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20152026
most citedThe THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances

207 citations · 901 across the 32 of their papers we have counts for

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33 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

LHAASO-WCDA observed a 5 days TeV-delayed flaring event in blazar 1ES 1959+650

Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +339

We report a day-scale hard lag between GeV and TeV -ray emission from the HBL 1ES~1959+650 in early 2024. Since the LHAASO-WCDA real-time monitoring system began operation in la…

astro-ph.HE2026

First Gamma-Ray Burst Observations with SVOM

F. Daigne, D. Turpin, J. -L. Atteia +34

Following its launch on 22 June 2024, the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) successfully completed its flight acceptance, commissioning, and scien…

astro-ph.HE2026

Extreme PeV accelerator associated with GRS 1915+105

Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +322

Microquasars, binary systems featuring relativistic jets, have emerged as sources for particle acceleration beyond PeV energies. We present a study of the broadband -ray emissio…

astro-ph.HE2026

EP251023a: A fast X-ray transient featuring a magnetar-powered optical internal plateau followed by a steep decay

Shuai-Qing Jiang, Dong Xu, Wei-Hua Lei +33

EP251023a is an extragalactic fast X-ray transient (eFXT) detected solely by EP without a gamma-ray counterpart. The prompt emission consists of a main emission with a duration $T_…

astro-ph.HE2026

High-redshift GRB 140304A at z = 5.282 with flaring activity: A multi-wavelength study

Shashi. B. Pandey, Amit. K. Ror, A. J. Castro-Tirado +48

Context. This article presents a detailed multi-wavelength analysis of GRB 140304A at z = 5.282, having uncommon late-time flaring features. The aim is to study GRB 140304A and oth…

astro-ph.SR2026

Ellipsoidal modulation and multi-wavelength activity in the pre-cataclysmic binary RX J1553.0+4457

S. -Y. Wu, M. Gritsevich, Q. -H. Lao +39

RX J1553.0+4457 (TMTS J15530469+4457458) is a detached post-common-envelope binary containing a cool white dwarf and an active late-type companion. We present a multi-wavelength st…

astro-ph.SR2026

Stochastic Optical Variability and an rms-flux Relation in the Intermediate Polar EP240309a

S. -Y. Wu, Y. -D. Hu, I. Perez-Garcia +18

Magnetic cataclysmic variables provide a natural laboratory for studying how accretion interacts with compact-object magnetospheres and generates stochastic variability. We present…

astro-ph.HE2025

LHAASO Detection of Ultra-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission toward the Giant Molecular Clouds

Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +310

The -ray from Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) is regarded as the most ideal tool to perform in-situ measurement of cosmic ray (CR) density and spectra in our Galaxy. We report the…

astro-ph.HE2025

Energy calibration of LHAASO-KM2A using the cosmic ray Moon shadow

Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +323

We present a precise measurement of the westward, rigidity-dependent shift of the Moon's shadow using three and a half years of cosmic-ray data collected by the Kilometer Square Ar…

astro-ph.HE2025

All-sky search for individual Primordial Black Hole bursts with LHAASO

Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +311

Primordial Black Holes~(PBHs) are hypothetical black holes with a wide range of masses that formed in the early universe. As a result, they may play an important cosmological role…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 30 cited

A fast X-ray transient from a weak relativistic jet associated with a type Ic-BL supernova

H. Sun, W. -X. Li, L. -D. Liu +163

Massive stars end their lives as core-collapse supernovae, amongst which some extremes are broad-lined type Ic supernovae from Wolf-Rayet stars associated with long-duration gamma-…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 8 cited

Evidence for particle acceleration approaching PeV energies in the W51 complex

The LHAASO Collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +284

The -ray emission from the W51 complex is widely acknowledged to be attributed to the interaction between the cosmic rays (CRs) accelerated by the shock of supernova remnant (SN…

astro-ph.IM2024

Data quality control system and long-term performance monitor of the LHAASO-KM2A

Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Axikegu +282

The KM2A is the largest sub-array of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO). It consists of 5216 electromagnetic particle detectors (EDs) and 1188 muon detectors (…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 2 cited

Soft X-ray prompt emission from a high-redshift gamma-ray burst EP240315a

Y. Liu, H. Sun, D. Xu +191

Long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are believed to originate from core collapse of massive stars. High-redshift GRBs can probe the star formation and reionization history of the early un…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 13 cited

LHAASO-KM2A detector simulation using Geant4

Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Q. An +275

KM2A is one of the main sub-arrays of LHAASO, working on gamma ray astronomy and cosmic ray physics at energies above 10 TeV. Detector simulation is the important foundation for es…

astro-ph.IM2024

Optimization of performance of the KM2A full array using the Crab Nebula

LHAASO collaboration

The full array of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) has been in operation since July 2021. For its kilometer-square array (KM2A), we have optimized the select…

astro-ph.HE2023

Revealing characteristics of dark GRB 150309A: dust extinguished or high-z?

A. J. Castro-Tirado, Rahul Gupta, S. B. Pandey +28

Dark GRBs constitute a significant fraction of the GRB population. In this paper, we present the multiwavelength analysis of an intense two-episodic GRB 150309A observed early on t…

astro-ph.HE2023

A study of the MAD accretion state across black hole spins for radiatively inefficient accretion flows

G. -Q. Zhang, D. Bégué, A. Pe'er +1

The study of Magnetically Arrested Disks (MAD) attract strong interest in recent years, as these disk configurations were found to generate strong jets as observed in many accretin…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 11 cited

Magnetar emergence in a peculiar gamma-ray burst from a compact star merger

H. Sun, C. -W. Wang, J. Yang +42

The central engine that powers gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most powerful explosions in the universe, is still not identified. Besides hyper-accreting black holes, rapidly spinning…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 37 cited

- correlation of gamma ray bursts: calibration and cosmological applications

X. D. Jia, J. P. Hu, J. Yang +2

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most explosive phenomena and can be used to study the expansion of Universe. In this paper, we compile a long GRB sample for the -…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 3 cited

A hyper flare of a weeks-old magnetar born from a binary-neutron-star merger

B. -B. Zhang, Z. J. Zhang, J. -H. Zou +10

Magnetars, a population of isolated neutron stars with ultra-strong magnetic fields of G, have been increasingly accepted to explain a variety of astrophysic…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 14 cited

Multi-wavelength study of the luminous GRB 210619B observed with Fermi and ASIM

M. D. Caballero-García, Rahul Gupta, S. B. Pandey +28

We report on detailed multi-wavelength observations and analysis of the very bright and long GRB 210619B, detected by the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) installed on…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 21 cited

Probing into emission mechanisms of GRB 190530A using time-resolved spectra and polarization studies: Synchrotron Origin?

Rahul Gupta, S. Gupta, T. Chattopadhyay +47

Multi-pulsed GRB 190530A, detected by the GBM and LAT onboard \fermi, is the sixth most fluent GBM burst detected so far. This paper presents the timing, spectral, and polarimetric…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 21 cited

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…