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astro-ph.HE2023★ 3 cited

The STATiX pipeline for the detection of X-ray transients in three dimensions

A. Ruiz, A. Georgakakis, I. Georgantopoulos +3

The recent serendipitous discovery of a new population of short duration X-ray transients, thought to be associated with collisions of compact objects or stellar explosions in dist…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 64 cited

Fermi-LAT observations of the exceptional gamma-ray outbursts of 3C 273 in September 2009

A. A. Abdo et al.

We present the light curves and spectral data of two exceptionally luminous gamma-ray outburts observed by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) experiment on board Fermi Gamma-ray Space…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 165 cited

Fermi Large Area Telescope View of the Core of the Radio Galaxy Centaurus A

Fermi Collaboration, A. Falcone, H. Hase +2

We present gamma-ray observations with the LAT on board the Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope of the nearby radio galaxy Centaurus~A. The previous EGRET detection is confirmed, and the loc…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 256 cited

Fermi Gamma-ray Imaging of a Radio Galaxy

LAT Collaboration

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has detected the gamma-ray glow emanating from the giant radio lobes of the radio galaxy Centaurus A. The resolved gamma-ray image shows the lob…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 364 cited

Gamma-ray Light Curves and Variability of Bright Fermi-Detected Blazars

A. A. Abdo

This paper presents light curves and the first systematic characterization of variability of the 106 objects in the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) Bright AGN Sample (LBAS). Weekl…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 95 cited

Detection of the energetic pulsar PSR B1509-58 and its pulsar wind nebula in MSH 15-52 using the Fermi-Large Area Telescope

LAT Collaboration, Pulsar Timing Consortium

We report the detection of high energy gamma-ray emission from the young and energetic pulsar PSR B150958 and its pulsar wind nebula (PWN) in the composite supernova remnant SNR…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 437 cited

The First Catalog of Active Galactic Nuclei Detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

A. A. Abdo

We present the first catalog of active galactic nuclei (AGN) detected by the LAT, corresponding to 11 months of data collected in scientific operation mode. The First LAT AGN Catal…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 118 cited

The Vela Pulsar: Results from the First Year of Fermi LAT Observations

A. A. Abdo

We report on analysis of timing and spectroscopy of the Vela pulsar using eleven months of observations with the Large Area Telescope on the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. The in…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 523 cited

The Spectrum of the Isotropic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission Derived From First-Year Fermi Large Area Telescope Data

LAT collaboration

We report on the first Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) measurements of the so-called "extra-galactic" diffuse gamma-ray emission (EGB). This component of the diffuse gamma-ray emi…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 58 cited

Discovery of Pulsed -rays from PSR J0034-0534 with the Fermi LAT: A Case for Co-located Radio and -ray Emission Regions

The Fermi LAT Collaboration, Pulsar Timing Consortium

Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) have been firmly established as a class of gamma-ray emitters via the detection of pulsations above 0.1 GeV from eight MSPs by the Fermi Large Area Teles…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 1.3k cited

Fermi Large Area Telescope First Source Catalog

LAT Collaboration

We present a catalog of high-energy gamma-ray sources detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT), the primary science instrument on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fermi), dur…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 199 cited

Fermi LAT Search for Photon Lines from 30 to 200 GeV and Dark Matter Implications

The Fermi LAT Collaboration, A. A. Abdo, M. Ackermann +160

Dark matter (DM) particle annihilation or decay can produce monochromatic -rays readily distinguishable from astrophysical sources. -ray line limits from 30 GeV to 200 GeV ob…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 138 cited

Observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud with Fermi

LAT collaboration, A. A. Abdo

Context: The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is to date the only normal external galaxy that has been detected in high-energy gamma rays. High-energy gamma rays trace particle acceler…

astro-ph.HE2010

Detection of High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from the Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae with Fermi

N. A. Webb, J. Knödlseder

Globular clusters are known to harbour a significant population of neutron star X-ray binaries that could be responsible for delaying the inevitable core collapse of these dense cl…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 205 cited

Fermi observations of Cassiopeia and Cepheus: diffuse gamma-ray emission in the outer Galaxy

LAT collaboration

We present the analysis of the interstellar gamma-ray emission measured by the Fermi Large Area Telescope toward a region in the second Galactic quadrant at 100 deg < l < 145 deg a…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 171 cited

Fermi Large Area Telescope Measurements of the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission at Intermediate Galactic Latitudes

LAT Collaboration

The diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission is produced by cosmic rays (CRs) interacting with the interstellar gas and radiation field. Measurements by the Energetic Gamma-Ray Experime…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 163 cited

Swift and Fermi observations of the early afterglow of the short Gamma-Ray Burst 090510

M. De Pasquale, P. Schady, N. P. M. Kuin +11

We present the observations of GRB090510 performed by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope and the Swift observatory. This is a bright, short burst that shows an extended emission d…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 463 cited

The First Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog of Gamma-ray Pulsars

A. A. Abdo

The dramatic increase in the number of known gamma-ray pulsars since the launch of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (formerly GLAST) offers the first opportunity to study a popu…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 111 cited

Fermi LAT Observation of Diffuse Gamma-Rays Produced Through Interactions between Local Interstellar Matter and High Energy Cosmic Rays

A. A. Abdo

Observations by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the \textit{Fermi} mission of diffuse -rays in a mid-latitude region in the third quadrant (Galactic longitude from $200\ar…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 215 cited

Fermi/LAT discovery of gamma-ray emission from a relativistic jet in the narrow-line quasar PMN J0948+0022

LAT Collaboration, A. A. Abdo, G. Ghisellini +3

We report the discovery by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope of high-energy gamma-ray emission from the peculiar quasar PMN J0948+0022 (z=0…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 177 cited

Early Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Observations of the Quasar 3C 454.3

LAT Collaboration, A. A. Abdo

This is the first report of Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope observations of the quasar 3C 454.3, which has been undergoing pronounced long-term outbursts since 2000. The data from…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 209 cited

Fermi Discovery of Gamma-Ray Emission from NGC 1275

LAT Collaboration, A. A. Abdo, H. D. Aller +6

We report the discovery of high-energy (E>100 MeV) gamma-ray emission from NGC 1275, a giant elliptical galaxy lying at the center of the Perseus cluster of galaxies, based on obse…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 43 cited

Fermi/LAT discovery of gamma-ray emission from the flat-spectrum radio quasar PKS 1454-354

LAT Collaboration, A. A. Abdo, P. G. Edwards +4

We report the discovery by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope of high-energy gamma-ray (GeV) emission from the flat-spectrum radio quasar PK…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 36 cited

Discovery of Pulsed Gamma Rays from the Young Radio Pulsar PSR J1028-5819 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

LAT Collaboration

Radio pulsar PSR J1028-5819 was recently discovered in a high-frequency search (at 3.1 GHz)in the error circle of the EGRET source 3EG J1027-5817. The spin-down power of this young…