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most citedTeraelectronvolt emission from the -ray burst GRB 190114C

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62 papers

astro-ph.HE2023

Chasing Gravitational Waves with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Jarred Gershon Green, Alessandro Carosi, Lara Nava +563

The detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), along with the discovery of the electromagnetic counterparts…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

Interpolation of Instrument Response Functions for the Cherenkov Telescope Array in the Context of pyirf

Rune Michael Dominik, Maximilian Linhoff, Julian Sitarek

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray observatory, constituted by tens of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes…

astro-ph.HE2023

Variability studies of active galactic nuclei from the long-term monitoring program with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Guillaume Grolleron, Josefa Becerra González, Jonathan Biteau +13

Blazars are active galactic nuclei (AGN) with a relativistic jet oriented toward the observer. This jet is composed of accelerated particles which can display emission over the ent…

astro-ph.IM2023

Performance update of an event-type based analysis for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Juan Bernete, Orel Gueta, Tarek Hassan +3

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next-generation observatory in the field of very-high-energy (20 GeV to 300 TeV) gamma-ray astroparticle physics. The traditional ap…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 98 cited

Gammapy: A Python package for gamma-ray astronomy

Axel Donath, Régis Terrier, Quentin Remy +42

In this article, we present Gammapy, an open-source Python package for the analysis of astronomical -ray data, and illustrate the functionalities of its first long-term-support…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 5 cited

A VERITAS/Breakthrough Listen Search for Optical Technosignatures

Atreya Acharyya, Colin Adams, Avery Archer +65

The Breakthrough Listen Initiative is conducting a program using multiple telescopes around the world to search for "technosignatures": artificial transmitters of extraterrestrial…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 22 cited

Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to spectral signatures of hadronic PeVatrons with application to Galactic Supernova Remnants

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, F. Acero, A. Acharyya +356

The local Cosmic Ray (CR) energy spectrum exhibits a spectral softening at energies around 3~PeV. Sources which are capable of accelerating hadrons to such energies are called hadr…

astro-ph.HE2021

Origin of the gamma-ray emission from supernova remnant HB9

Tülün Ergin, Lab Saha, Hidetoshi Sano +4

HB9 (G160.9+2.6) is a mixed-morphology Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) at a distance of 0.6 kpc. Previous analyses revealed recombining plasma emission in X-rays and an expa…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 48 cited

Combined searches for dark matter in dwarf spheroidal galaxies observed with the MAGIC telescopes, including new data from Coma Berenices and Draco

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +191

Milky Way dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are among the best candidates to search for signals of dark matter annihilation with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes, given the…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 24 cited

Observation of the gamma-ray binary HESS J0632+057 with the H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS telescopes

C. B. Adams, W. Benbow, A. Brill +409

The results of gamma-ray observations of the binary system HESS J0632+057 collected during 450 hours over 15 years, between 2004 and 2019, are presented. Data taken with the atmosp…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 5 cited

Search for Very High-Energy Emission from the millisecond pulsar PSR J0218+4232

V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +198

PSR J0218+4232 is one of the most energetic millisecond pulsars known and has long been considered as one of the best candidates for very high-energy (VHE; >100 GeV) gamma-ray emis…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 8 cited

First detection of VHE gamma-ray emission from TXS~1515--273, study of its X-ray variability and spectral energy distribution

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +196

We report here on the first multi-wavelength (MWL) campaign on the blazar TXS 1515-273, undertaken in 2019 and extending from radio to very-high-energy gamma rays (VHE). Up until n…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 49 cited

Investigation of the correlation patterns and the Compton dominance variability of Mrk 421 in 2017

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +284

We present a detailed characterisation and theoretical interpretation of the broadband emission of the paradigmatic TeV blazar Mrk 421, with special focus on the multi-band flux co…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 2 cited

LSTOSA: Onsite processing pipeline for the CTA Larged-Sized Telescope prototype

José Enrique Ruiz, Daniel Morcuende, Lab Saha +3

The prototype of the Large-Sized Telescope (LST) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is presently going through its commissioning phase. A total of four LSTs, among others, will…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 30 cited

VHE gamma-ray detection of FSRQ QSO B1420+326 and modeling of its enhanced broadband state in 2020

V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +230

Context. QSO B1420+326 is a blazar classified as a Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar (FSRQ). In the beginning of 2020 it underwent an enhanced flux state. An extensive multiwavelength cam…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 31 cited

Observation of a sudden cessation of a very-high-energy gamma-ray flare in PKS 1510-089 with H.E.S.S. and MAGIC in May 2016

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, R. Adam +430

The flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) PKS 1510-089 is known for its complex multiwavelength behavior, and is one of only a few FSRQs detected at very high energy (VHE, GeV…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 3 cited

Probing the star formation origin of gamma rays from 3FHL J1907.0+0713

T. Ergin, L. Saha, P. Bhattacharjee +5

Star-forming (SF) regions embedded inside giant molecular clouds (GMCs) are potential contributors to Galactic gamma rays. The gamma-ray source 3FHL J1907.0+0713 is detected with a…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 58 cited

MAGIC observations of the nearby short gamma-ray burst GRB 160821B

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +188

The coincident detection of GW170817 in gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation spanning the radio to MeV gamma-ray bands provided the first direct evidence that short ga…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 49 cited

Detection of the Geminga pulsar with MAGIC hints at a power-law tail emission beyond 15 GeV

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +190

We report the detection of pulsed gamma-ray emission from the Geminga pulsar (PSR J0633+1746) between GeV and GeV. This is the first time a middle-aged pulsar has been…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 77 cited

Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array for probing cosmology and fundamental physics with gamma-ray propagation

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, H. Abdalla +496

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the new-generation ground-based observatory for -ray astronomy, provides unique capabilities to address significant open questions in astrop…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 28 cited

An intermittent extreme BL Lac: MWL study of 1ES 2344+514 in an enhanced state

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +215

Extreme High-frequency BL~Lacs (EHBL) feature their synchrotron peak of the broadband spectral energy distribution (SED) at 10\,Hz. The BL~Lac object 1ES~23…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 9 cited

Studying the nature of the unidentified gamma-ray source HESS J1841-055 with the MAGIC telescopes

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +184

We investigate the physical nature and origin of the gamma-ray emission from the extended source HESS J1841-055 observed at TeV and GeV energies. We observed HESS J1841-055 at TeV…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 226 cited

Observation of inverse Compton emission from a long -ray burst

V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +301

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) originate from ultra-relativistic jets launched from the collapsing cores of dying massive stars. They are characterised by an initial phase o…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 286 cited

Teraelectronvolt emission from the -ray burst GRB 190114C

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +177

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) of the long-duration class are the most luminous sources of electromagnetic radiation known in the Universe. They are generated by outflows of plasma ejecte…