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Indications of an unexpected signal associated with the GW170817 binary neutron star inspiral: We report experimental evidence at the 2.5$\sigma$ level for an unexpected signal associated with the GW170817 binary neutron star inspiral. This evidence derives from a laboratory experiment simultaneously measuring the $\...
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X-ray Characteristics of NGC 3516: A View through the Complex Absorber: We consider new Suzaku data for NGC 3516 taken during 2009, along with other recent X-ray observations of the source. The cumulative characteristics of NGC 3516 cannot be explained without invoking changes in the line-of-sight absorption. Contrary ...
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Analysis of Reaction-Diffusion Systems for Flame Capturing in Type Ia Supernova Simulations: We present a study of numerical behavior of a thickened flame used in Flame Capturing (FC, Khokhlov (1995)) for tracking thin unresolved physical flames in deflagration simulations. We develop a steady-state procedure for cal...
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Semi-implicit scheme for treating radiation under M1 closure in general relativistic conservative fluid dynamics codes: A numerical scheme is described for including radiation in multi-dimensional general-relativistic conservative fluid dynamics codes. In this method, a covariant form of the M1 closure scheme is used...
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A novel scenario for the possible X-ray line feature at ~3.5 keV: Charge exchange with bare sulfur ions: Motivated by recent claims of a compelling ~3.5 keV emission line from nearby galaxies and galaxy clusters, we investigate a novel plasma model incorporating a charge exchange component obtained from theoretical s...
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The Peculiar Bursting Nature of CP Pup: The classical nova CP Puppis has been observed to have particularly puzzling and peculiar properties. In particular, this classical nova displays occasional bursts in its long-term ASAS-SN light curve. Here we report on 5 sectors of TESS data displaying 2 of these rapid bursts, l...
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Redback: A Bayesian inference software package for electromagnetic transients: Fulfilling the rich promise of rapid advances in time-domain astronomy is only possible through confronting our observations with physical models and extracting the parameters that best describe what we see. Here, we introduce {\sc Redback...
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A theoretical color-velocity correlation for supernovae associated with gamma-ray bursts: We carry out the first multi-dimensional radiative transfer calculations to simultaneously compute synthetic spectra and light curves for models of supernovae driven by fast bipolar outflows. These allow us to make self-consiste...
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Evidence of jet induced optical microvariability in radio-loud Narrow Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies: To quantify the role of radio jets for Intra-Night Optical Variability (INOV) in Radio-Loud Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 (RLNLSy1) galaxies, we report the first systematic comparative INOV study of 23 RLNLSy1 galaxies, with 15 RLN...
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On the paucity of Fast Radio Bursts at low Galactic latitudes: We examine the effect of Galactic diffractive interstellar scintillation as a means of explaining the reported deficit of Fast Radio Burst (FRB) detections at low Galactic latitude. We model the unknown underlying FRB flux density distribution as a power la...
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The smooth cyclotron line in Her X-1 as seen with NuSTAR: Her X-1, one of the brightest and best studied X-ray binaries, shows a cyclotron resonant scattering feature (CRSF) near 37 keV. This makes it an ideal target for detailed study with the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), taking advantage of its exc...
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Constraints on Axion-like Particles from a Hard $X$-ray Observation of Betelgeuse: We use the first observation of Betelgeuse in hard $X$-rays to perform a novel search for axion-like particles (ALPs). Betelgeuse is not expected to be a standard source of $X$-rays, but light ALPs produced in the stellar core could be...
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Using radial velocities to reveal black holes in binaries: a test case: Aims. Large radial velocity variations in the LAMOST spectra of giant stars have been used to infer the presence of unseen companions. Some of them have been proposed as possible black hole candidates. We test this selection by investigating the cl...
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X-ray counterpart candidates for six new $γ$-ray pulsars: Using archival X-ray data we have found point-like X-ray counterpart candidates positionally coincident with six $\gamma$-ray pulsars discovered recently in the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope data by the Einstein@Home project. The candidates for PSRs J0002$+$62...
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AMS02 results support the secondary origin of cosmic ray positrons: We show that the recent AMS02 positron fraction measurement is consistent with a secondary origin for positrons, and does not require additional primary sources such as pulsars or dark matter. The measured positron fraction at high energy saturates the...
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An in-depth investigation of 11 pulsars discovered by FAST: We present timing solutions and analyses of 11 pulsars discovered by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). These pulsars were discovered using an ultra-wide bandwidth receiver in drift-scan observations made during the commissioning...
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Disentangling Instrumental Features of the 130 GeV Fermi Line: We study the instrumental features of photons from the peak observed at $E_\gamma=130$ GeV in the spectrum of Fermi-LAT data. We use the {\sc sPlots} algorithm to reconstruct -- seperately for the photons in the peak and for background photons -- the distri...
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Self-consistent neutrino and UHE cosmic ray spectra from Mrk 421: We examine the neutrino and cosmic ray spectra resulting from two models of fitting the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the blazar Mrk~421 using a self-consistent leptohadronic code. The $\gamma$-ray emission is attributed to either synchrotron rad...
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Neutrino-driven massive stellar explosions in 3D fostered by magnetic fields via turbulent $α$-effect: We investigate the influence of magnetic field amplification on the core-collapse supernovae in highly magnetized progenitors through three-dimensional simulations. By considering rotating models, we observe a stron...
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A systematic study of magnetar-powered hydrogen-rich supernovae: Context: It has been suggested that some supernovae (SNe) may be powered by a magnetar formed at the moment of the explosion. While this scenario has mostly been applied to hydrogen-free events, it may be possible also for hydrogen-rich objects. Aims: We ...
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Self-similar structure of a hot magnetized flow with thermal conduction: We have explored the structure of hot magnetized accretion flow with thermal conduction. The importance of thermal conduction in hot accretion flows has been confirmed by observations of the hot gas surrounding Sgr $A^*$ and a few other nearby gal...
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A combined timing/spectral study of IRAS 13224-3809 using XMM-Newton data: We present the results from an X-ray variability study of IRAS 13224-3809. This is probably the best source for X-ray reverberation studies since it is X-ray bright, extremely variable, and it has been extensively observed with XMM-Newton. We ...
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Time-dependent Modeling of Pulsar Wind Nebulae: A spatially independent model that calculates the time evolution of the electron spectrum in a spherically expanding pulsar wind nebula (PWN) is presented, allowing one to make broadband predictions for the PWN's non-thermal radiation. The source spectrum of electrons inj...
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A search for ultra high energy neutrinos from TXS 0506+056 using the Pierre Auger Observatory: Results of a search for ultra-high-energy neutrinos with the Pierre Auger Observatory from the direction of the blazar TXS 0506+056 are presented. They were obtained as part of the follow-up that stemmed from the detection ...
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Observable signatures of stellar-mass black holes in active galactic nuclei: Stellar-mass black holes (BHs) are predicted to be embedded in the disks of active galactic nuclei (AGN) due to gravitational drag and in-situ star formation. However, clear evidence for AGN disk-embedded BHs is currently lacking. Here, as p...
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HAFFET: Hybrid Analytic Flux FittEr for Transients: The progenitors for many types of supernovae (SNe) are still unknown, and an approach to diagnose their physical origins is to investigate the light curve brightness and shape of a large set of SNe. However, it is often difficult to compare and contrast the existing s...
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A millisecond pulsar discovery in a survey of unidentified Fermi $γ$-ray sources with LOFAR: Using LOFAR, we have performed a very-low-frequency (115-155 MHz) radio survey for millisecond pulsars (MSPs). The survey targeted 52 unidentified Fermi $\gamma$-ray sources. Employing a combination of coherent and incoherent...
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An XMM-Newton Study of the Mixed-Morphology Supernova Remnant G346.6-0.2: We present an X-ray imaging and spectroscopic study of the molecular cloud interacting mixed-morphology (MM) supernova remnant (SNR) G346.6-0.2 using XMM-Newton. The X-ray spectrum of the remnant is well described by a recombining plasma that mos...
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A search for VHE counterparts of Galactic Fermi bright sources and MeV to TeV spectral characterization: Very high-energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma-rays have been detected from a wide range of astronomical objects, such as pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe), supernova remnants (SNRs), giant molecular clouds, gamma-ray binaries,...
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Hard X-ray selected giant radio galaxies -- III. The LOFAR view: Giant radio galaxies (GRGs), with extended structures reaching hundreds of kpc, are among the most spectacular examples of ejection of relativistic plasma from super-massive black holes. In this work, third of a series, we present LOw Frequency ARray (LOF...
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Structures in the cosmic ray energy spectra: All the components of cosmic rays have 'structure' in their energy spectra at some level, ie deviations from a simple power law, and their examination is relevant to the origin of the particles. Emphasis, here, is placed on the large-scale structures in the spectra of nuclei...
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Pair-Instability Supernovae in the Local Universe: The discovery of 150 - 300 M$_{\odot}$ stars in the Local Group and pair-instability supernova candidates at low redshifts has excited interest in this exotic explosion mechanism. Realistic light curves for pair-instability supernovae at near-solar metallicities are ke...
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Ultraviolet Diversity of Type Ia Supernovae: Ultraviolet (UV) observations of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) probe the outermost layers of the explosion, and UV spectra of SNe Ia are expected to be extremely sensitive to differences in progenitor composition and the details of the explosion. Here we present the first stud...
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Combined Rastall and Rainbow theories of gravity with applications to neutron stars: The possibility of modifications on general relativity is investigated. We propose an alternative theory of gravity constructed with the combination of Rastall and Rainbow theories. The hydrostatic equilibrium equations are obtained ...
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The broad band spectral variability of MCG-6-30-15 observed by NuSTAR and XMM-Newton: MCG-6-30-15, at a distance of 37 Mpc (z=0.008), is the archetypical Seyfert 1 galaxy showing very broad Fe K$\alpha$ emission. We present results from a joint NuSTAR and XMM-Newton observational campaign that, for the first time, al...
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Gamma-ray emission from PSR J0007+7303 using 7 years of Fermi Large Area Telescope observations: Based on more than seven years of Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) Pass 8 data, we report on a detailed analysis of the bright gamma-ray pulsar (PSR) J0007+7303. We confirm that PSR J0007+7303 is significantly detected as...
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Formation of the First Two Black Hole-Neutron Star Mergers (GW200115 and GW200105) from Isolated Binary Evolution: In this work we study the formation of the first two black hole-neutron star (BHNS) mergers detected in gravitational waves (GW200115 and GW200105) from massive stars in wide isolated binary systems - th...
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Evidence for Declination Dependence of the Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Ray Spectrum in the Northern Hemisphere: Telescope Array (TA) is the largest experiment in the Northern Hemisphere studying ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. TA measurements of the cosmic ray spectrum using the surface detector have the best statistical p...
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High Metallicity LGRB Hosts: We present our imaging and spectroscopic observations of the host galaxies of two dark long bursts with anomalously high metallicities, LGRB 051022 and LGRB 020819B, which in conjunction with another LGRB event with an optical afterglow comprise the three LGRBs with high metallicity host ga...
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Unexpected emission pattern adds to the enigma of fast radio bursts: Observations of millisecond-long radio bursts from beyond the Milky Way have revealed a repeat pattern with a roughly 16-day period -- a finding that adds to the enigma of the origin of these bursts.
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A variable ionized disk wind in MAXI J1803-298 revealed by NICER: We present the results from the NICER observation data of MAXI J1803-298 across the entire 2021 outburst. In the intermediate and soft state, we detect significant absorption lines at $\sim 7.0$ keV and $\sim 6.7$ keV, arising from the X-ray disk wind ou...
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Afterglow Observations of Fermi-LAT Gamma-Ray Bursts and the Emerging Class of Hyper-Energetic Events: We present broadband (radio, optical, and X-ray) light curves and spectra of the afterglows of four long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs 090323, 090328, 090902B, and 090926A) detected by the Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor ...
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Discovery of the source HESS J1356-645 associated with the young and energetic PSR J1357-6429: Several newly discovered very-high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray sources in the Galaxy are thought to be associated with energetic pulsars. Among them, middle-aged (> 1E+4 yr) systems exhibit large centre-filled VHE n...
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General relativistic treatment of $f$-mode oscillations of hyperonic stars: We present a systematic study of $f$-mode oscillations in neutron stars containing hyperons, extending recent results obtained within the Cowling approximation to linearized General Relativity. Employing a relativistic mean field model, we fi...
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Timing and spectral variability of high mass X-ray pulsar GX 301--2 over orbital phases observed by Insight-HXMT: We report the orbital X-ray variability of high mass X-ray binary (HMXB) GX301--2. GX301--2 undergone a spin up process in 2018--2020 with the period evolving from $\sim$ 685 s to 670 s. The energy resolv...
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Exploring the role of X-ray reprocessing and irradiation in the anomalous bright optical outbursts of A0538-66: In 1981, the Be/X-ray binary (Be/XRB) A0538-66 showed outbursts characterized by high peak luminosities in the X-ray and optical bands. The optical outbursts were qualitatively explained as X-ray reprocessi...
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Type Ia supernovae from violent mergers of carbon-oxygen white dwarfs: polarisation signatures: The violent merger of two carbon-oxygen white dwarfs has been proposed as a viable progenitor for some Type Ia supernovae. However, it has been argued that the strong ejecta asymmetries produced by this model might be inco...
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Optical polarization variations in the blazar PKS 1749+096: We report on the variation in the optical polarization of the blazar PKS 1749+096 observed in 2008--2015. The degree of polarization (PD) tends to increase in short flares having a time-scale of a few days. The object favors a polarization angle (PA) of $40^\c...
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A new universal cosmic-ray knee near the magnetic rigidity 10 TV with the NUCLEON space observatory: Data from the NUCLEON space observatory give a strong indication of the existence of a new universal cosmic ray "knee", which is observed in all groups of nuclei, including heavy nuclei, near a magnetic rigidity of ab...
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How, where and when do cosmic rays reach ultrahigh energies?: Understanding the origins of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) - which reach energies in excess of $10^{20}~{\rm eV}$ - stretches particle acceleration physics to its very limits. In this review, we discuss how such energies can be reached, using general...
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eROSITA Science Book: Mapping the Structure of the Energetic Universe: eROSITA is the primary instrument on the Russian SRG mission. In the first four years of scientific operation after its launch, foreseen for 2014, it will perform a deep survey of the entire X-ray sky. In the soft X-ray band (0.5-2 keV), this will b...
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Investigation of Dense Gas Towards Relativistic Outflow Sources: We probe the interstellar medium towards the objects Circinus X-1, a low-mass X-ray binary with relativistic jets; and the highly energetic Westerlund 2 stellar cluster, which is located towards TeV gamma-ray emission and interesting arc- and jet-like fea...
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Dark matter in the solar system I: The distribution function of WIMPs at the Earth from solar capture: The next generation of dark matter (DM) direct detection experiments and neutrino telescopes will probe large swaths of dark matter parameter space. In order to interpret the signals in these experiments, it is nece...
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Predictions for the Rates of Compact Binary Coalescences Observable by Ground-based Gravitational-wave Detectors: We present an up-to-date, comprehensive summary of the rates for all types of compact binary coalescence sources detectable by the Initial and Advanced versions of the ground-based gravitational-wave dete...
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Tilted black hole accretion disc models of Sagittarius A*: time-variable millimetre to near-infrared emission: High-resolution, multi-wavelength, and time-domain observations of the Galactic centre black hole candidate, Sgr A*, allow for a direct test of contemporary accretion theory. To date, all models have assumed...
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Relations Between Neutron-Star Parameters in the Hartle-Thorne Approximation: Using stellar structure calculations in the Hartle-Thorne approximation, we derive analytic expressions connecting the ellipticity of the stellar surface to the compactness, the spin angular momentum, and the quadrupole moment of the spacet...
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Free motion around black holes with discs or rings: between integrability and chaos -- V: Complete integrability of geodesic motion, the well known feature of the fields of isolated stationary black holes, can easily be "spoilt" by the presence of some additional source (even if highly symmetric). In previous papers,...
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Kinematics of the jet in M87 on scales of 100 -- 1000 Schwarzschild radii: Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) imaging of radio emission from extragalactic jets provides a unique probe of physical mechanisms governing the launching, acceleration, and collimation of relativistic outflows. The two-dimensional stru...
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Radial diffusion in corotating magnetosphere of Pulsar PSR J0737-3039B: Rich observational phenomenology associated with Pulsar B in PSR J0737$-$3039A/B system resembles in many respects phenomena observed in the Earth and Jupiter magnetospheres, originating due to the wind-magnetosphere interaction. We consider partic...
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News from the very-high-energy sky seen with H.E.S.S: The H.E.S.S. experiment, the largest Cherenkov telescope array to date, has been observing the sky at TeV energies for the past 16 years. Its location in the Southern hemisphere provides H.E.S.S. with equally good access to Galactic and extra-galactic sources. The f...
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Detecting Gravitational-waves from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals using Convolutional Neural Networks: Extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs) are among the most interesting gravitational wave (GW) sources for space-borne GW detectors. However, successful GW data analysis remains challenging due to many issues, ranging fr...
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A numerical approach to the non-uniqueness problem of cosmic ray two-fluid equations at shocks: Cosmic rays (CRs) are frequently modeled as an additional fluid in hydrodynamic (HD) and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of astrophysical flows. The standard CR two-fluid model is described in terms of three conserva...
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A Luminous Be+White Dwarf Supersoft Source in the Wing of the SMC: MAXI J0158-744: We present a multi-wavelength analysis of the very fast X-ray transient MAXI J0158-744, which was detected by MAXI/GSC on 2011 November 11. The subsequent exponential decline of the X-ray flux was followed with Swift observations, all ...
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Collective baryon decay and gravitational collapse: While it is widely believed that the gravitational collapse of a sufficiently large mass will lead to a density singularity and an event horizon, we propose that this never happens when quantum effects are taken into account. In particular, we propose that when the co...
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Updating the orbital ephemeris of the dipping source XB 1254-690 and the distance to the source: XB 1254-690 is a dipping low mass X-ray binary system hosting a neutron star and showing type I X-ray bursts. We aim at obtaining more accurate orbital ephemeris and at constraining the orbital period derivative of the sy...
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Hidden Hearts of Neutrino Active Galaxies: Recent multimessenger studies have provided evidence for high-energy neutrino sources that are opaque to GeV-TeV gamma rays. We present model-independent studies on the connection between neutrinos and gamma rays in the active galaxy NGC 1068, and find that the neutrinos most ...
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Accreting Millisecond X-Ray Pulsars: Accreting Millisecond X-Ray Pulsars (AMXPs) are astrophysical laboratories without parallel in the study of extreme physics. In this chapter we review the past fifteen years of discoveries in the field. We summarize the observations of the fifteen known AMXPs, with a particular emph...
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The progenitor of binary millisecond radio pulsar PSR J1713+0747 (Research Note): PSR J1713+0747 is a binary system comprising millisecond radio pulsar with a spin period of 4.57 ms, and a low-mass white dwarf (WD) companion orbiting the pulsar with a period of 67.8 days. Using the general relativistic Shapiro delay,...
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Deriving fundamental parameters of millisecond pulsars via AIC in white dwarfs: We present a study of the observational properties of Millisecond Pulsars (MSPs) by way of their magnetic fields, spin periods and masses. These measurements are derived through the scenario of Accretion Induced Collapse (AIC) of white dw...
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PS1-14bj: A Hydrogen-Poor Superluminous Supernova With a Long Rise and Slow Decay: We present photometry and spectroscopy of PS1-14bj, a hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN) at redshift $z=0.5215$ discovered in the last months of the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey. PS1-14bj stands out by its extremely slow ev...
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Particle acceleration in relativistic turbulence: A theoretical appraisal: We discuss the physics of stochastic particle acceleration in relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, combining numerical simulations of test-particle acceleration in synthetic wave turbulence spectra with detailed analytical estima...
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About the physical nature of some peculiarities of the primary cosmic radiation nuclei and gamma quanta spectra: About 20 years ago we published the data concerning some peculiarities of the behavior of cosmic radiation EAS hadron component spectra. The results pointed to the possible existence in the interstellar sp...
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Intra-Night Optical Variability Monitoring of Fermi Blazars: First Results from 1.3 m J C Bhattacharya Telescope: We report the first results obtained from our campaign to characterize the intranight-optical variability (INOV) properties of {\it Fermi}~detected blazars, using the observations from the recently commis...
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First Multi-wavelength Campaign on the Gamma-ray-loud Active Galaxy IC 310: The extragalactic VHE gamma-ray sky is rich in blazars. These are jetted active galactic nuclei viewed at a small angle to the line-of-sight. Only a handful of objects viewed at a larger angle are known so far to emit above 100 GeV. Multi-wav...
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Pevatron at the Galactic Center: Multi-Wavelength Signatures from Millisecond Pulsars: Diffuse TeV emission has been observed by H.E.S.S. in the Galactic Center region, in addition to the GeV gamma rays observed by Fermi. We propose that a population of unresolved millisecond pulsars located around the Galactic Cente...
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Ne X X-ray Emission due to Charge Exchange in M82: Recent X-ray observations of star-forming galaxies such as M82 have shown the Ly beta/Ly alpha line ratio of Ne X to be in excess of predictions for thermal electron impact excitation. Here we demonstrate that the observed line ratio may be due to charge exchange and c...
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Neutrinos from Choked Jets Accompanied by Type-II Supernovae: The origin of the IceCube neutrinos is still an open question. Upper limits from diffuse gamma-ray observations suggest that the neutrino sources are either distant or hidden from gamma-ray observations. It is possible that the neutrinos are produced in jets...
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Recent multi-wavelength campaigns in the Fermi-GST era: Since 2008 the Fermi/LAT instrument has delivered highly time-resolved gamma-ray spectra and detailed variability curves for a steadily increasing number of AGN. For detailed AGN studies the Fermi/LAT data have to be combined with, and accompanied by, dedicated gr...
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Pair Production in Low Luminosity Galactic Nuclei: Electron-positron pairs may be produced near accreting black holes by a variety of physical processes, and the resulting pair plasma may be accelerated and collimated into a relativistic jet. Here we use a self-consistent dynamical and radiative model to investigate pa...
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The blazar sequence 2.0: I discuss the spectral energy distribution (SED) of all blazars with redshift detected by the {\it Fermi} satellite and listed in the 3LAC catalog. I will update the so called "blazar sequence" from the phenomenological point of view, with no theory or modelling. I will show that: i) pure data ...
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Measuring the Spins of Accreting Black Holes: A typical galaxy is thought to contain tens of millions of stellar-mass black holes, the collapsed remnants of once massive stars, and a single nuclear supermassive black hole. Both classes of black holes accrete gas from their environments. The accreting gas forms a flatte...
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Inferring the core-collapse supernova explosion mechanism with three-dimensional gravitational-wave simulations: A detection of a core-collapse supernova signal with an Advanced LIGO and Virgo gravitational-wave detector network will allow us to measure astrophysical parameters of the source. In real advanced gravita...
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A New Transient Ultraluminous X-ray Source in NGC 7090: We report on the discovery of a new, transient ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) in the galaxy NGC 7090. This new ULX, which we refer to as NGC 7090 ULX3, was discovered via monitoring with $Swift$ during 2019-20, and to date has exhibited a peak luminosity of $L_{...
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Jet Launching from Merging Magnetized Binary Neutron Stars with Realistic Equations of State: We perform general relativistic, magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations of binary neutron stars in quasi-circular orbit that merge and undergo delayed or prompt collapse to a black hole (BH). The stars are irrotational and ...
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Black hole spin of Cyg X-1 determined from the softest state ever observed: We show the softest ever spectrum from Cyg~X-1, detected in 2013 with Suzaku. This has the weakest high energy Compton tail ever seen from this object, so should give the cleanest view of the underlying disk spectrum, and hence the best deter...
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A general relativistic model of accretion disks with coronae surrounding Kerr black holes: We calculate the structure of a standard accretion disk with corona surrounding a massive Kerr black hole in general relativistic frame, in which the corona is assumed to be heated by the reconnection of the strongly buoyant ma...
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Multifrequency Variability and Correlations from Extensive Observing Campaigns of Mkn 421 and Mkn 501 in 2009: We are performing an unprecedentedly long and dense monitoring of the multi-frequency (radio to TeV) emission from the classical TeV blazars Mkn 421 and Mkn 501. These objects are among the brightest X-ray/T...
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Magnetically Advected Winds: Observations of X-ray absorption lines in magnetically driven disk winds around black hole binaries and active galactic nuclei yield a universal radial density profile rho proportional to r^{-1.2} in the wind. This is in disagreement with the standard Blandford & Payne profile rho_BP propor...
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5.5 years multi-wavelength variability of Mrk 421: evidences of leptonic emission from the radio to TeV: Mrk 421 is a high-synchrotron-peaked blazar featuring bright and persistent GeV and TeV emission. We use the longest and densest ongoing unbiased observing campaign obtained at TeV and GeV energies during 5.5 year...
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Investigating High Mass X-ray Binaries at hard X-rays with INTEGRAL: The INTEGRAL archive developed at INAF-IASF Milano with the available public observations from late 2002 to 2016 is investigated to extract the X-ray properties of 58 High Mass X-ray Binaries (HMXBs). This sample consists of sources hosting either a B...
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PHEMTO : Polarimetric High Energy Modular Telescope Observatory: With the opening of the X and gamma--ray windows in the sixties, thanks to to sounding rockets and satellite-borne instruments, extremely energetic and violent phenomena were discovered and subsequently found to be ubiquitous in the Universe. Observations...
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Variable jet properties in GRB110721A: Time resolved observations of the jet photosphere: {\it Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope} observations of GRB110721A have revealed two emission components from the relativistic jet: emission from the photosphere, peaking at $\sim 100$ keV and a non-thermal component, which peaks ...
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LOFAR Detection of 110-188 MHz Emission and Frequency-Dependent Activity from FRB 20180916B: FRB 20180916B is a well-studied repeating fast radio burst source. Its proximity (~150 Mpc), along with detailed studies of the bursts, have revealed many clues about its nature -- including a 16.3-day periodicity in its acti...
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Dense matter equation of state for neutron star mergers: In simulations of binary neutron star mergers, the dense matter equation of state (EOS) is required over wide ranges of density and temperature as well as under conditions in which neutrinos are trapped, and the effects of magnetic fields and rotation prevail. He...
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Hall cascades versus instabilities in neutron star magnetic fields: The Hall effect is an important nonlinear mechanism affecting the evolution of magnetic fields in neutron stars. Studies of the governing equation, both theoretical and numerical, have shown that the Hall effect proceeds in a turbulent cascade of energ...
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Suzaku Observation of X-ray Variability in Soft State LMC X-1: This paper reports the results of Suzaku observation of the spectral variation of the black hole binary LMCX-1 in the soft state. The observationwas carried out in 2009 from July 21 to 24. the obtained net count rate was $\sim$30 counts s$^{-1}$ in the 0.5-...
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Observation of TeV Gamma Rays from the Fermi Bright Galactic Sources with the Tibet Air Shower Array: Using the Tibet-III air shower array, we search for TeV gamma-rays from 27 potential Galactic sources in the early list of bright sources obtained by the Fermi Large Area Telescope at energies above 100 MeV. Among th...
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Is the 130 GeV Line Real? A Search for Systematics in the Fermi-LAT Data: Our recent claims of a Galactic center feature in Fermi-LAT data at approximately 130 GeV have prompted an avalanche of papers proposing explanations ranging from dark matter annihilation to exotic pulsar winds. Because of the importance of such ...
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Cooling and Instabilities in Colliding Flows: Collisional self-interactions occurring in protostellar jets give rise to strong shocks, the structure of which can be affected by radiative cooling within the flow. To study such colliding flows, we use the AstroBEAR AMR code to conduct hydrodynamic simulations in both one...
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Multiwavelength Study of an X-ray Tidal Disruption Event Candidate in NGC 5092: We present multiwavelength studies of a transient X-ray source, XMMSL1 J131952.3+225958, associated with the galaxy NGC 5092 at $z=0.023$ detected in the XMM-Newton SLew survey (XMMSL). The source brightened in the 0.2--2 keV band by a fa...
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