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241 citations · 855 across the 45 of their papers we have counts for

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43 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Searching for optical pulsations from spider millisecond pulsars with the fast photometer SiFAP2

Christian Malacaria, Alessandro Papitto, Filippo Ambrosino +19

Optical pulsations from millisecond pulsars (MSPs) have recently been detected in a transitional MSP and an accreting MSP. Evidence for optical pulsations has also been found for a…

astro-ph.SR2026

PRICM3: A novel Polarization Ratio framework for three-dimensional CME reconstruction

Yara De Leo, Manuela Temmer, Fernando M. López +15

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are inherently three-dimensional (3D), but traditional white-light coronagraphs provide only two-dimensional (2D) projections. While the Polarization…

astro-ph.SR2026

A view of the evolution of a CME and the associated wave-trains at high spatial and temporal resolution

G. Russano, Y. De Leo, F. Frassati +13

Context. Studying the kinematic and dynamic evolution of fast eruptive events from the middle to high solar corona is a primary objective of the Metis coronagraph on Solar Orbiter.…

astro-ph.HE2026

Evolution of the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 from Aqueye+ and NICER observations

Silvia Conforti, Luca Zampieri, Michele Fiori +3

Transitional millisecond pulsars (tMSPs) are old neutron stars spun up by accretion from a low-mass companion. These objects can switch between two emission regimes: rotation-power…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 4 cited

First detection of acoustic-like flux in the middle solar corona

V. Andretta, L. Abbo, G. Jerse +28

Waves are thought to play a significant role in the heating of the solar atmosphere and the acceleration of the wind. Among the many types of waves observed in the Sun, the so-call…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Optical and X-ray timing analysis of the 2018-2020 outburst and rebrightening of the black-hole transient MAXI J1820+070

M. Fiori, L. Zampieri, A. Burtovoi +15

We report the results of a comprehensive analysis of the multiwavelength (in optical and X-rays) and multitimescale (from months to tenths of a second) variability of the 2018-2020…

astro-ph.SR2025

Investigating Solar Wind Outflows from Open-Closed Magnetic Field Structures Using Coordinated Solar Orbiter and Hinode Observations

Nawin Ngampoopun, Roberto Susino, David H. Brooks +13

ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter (SO) allows us to study the solar corona at closer distances and from different perspectives, which helps us to gain significant insights into the origins…

astro-ph.SR2025

Metis Observations of Alfvénic Outflows Driven by Interchange Reconnection in a Pseudostreamer

P. Romano, P. Wyper, V. Andretta +33

This study presents observations of a large pseudostreamer solar eruption and, in particular, the post-eruption relaxation phase, as captured by Metis onboard the Solar Orbiter on…

astro-ph.SR2024

Study of solar brightness profiles in the 18-26 GHz frequency range with INAF radio telescopes II. Evidence for coronal emission

M. Marongiu, A. Pellizzoni, S. Righini +43

One of the most important objectives of solar physics is the physical understanding of the solar atmosphere, the structure of which is also described in terms of the density (N) an…

astro-ph.SR2023

Eruptive events with exceptionally bright emission in HI Ly-alpha observed by the Metis coronagraph

G. Russano, V. Andretta, Y. De Leo +29

Metis, the coronagraph on board Solar Orbiter, provides for the first time coronagraphic imaging in the ultraviolet HI Ly-alpha line and, simultaneously, in polarized visible light…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 14 cited

Prospects for a survey of the Galactic plane with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

CTA Consortium

Approximately one hundred sources of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays are known in the Milky Way. A survey of the entire Galactic Plane in the energy range from a few tens of GeV…

astro-ph.SR2023

Coronal Heating Rate in the Slow Solar Wind

Daniele Telloni, Marco Romoli, Marco Velli +59

This Letter reports the first observational estimate of the heating rate in the slowly expanding solar corona. The analysis exploits the simultaneous remote and local observations…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 13 cited

Simultaneous and panchromatic observations of the Fast Radio Burst FRB 20180916B

M. Trudu, M. Pilia, L. Nicastro +47

Aims. Fast Radio Bursts are bright radio transients whose origin has not yet explained. The search for a multi-wavelength counterpart of those events can put a tight constrain on t…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 3 cited

Does Turbulence along the Coronal Current Sheet Drive Ion Cyclotron Waves?

Daniele Telloni, Gary P. Zank, Laxman Adhikari +32

Evidence for the presence of ion cyclotron waves, driven by turbulence, at the boundaries of the current sheet is reported in this paper. By exploiting the full potential of the jo…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 19 cited

Investigating the origin of optical and X-ray pulsations of the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038

G. Illiano, A. Papitto, F. Ambrosino +21

PSR J1023+0038 is the first millisecond pulsar that was ever observed as an optical and UV pulsar. So far, it is the only optical transitional millisecond pulsar. The rotation- and…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 12 cited

Galactic Observatory Science with the ASTRI Mini-Array at the Observatorio del Teide

A. D'Aì, E. Amato, A. Burtovoi +52

The ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) Mini-Array will be composed of nine imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes at the Observatorio del Teide site…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 56 cited

ASTRI Mini-Array Core Science at the Observatorio del Teide

S. Vercellone, C. Bigongiari, A. Burtovoi +84

The ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) Project led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) is developing and will deploy at the Obse…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 56 cited

Observation of Magnetic Switchback in the Solar Corona

Daniele Telloni, Gary P. Zank, Marco Stangalini +49

Switchbacks are sudden, large radial deflections of the solar wind magnetic field, widely revealed in interplanetary space by the Parker Solar Probe. The switchbacks' formation mec…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 4 cited

Deep upper limit on the optical emission during a hard X-ray burst from the magnetar SGR J1935+2154

Luca Zampieri, Sandro Mereghetti, Roberto Turolla +9

In September 2021 the magnetar SGR J1935+2154 entered a stage of burst/flaring activity in the hard X-ray band. On September 10, 2021 we observed SGR J1935+2154 with the fiber-fed…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 27 cited

Modeling the γ-ray Pulsar Wind Nebulae population in our Galaxy

M. Fiori, B. Olmi, E. Amato +4

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) represent the largest class of sources that upcoming γ-ray surveys will detect. Therefore, accurate modelling of their global emission properties is one…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 4 cited

Measuring the F-corona intensity through time correlation of total and polarized visible light images

A. Burtovoi, G. Naletto, S. Dolei +4

We present a new correlation method for deriving the F-corona intensity distribution, which is based on the analysis of the evolution of the total and polarized visible light (VL)…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 17 cited

Stellar intensity interferometry of Vega in photon counting mode

Luca Zampieri, Giampiero Naletto, Aleksandr Burtovoi +2

Stellar Intensity Interferometry is a technique based on the measurement of the second order spatial correlation of the light emitted from a star. The physical information provided…

astro-ph.IM2021

Probing extreme environments with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

C. Boisson, A. M. Brown, A. Burtovoi +127

The physics of the non-thermal Universe provides information on the acceleration mechanisms in extreme environments, such as black holes and relativistic jets, neutron stars, super…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 8 cited

Evidence of intra-binary shock emission from the redback pulsar PSR J1048+2339

A. Miraval Zanon, P. D'Avanzo, A. Ridolfi +16

We present simultaneous multiwavelength observations of the 4.66 ms redback pulsar PSR J1048+2339. We performed phase-resolved spectroscopy with the Very Large Telescope (VLT) sear…