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most citedThe Palermo Swift-BAT hard X-ray catalogue III. Results after 54 months of sky survey

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astro-ph.HE2013★ 32 cited

Accurate classification of 75 counterparts of objects detected in the 54 month Palermo Swift/BAT hard X-ray catalogue

P. Parisi, N. Masetti, A. F. Rojas +10

Through an optical campaign performed at 4 telescopes located in the northern and the southern hemispheres, we have obtained optical spectroscopy for 75 counterparts of unclassifie…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 42 cited

BL Lacertae identifications in a ROSAT-selected sample of Fermi unidentified objects

N. Masetti, B. Sbarufatti, P. Parisi +15

The optical spectroscopic followup of 27 sources belonging to a sample of 30 high-energy objects selected by positionally cross correlating the first Fermi/LAT Catalog and the ROSA…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 16 cited

Symbiotic Stars in OGLE Data I. Large Magellanic Cloud Systems

R. Angeloni, C. E. Ferreira Lopes, N. Masetti +10

Symbiotic stars are long-orbital-period interacting-binaries characterized by extended emission over the whole electromagnetic range and by complex photometric and spectroscopic va…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 61 cited

Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy. X. A new multi-year, multi-observatory campaign

N. Masetti, P. Parisi, E. Palazzi +18

Within the framework of our program (running since 2004) of identification of hard X-ray INTEGRAL sources through optical spectroscopy, we present the results concerning the nature…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 11 cited

Stellar population properties for a sample of hard X-ray AGNs

L. Morelli, V. Calvi, N. Masetti +5

The aim of this paper is to study the stellar population of galaxies hosting an active galactic nucleus (AGN). We studied a sub-sample of hard X-ray emitting AGNs from the INTEGRAL…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 1 cited

Identification of newly-discovered sources belonging to the 4th IBIS catalog and to the 54 months Palermo Swift/BAT catalog

P. Parisi, N. Masetti, A. F. Rojas +17

The most recent all-sky surveys performed with the INTEGRAL and SWIFT satellites allowed the detection of more than 1500 sources in hard X-rays above 20 keV. About one quarter of t…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 19 cited

Optical identification of X-ray source 1RXS J180431.1-273932 as a magnetic cataclysmic variable

N. Masetti, A. A. Nucita, P. Parisi

The X-ray source 1RXS J180431.1-273932 has been proposed as a new member of the symbiotic X-ray binary (SyXB) class of systems, which are composed of a late-type giant that loses m…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 27 cited

Accurate classification of 29 objects detected in the 39 months Palermo Swift/BAT hard X-ray catalogue

P. Parisi, N. Masetti, E. Jiménez-Bailón +15

Through an optical campaign performed at 4 telescopes located in the northern and the southern hemispheres, plus archival data from two on-line sky surveys, we have obtained optica…

astro-ph.CO2012

Multiwavelength studies of hard X-ray selected sources

Pietro Parisi

Hard X-ray surveys like those provided by IBIS and BAT on board the INTEGRAL and Swift satellites list a significant number of sources which are unidentified and/or unclassified an…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 26 cited

Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy. IX. 22 more identifications, and a glance into the far hard X-ray Universe

N. Masetti, P. Parisi, E. Jimenez-Bailon +14

(Abridged) Since its launch in October 2002, the INTEGRAL satellite has revolutionized our knowledge of the hard X-ray sky thanks to its unprecedented imaging capabilities and sour…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 1 cited

Accurate classification of 28 objects detected in the 39 months Palermo Swift/BAT hard X-ray catalogue

P. Parisi, N. Masetti, E. Jiménez-Bailón +12

Through an optical campaign performed at 4 telescopes located in the northern and the southern hemispheres, plus archival data from two on-line sky surveys, we have obtained optica…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 2 cited

The nature of 19 X-ray sources detected with INTEGRAL

N. Masetti, P. Parisi, E. Jimenez-Bailon +14

Since its launch on October 2002, the INTEGRAL satellite has revolutionized our knowledge of the hard X-ray sky thanks to its unprecedented imaging capabilities and source detectio…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 10 cited

Searching for AGNs among unidentified INTEGRAL sources

E. Maiorano, R. Landi, J. B. Stephen +13

We report on a new method to identify Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) among unidentified INTEGRAL sources. This method consists of cross-correlating unidentified sources listed in the…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 1 cited

New AGN classifications in the Swift/BAT All-Sky Hard X-ray Survey

Pietro Parisi

Through an optical campaign performed at the San Pedro Martir (Mexico) Telescope and using the 6dF archive (http://www.aao.gov.au/local/www/6df, Jones et al. 2004), we determine or…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 159 cited

Study of the Sextans dwarf spheroidal galaxy from the DART CaII triplet survey

G. Battaglia, E. Tolstoy, A. Helmi +4

We use VLT/FLAMES intermediate resolution (R~6500) spectra of individual red giant branch stars in the near-infrared CaII triplet (CaT) region to investigate the wide-area metallic…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 1 cited

Optical/IR counterpart to the resolved X-ray jet source CXO J172337.5-373442 and its distance

Bhaswati Mookerjea, Pietro Parisi, Sudip Bhattacharyya +3

We present results of observations in the optical to mid-infrared wavelengths of the X-ray source CXO J172337.5-373442, which was serendipitously discovered in the Chandra images a…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 172 cited

The Palermo Swift-BAT hard X-ray catalogue III. Results after 54 months of sky survey

G. Cusumano, V. La Parola, A. Segreto +10

We present the Second Palermo Swift-BAT hard X-ray catalogue obtained by analysing data acquired in the first 54 months of the Swift mission. Using our software dedicated to the an…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 76 cited

Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy. VIII. Identification of 44 newly detected hard X-ray sources

N. Masetti, P. Parisi, E. Palazzi +17

(abridged) Hard X-ray surveys performed by the INTEGRAL satellite have discovered a conspicuous fraction (up to 30%) of unidentified objects among the detected sources. Here we con…

astro-ph.CO2010

Revealing the nature of unidentified INTEGRAL sources through optical spectroscopy: an overview

P. Parisi, N. Masetti

Thanks to the INTEGRAL satellite the way of looking at the hard X-ray sky above 20 keV has changed substantially. Through the unique imaging and spectroscopy capabilities of the IB…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 2 cited

Revealing the nature of new unidentified INTEGRAL sources

N. Masetti, P. Parisi, E. Palazzi +17

Since its launch on October 2002, the INTEGRAL satellite has revolutionized our knowledge of the hard X-ray sky thanks to its unprecedented imaging capabilities and source detectio…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 24 cited

Accurate classification of 17 AGNs detected with Swift/BAT

P. Parisi, N. Masetti, E. Jiménez-Bailón +16

Through an optical campaign performed at 5 telescopes located in the northern and the southern hemispheres, plus archival data from two on line sky surveys, we have obtained optica…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 8 cited

On the identification of the Fermi/LAT source 0FGL J2001.0+4352 with a BL Lac

L. Bassani, R. Landi, N. Masetti +3

We report on the identification of the gamma-ray source 0FGL J20001.0+4352 listed in the Fermi bright source catalogue. This object, which has an observed 1-100 GeV flux of (7.8 +/…

astro-ph2008★ 79 cited

Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy. VII. Identification of 20 Galactic and extragalactic hard X-ray sources

N. Masetti, P. Parisi, E. Palazzi +17

Within the framework of our program of assessment of the nature of unidentified or poorly known INTEGRAL sources, we present here spectroscopy of optical objects, selected through…