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20132024
most citedCoincidence of a high-fluence blazar outburst with a PeV-energy neutrino event

248 citations · 673 across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

astro-ph.HE2024

Rapid Variability of Mrk 421 During Extreme Flaring as Seen Through the Eyes of XMM-Newton

A. Gokus, J. Wilms, M. Kadler +31

By studying the variability of blazars across the electromagnetic spectrum, it is possible to resolve the underlying processes responsible for rapid flux increases, so-called flare…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 1 cited

Multi-wavelength study of Mrk 421 during a TeV flare

A. Gokus, A. Kreikenbohm, K. Leiter +31

The blazar Mrk 421 shows frequent, short flares in the TeV energy regime. Due to the fast nature of such episodes, we often fail to obtain sufficient simultaneous information about…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 1 cited

Hunting for the nature of the enigmatic narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy PKS 2004-447

M. Berton, G. Peluso, P. Marziani +19

Narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies are a class of active galactic nuclei (AGN) that, in some cases, can harbor powerful relativistic jets. One of them, PKS 2004-447, shows gamma…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 27 cited

The EXTraS Project: Exploring the X-ray transient and variable sky

A. De Luca, R. Salvaterra, A. Belfiore +29

Temporal variability in flux and spectral shape is ubiquitous in the X-ray sky and carries crucial information about the nature and emission physics of the sources. The EPIC instru…

astro-ph.IM2021

Virtual Data Cosmos -- Information Design in Modern Astronomy

Annika Kreikenbohm

Where do cosmic X-rays come from? Every new unidentified X-ray source could potentially revolutionize our understanding of the universe. The international collaborative astronomy p…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 5 cited

3D mapping of the neutral X-ray absorption in the local interstellar medium: The Gaia and XMM-Newton synergy

Efraín Gatuzz, S. Rezaei Kh., Timothy R. Kallman +4

We present a three-dimensional map of the hydrogen density distribution in the Galactic interstellar medium. The hydrogen equivalent column densities were obtained from the Explori…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 18 cited

Extended X-ray emission in PKS 1718649

T. Beuchert, A. Rodríguez-Ardila, V. A. Moss +15

PKS 1718649 is one of the closest and most comprehensively studied candidates of a young active galactic nucleus (AGN) that is still embedded in its optical host galaxy. The com…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 5 cited

Investigating source confusion in PMN J16034904

F. Krauß, M. Kreter, C. Müller +8

PMN J16034904 is a likely member of the rare class of -ray emitting young radio galaxies. Only one other source, PKS 1718649, has been confirmed so far. These objects, whi…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 30 cited

Inner jet kinematics and the viewing angle towards the γ-ray narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy 1H 0323+342

L. Fuhrmann, V. Karamanavis, S. Komossa +9

Near-Eddington accretion rates onto low-mass black holes are thought to be a prime driver of the multi-wavelength properties of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) population of activ…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 25 cited

The TANAMI Multiwavelength Program: Dynamic SEDs of Southern Blazars

Felicia Krauß, Joern Wilms, Matthias Kadler +32

Simultaneous broadband spectral and temporal studies of blazars are an important tool for investigating active galactic nuclei (AGN) jet physics. We study the spectral evolution be…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 248 cited

Coincidence of a high-fluence blazar outburst with a PeV-energy neutrino event

M. Kadler, F. Krauß, K. Mannheim +40

The discovery of extraterrestrial very-high-energy neutrinos by the IceCube collaboration has launched a quest for the identification of their astrophysical sources. Gamma-ray blaz…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 41 cited

The Gamma-Ray Emitting Radio-Loud Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy PKS 2004-447 II. The Radio View

R. Schulz, A. Kreikenbohm, M. Kadler +20

Gamma-ray detected radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 (g-NLS1) galaxies constitute a small but interesting sample of the gamma-ray loud AGN. The radio-loudest g-NLS1 known, PKS 2004-…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 31 cited

The Gamma-Ray Emitting Radio-Loud Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy PKS 2004-447 I. The X-Ray View

Annika Kreikenbohm, Robert Schulz, Matthias Kadler +11

As part of the TANAMI multiwavelength progam, we discuss new X-ray observations of the -ray and radio-loud Narrow Line Seyfert galaxy (-NLS1) PKS 2004-447. The active galaxy…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 25 cited

A Variable-Density Absorption Event in NGC 3227 mapped with Suzaku and Swift

T. Beuchert, A. G. Markowitz, F. Krauß +15

The morphology of the circumnuclear gas accreting onto supermassive black holes in Seyfert galaxies remains a topic of much debate. As the innermost regions of Active Galactic Nucl…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 20 cited

A redshifted Fe K line from the unusual gamma-ray source PMN J1603-4904

C. Müller, F. Krauß, T. Dauser +12

Multiwavelength observations have revealed the highly unusual properties of the gamma-ray source PMN J1603-4904, which are difficult to reconcile with any other well established ga…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 85 cited

TANAMI monitoring of Centaurus A: The complex dynamics in the inner parsec of an extragalactic jet

C. Müller, M. Kadler, R. Ojha +24

Centaurus A is the closest radio-loud active galaxy. Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) enables us to study the jet-counterjet system on milliarcsecond (mas) scales, providin…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 9 cited

Future mmVLBI Research with ALMA: A European vision

R. P. J. Tilanus, T. P. Krichbaum, J. A. Zensus +165

Very long baseline interferometry at millimetre/submillimetre wavelengths (mmVLBI) offers the highest achievable spatial resolution at any wavelength in astronomy. The anticipated…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 64 cited

TANAMI Blazars in the IceCube PeV Neutrino Fields

F. Krauß, M. Kadler, K. Mannheim +39

The IceCube Collaboration has announced the discovery of a neutrino flux in excess of the atmospheric background. Due to the steeply falling atmospheric background spectrum, events…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 34 cited

The unusual multiwavelength properties of the gamma-ray source PMNJ1603-4904

Cornelia Müller, M. Kadler, R. Ojha +27

We investigate the nature and classification of PMNJ1603-4904, a bright radio source close to the Galactic plane, which is associated with one of the brightest hard-spectrum gamma-…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 2 cited

X-ray monitoring of the radio and gamma-ray loud Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy PKS 2004-447

Annika Kreikenbohm, Matthias Kadler, Jörn Wilms +6

We present preliminary results of the X-ray analysis of XMM-Newton and Swift observations as part of a multi-wavelength monitoring campaign in 2012 of the radio-loud narrow line Se…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 2 cited

The 2013 multiwavelength campaign on the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy 1H 0323+342: a rosetta stone for the jet/disk paradigm

Omar Tibolla, Sarah Kaufmann, Luigi Foschini +11

Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies have been established as a new class of gamma-ray emitting AGN with relatively low black hole masses, but near-Eddington accretion rates. Other extra…