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GRB 140102A: Insight into Prompt Spectral Evolution and Early Optical Afterglow Emission
Rahul Gupta, S. R. Oates, S. B. Pandey +38
We present and perform a detailed analysis of multi-wavelength observations of \thisgrb, an optical bright GRB with an observed reverse shock (RS) signature. Observations of this G…
The host galaxy of OJ 287 revealed by optical and near-infrared imaging
K. Nilsson, J. Kotilainen, M. Valtonen +11
The BL Lacertae object OJ 287 (z = 0.306) has unique double-peaked optical outbursts every ~12 years, and it presents one of the best cases for a small-separation binary supermassi…
Measurement of the Proton-Air Cross Section with Telescope Array's Black Rock Mesa and Long Ridge Fluorescence Detectors, and Surface Array in Hybrid Mode
R. U. Abbasi, M. Abe, T. Abu-Zayyad +140
Ultra high energy cosmic rays provide the highest known energy source in the universe to measure proton cross sections. Though conditions for collecting such data are less controll…
Contributions to the 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2019) of the JEM-EUSO Collaboration
G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe, J. H. Adams +309
Compilation of papers presented by the JEM-EUSO Collaboration at the 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), held July 24 through August 1, 2019 in Madison, Wisconsin.
Multiwavelength observations of GRB 140629A. A long burst with an achromatic jet break in the optical and X-ray afterglow
Y. -D. Hu, S. R. Oates, V. M. Lipunov +31
We investigate the long GRB140629A through multiwavelength observations, which cover optical, infrared and X-rays between 40s and 3yr after the burst, to derive the properties of t…
Search for Ultra-High-Energy Neutrinos with the Telescope Array Surface Detector
R. U. Abbasi, M. Abe, T. Abu-Zayyad +133
We present an upper limit on the flux of ultra-high-energy down-going neutrinos for $E > 10^{18}\ \mbox{eV}$ derived with the nine years of data collected by the Telescope Array su…
The afterglow and kilonova of the short GRB 160821B
E. Troja, A. J. Castro-Tirado, J. Becerra Gonzalez +22
GRB 160821B is a short duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected and localized by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory in the outskirts of a spiral galaxy at z=0.1613, at a projected p…
A multi-wavelength analysis of a collection of short-duration GRBs observed between 2012-2015
S. B. Pandey, Y. Hu, A. J. Castro-Tirado +71
We investigate the prompt emission and the afterglow properties of short duration gamma-ray burst (sGRB) 130603B and another eight sGRB events during 2012-2015, observed by several…
Constraints on the diffuse photon flux with energies above eV using the surface detector of the Telescope Array experiment
Telescope Array Collaboration, R. U. Abbasi, M. Abe +139
We present the results of the search for ultra-high-energy photons with nine years of data from the Telescope Array surface detector. A multivariate classifier is built upon 16 rec…
First observations of speed of light tracks by a fluorescence detector looking down on the atmosphere
G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe, J. H. Adams +311
EUSO-Balloon is a pathfinder mission for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory onboard the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EUSO). It was launched on the moonless night of the 25$^…
Mass composition of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with the Telescope Array Surface Detector Data
Telescope Array Collaboration, R. U. Abbasi, M. Abe +139
The results on ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECR) mass composition obtained with the Telescope Array surface detector are presented. The analysis employs the boosted decision tr…
Study of muons from ultra-high energy cosmic ray air showers measured with the Telescope Array experiment
Telescope Array Collaboration, R. U. Abbasi, M. Abe +138
One of the uncertainties in interpretation of ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) data comes from the hadronic interaction models used for air shower Monte Carlo (MC) simulations.…
Depth of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Induced Air Shower Maxima Measured by the Telescope Array Black Rock and Long Ridge FADC Fluorescence Detectors and Surface Array in Hybrid Mode
Telescope Array Collaboration, R. U. Abbasi, M. Abe +135
The Telescope Array observatory utilizes fluorescence detectors and surface detectors to observe air showers produced by ultra high energy cosmic rays in the Earth's atmosphere. Co…
Evidence for Declination Dependence of the Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Spectrum in the Northern Hemisphere
R. U. Abbasi, T. Abu-Zayyad, M. Allen +154
Telescope Array (TA) is the largest experiment in the Northern Hemisphere studying ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. TA measurements of the cosmic ray spectrum using the surface detect…
Search for extreme energy cosmic ray candidates in the TUS orbital experiment data
S. V. Biktemerova, A. A. Botvinko, N. P. Chirskaya +27
TUS (Track Ultraviolet Setup) is the first space experiment aimed to check the possibility of registering extreme energy cosmic rays (EECRs) at E>50 EeV by measuring the fluorescen…
The TUS detector of extreme energy cosmic rays on board the Lomonosov satellite
P. A. Klimov, M. I. Panasyuk, B. A. Khrenov +23
The origin and nature of extreme energy cosmic rays (EECRs), which have energies above the 50 EeV, the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin (GZK) energy limit, is one of the most interesting an…
First results from the TUS orbital detector in the extensive air shower mode
B. A. Khrenov, P. A. Klimov, M. I. Panasyuk +26
TUS (Tracking Ultraviolet Set-up), the first orbital detector of extreme energy cosmic rays (EECRs), those with energies above 50 EeV, was launched into orbit on April 28, 2016, as…
First results of the Lomonosov TUS and GRB experiments
S. V. Biktemerova, A. V. Bogomolov, V. V. Bogomolov +39
On April 28, 2016, the Lomonosov satellite, equipped with a number of scientific instruments, was launched into orbit. Here we present briefly some of the results obtained with the…
An achromatic break in the afterglow of the short GRB 140903A: evidence for a narrow jet
E. Troja, T. Sakamoto, S. B. Cenko +17
We report the results of our observing campaign on GRB140903A, a nearby (z=0.351) short duration (T90~0.3 s) gamma-ray burst discovered by Swift. We monitored the X-ray afterglow w…
Astrophysics of "extreme" solar-like stars
M. D. Caballero-Garcia, A. J. Castro-Tirado, A. Claret +8
Only a few red dwarf flaring stars in the solar neighbourhood have undergone exceptional events called superflares. They have been detected with high-energy satellites (i.e. Swift)…
Testing and Performance of UFFO Burst Alert & Trigger Telescope
J. Ripa, M. B. Kim, J. Lee +26
The Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory pathfinder (UFFO-p) is a new space mission dedicated to detect Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and rapidly follow their afterglows in order to provide earl…
Early optical follow-up of the nearby active star DG CVn during its 2014 superflare
M. D. Caballero-Garcia, V. Simon, M. Jelinek +20
DG CVn is a binary system in which one of the components is an M type dwarf ultra fast rotator, only three of which are known in the solar neighborhood. Observations of DG CVn by t…
The Spanish Square Kilometre Array White Book
J. A. Acosta-Pulido, I. Agudo, A. Alberdi +116
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is called to revolutionise essentially all areas of Astrophysics. With a collecting area of about a square kilometre, the SKA will be a transformat…
The dark nature of GRB 130528A and its host galaxy
S. Jeong, A. J. Castro-Tirado, M. Bremer +18
We study the dark nature of GRB 130528A through multi-wavelength observations and conclude that the main reason for the optical darkness is local extinction inside of the host gala…