles in an environment having properties like those of Radio Lobes in AGNs. We show that energies $\sim 1…
On the acceleration of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays
Federico Fraschetti
Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) hit the Earth's atmosphere with energies exceeding eV. This is the same energy as carried by a tennis ball moving at 100 km/h, but…
The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey. V. The Second XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogue
M. G. Watson, A. C. Schröder, D. Fyfe +47
Aims: Pointed observations with XMM-Newton provide the basis for creating catalogues of X-ray sources detected serendipitously in each field. This paper describes the creation and…
On Gamma-Ray Bursts
Remo Ruffini, Maria Grazia Bernardini, Carlo Luciano Bianco +12
(Shortened) We show by example how the uncoding of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) offers unprecedented possibilities to foster new knowledge in fundamental physics and in astrophysics. Af…
Theoretical interpretation of "long" and "short" GRBs
Carlo Luciano Bianco, Maria Grazia Bernardini, Letizia Caito +6
Within the "fireshell" model we define a "canonical GRB" light curve with two sharply different components: the Proper-GRB (P-GRB), emitted when the optically thick fireshell of el…
Theoretical interpretation of luminosity and spectral properties of GRB 031203
Carlo Luciano Bianco, Maria Grazia Bernardini, Pascal Chardonnet +3
We show how an emission endowed with an instantaneous thermal spectrum in the co-moving frame of the expanding fireshell can reproduce the time-integrated GRB observed non-thermal…