5 papers
Laboratory constraints on peV-scale mass splitting between ordinary and sterile neutron states
N. J. Ayres, Z. Berezhiani, G. Bison +19
Sterile states of matter, represented by a parallel ``mirror'' sector, may contribute to the observed dark matter in the Universe. We investigated the parameter space of neutron $(…
New high-sensitivity search for neutron to mirror-neutron oscillations at the PSI UCN source
N. J. Ayres, Z. Berezhiani, G. Bison +19
In a search for potential signals of neutron (n) to mirror-neutron (n') oscillations, a collaboration centered at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) investigated the remaining param…
A semi-coherent search for optical pulsations from Scorpius X-1
Riccardo La Placa, Alessandro Papitto, Giulia Illiano +14
The emission of continuous gravitational waves (CWs) possibly explains why pulsars spinning with a period shorter than a millisecond have not been observed so far. Neutron stars ac…
Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. XIV. Long-Duration High-Cadence Reverberation Mapping Results for 11 PG Quasars
Chen Hu, Zhu-Heng Yao, Yong-Jie Chen +20
We report the results of a long-duration high-cadence reverberation mapping campaign of a second batch of 11 PG quasars using the 2.2m telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory. This…
Periodic Gamma-ray Modulation of the blazar PG 1553+113 Confirmed by Fermi-LAT and Multi-wavelength Observations
S. Abdollahi, L. Baldini, G. Barbiellini +98
A 2.1-year periodic oscillation of the gamma-ray flux from the blazar PG 1553+113 has previously been tentatively identified in almost 7 year of data from the Fermi Large Area Tele…