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

Author: MAGIC Collaboration, Acciari, V. A., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Engels, A. Arbet, Asano, K., Baack, D., Babi��, A., Baquero, A., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., Gonz��lez, J. Becerra, Bednarek, W., Bellizzi, L., Bernardini, E., Bernardos, M., Berti, A., Besenrieder, J., Bhattacharyya, W., Bigongiari, C., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnoli, G., Bo��njak, ��., Busetto, G., Carosi, R., Ceribella, G., Cerruti, M., Chai, Y., Chilingarian, A., Cikota, S., Colak, S. M., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., D'Amico, G., D'Elia, V., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Mendez, C. Delgado, Depaoli, D., Di Girolamo, T., Di Pierro, F., Di Venere, L., neira, E. Do Souto Espi, Prester, D. Dominis, Donini, A., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Elsaesser, D., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Fattorini, A., Ferrara, G., Foffano, L., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Fukami, S., L��pez, R. J. Garc��a, Garczarczyk, M., Gasparyan, S., Gaug, M., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Gliwny, P., Godinovi��, N., Green, J. G., Green, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Heckmann, L., Herrera, J., Hoang, J., Hrupec, D., H��tten, M., Inada, T., Inoue, S., Ishio, K., Iwamura, Y., Jormanainen, J., Jouvin, L., Kajiwara, Y., Karjalainen, M., Kerszberg, D., Kobayashi, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lamastra, A., Lelas, D., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., L��pez-Coto, R., L��pez-Moya, M., L��pez-Oramas, A., Loporchio, S., Fraga, B. Machado de Oliveira, Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallamaci, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Mart��nez, M., Mazin, D., Mender, S., Mi��anovi��, S., Miceli, D., Miener, T., Minev, M., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Molina, E., Moralejo, A., Morcuende, D., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Munar-Adrover, P., Neustroev, V., Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nozaki, S., Ohtani, Y., Oka, T., Otero-Santos, J., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pavleti��, L., nil, P. Pe, Perennes, C., Persic, M., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Priyadarshi, C., Puljak, I., Rhode, W., Rib��, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Saha, L., Sahakyan, N., Saito, T., Sakurai, S., Satalecka, K., Saturni, F. G., Schleicher, B., Schmidt, K., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., ��nidari��, I., Sobczynska, D., Spolon, A., Stamerra, A., Strom, D., Strzys, M., Suda, Y., Suri��, T., Takahashi, M., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzi��, T., Teshima, M., Torres-Alb��, N., Tosti, L., Truzzi, S., Tutone, A., van Scherpenberg, J., Vanzo, G., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Ventura, S., Verguilov, V., Vigorito, C. F., Vitale, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Zari��, D., Hirotani, K., Parkinson, P. M. Saz, Acciari, V. A., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arbet Engels, A., Asano, K., Baack, D., Babic, A., Baquero, A., Barres De Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Becerra Gonzalez, J., Bednarek, W., Bellizzi, L., Bernardini, E., Bernardos, M., Berti, A., Besenrieder, J., Bhattacharyya, W., Bigongiari, C., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnoli, G., Bosnjak, Z., Busetto, G., Carosi, R., Ceribella, G., Cerruti, M., Chai, Y., Chilingarian, A., Cikota, S., Colak, S. M., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., D'Amico, G., D'Elia, V., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Delgado Mendez, C., Depaoli, D., Di Girolamo, T., Di Pierro, F., Di Venere, L., Do Souto Espineira, E., Dominis Prester, D., Donini, A., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Elsaesser, D., Fallah Ramazani, V., Fattorini, A., Ferrara, G., Foffano, L., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Fukami, S., Garcia Lopez, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Gasparyan, S., Gaug, M., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Gliwny, P., Godinovic, N., Green, J. G., Green, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Heckmann, L., Herrera, J., Hoang, J., Hrupec, D., Hutten, M., Inada, T., Inoue, S., Ishio, K., Iwamura, Y., Jormanainen, J., Jouvin, L., Kajiwara, Y., Karjalainen, M., Kerszberg, D., Kobayashi, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lamastra, A., Lelas, D., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., Lopez-Coto, R., Lopez-Moya, M., Lopez-Oramas, A., Loporchio, S., MacHado De Oliveira Fraga, B., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallamaci, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martinez, M., Mazin, D., Mender, S., Micanovic, S., Miceli, D., Miener, T., Minev, M., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Molina, E., Moralejo, A., Morcuende, D., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Munar-Adrover, P., Neustroev, V., Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nozaki, S., Ohtani, Y., Oka, T., Otero-Santos, J., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pavletic, L., Penil, P., Perennes, C., Persic, M., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Priyadarshi, C., Puljak, I., Rhode, W., Ribo, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Saha, L., Sahakyan, N., Saito, T., Sakurai, S., Satalecka, K., Saturni, F. G., Schleicher, B., Schmidt, K., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Spolon, A., Stamerra, A., Strom, D., Strzys, M., Suda, Y., Suric, T., Takahashi, M., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzic, T., Teshima, M., Torres-Alba, N., Tosti, L., Truzzi, S., Tutone, A., Van Scherpenberg, J., Vanzo, G., Vazquez Acosta, M., Ventura, S., Verguilov, V., Vigorito, C. F., Vitale, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Zaric, D., Hirotani, K., Saz Parkinson, P. M., German Research Foundation, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), Academy of Finland, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Croatian Science Foundation, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, University of Tokyo, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, European Commission, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil), and The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Subjects: Gamma rays: stars, Pulsars: general, Pulsars: individual: Geminga, Pulsars: individual: PSR J0633+1746, Inverse, Astrophysics, gamma ray: pulsed, GeV, power spectrum, 01 natural sciences, Power law, rotation, MAGIC (telescope), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, pulsar, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Spectral index, Range (particle radiation), pulsed [gamma ray], gamma rays: stars, pulsars: general, pulsars: individual: PSR J0633+1746, pulsars: individual: Geminga, stars [gamma rays], gamma ray: emission, inverse [Compton scattering], quality, curvature, Física nuclear, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, general [Pulsars], gap, FOS: Physical sciences, Radiation, GLAST, star [Gamma rays], Pulsar, emission [gamma ray], 0103 physical sciences, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Computer Science::Information Retrieval, Compton scattering, individual: Geminga [Pulsars], Astronomy and Astrophysics, individual: PSR J0633+1746 [Pulsars], sensitivity, MAGIC, Compton scattering: inverse, Space and Planetary Science, ddc:520
Abstract: Astronomy and astrophysics 643, L14 (1-6) (2020). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039131, We report the detection of pulsed gamma-ray emission from the Geminga pulsar (PSR J0633+1746) between 15 GeV and 75 GeV. This is the first time a middle-aged pulsar has been detected up to these energies. Observations were carried out with the MAGIC telescopes between 2017 and 2019 using the low-energy threshold Sum-Trigger-II system. After quality selection cuts, ∼80 h of observational data were used for this analysis. To compare with the emission at lower energies below the sensitivity range of MAGIC, 11 years of Fermi-LAT data above 100 MeV were also analysed. From the two pulses per rotation seen by Fermi-LAT, only the second one, P2, is detected in the MAGIC energy range, with a significance of 6.3$σ$. The spectrum measured by MAGIC is well-represented by a simple power law of spectral index $Γ$ = 5.62 ± 0.54, which smoothly extends the Fermi-LAT spectrum. A joint fit to MAGIC and Fermi-LAT data rules out the existence of a sub-exponential cut-off in the combined energy range at the 3.6$σ$ significance level. The power-law tail emission detected by MAGIC is interpreted as the transition from curvature radiation to Inverse Compton Scattering of particles accelerated in the northern outer gap., Published by EDP Sciences, Les Ulis
Published: 2020
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2. Statistics of VHE gamma-Rays in Temporal Association with Radio Giant Pulses from the Crab Pulsar

Author: J. Palacio, J. M. Paredes, Antonio Stamerra, L. Maraschi, Elina Lindfors, Daniel Mazin, Chiara Righi, Wlodek Bednarek, Alessandro Carosi, P. Temnikov, Pratik Majumdar, N. Torres-Albà, M. V. Fonseca, S. N. Shore, Martin Will, Jose Miguel Miranda, E. Colombo, E. Prandini, Aaron Dominguez, Kari Nilsson, L. O. Takalo, Francesco Longo, Juan Abel Barrio, Masahiro Teshima, Nikola Godinovic, U. Menzel, L. A. Antonelli, Mosè Mariotti, D. Hadasch, J. E. Ward, Alba Fernández-Barral, M. Engelkemeier, Stefano Covino, Martin Makariev, Alexander Hahn, P. Colin, Saverio Lombardi, Andrea Rugliancich, Sidika Merve Colak, Oscar Blanch, Arka Chatterjee, Adrian Biland, Christian Fruck, Tomoki Saito, M. Doert, T. Surić, Shimpei Tsujimoto, M. Garczarczyk, Ana Babić, D. Fidalgo, M. Peresano, Camilla Maggio, J. Rico, S. Schroeder, Ivica Puljak, Ievgen Vovk, M. Vazquez Acosta, D. Dominis Prester, Tarek M. Hassan, B. Biasuzzi, Victoria Moreno, Fabrizio Tavecchio, L. Nogués, E. Moretti, D. Kuveždić, Jose Luis Contreras, Abelardo Moralejo, F. Di Pierro, Yusuke Konno, Juan Cortina, T. Schweizer, J. R. Garcia, Giacomo Bonnoli, A. De Angelis, A. Treves, Vitaly Neustroev, V. Fallah Ramazani, Max Ludwig Ahnen, Wrijupan Bhattacharyya, T. Nagayoshi, Daniela Dorner, Dariusz Gora, Gaia Vanzo, G. Maneva, Junko Kushida, P. Da Vela, Kyoshi Nishijima, U. Barres de Almeida, M. Minev, I. Reichardt, P. Giammaria, A. Niedzwiecki, R. Smits, M. Gaug, Damir Lelas, D. Elsaesser, I. Snidaric, Dorota Sobczyńska, J. Herrera, B. De Lotto, Julian Sitarek, Koji Noda, J. Hose, Elisa Bernardini, Stefano Ansoldi, David Paneque, M. I. Martínez, Riccardo Paoletti, D. Guberman, Marina Manganaro, Sabrina Einecke, D. Galindo, P. Cumani, Konstancja Satalecka, Michele Doro, Dario Hrupec, M. A. Lopez, S. Paiano, Karl Mannheim, P. G. Prada Moroni, Tomislav Terzić, Francesco Dazzi, J. Becerra González, Alessio Berti, Natalia Lewandowska, L. Perri, D. Eisenacher Glawion, Cosimo Nigro, M. Nievas Rosillo, B. Banerjee, C. Arcaro, Lluis Font, Marcel Strzys, R. J. García López, G. Pedaletti, Massimo Persic, Wolfgang Rhode, D. Ninci, M. Hayashida, D. Zarić, Marc Ribó, P. Bangale, Hidetoshi Kubo, R. Mirzoyan, Kazuma Ishio, Rodolfo Carosi, German Research Foundation, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Swiss National Science Foundation, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), Universidad de Barcelona, Croatian Science Foundation, University of Rijeka, Foundation for Polish Science, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil), Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arcaro, C., Babic, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., Barres De Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Becerra Gonzalez, J., Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Berti, A., Bhattacharyya, W., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnoli, G., Carosi, R., Carosi, A., Chatterjee, A., Colak, S. M., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Cumani, P., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., Di Pierro, F., Doert, M., Dominguez, A., Dominis Prester, D., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Eisenacher Glawion, D., Elsaesser, D., Engelkemeier, M., Fallah Ramazani, V., Fernandez-Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., Garcia Lopez, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinovic, N., Gora, D., Guberman, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Hassan, T., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Ishio, K., Konno, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Kuvez Dic, D., Lelas, D., Lewandowska, N., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., Lopez, M., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martinez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Minev, M., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Nagayoshi, T., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Nievas Rosillo, M., Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogues, L., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pedaletti, G., Peresano, M., Perri, L., Persic, M., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Garcia, J. R., Reichardt, I., Rhode, W., Ribo, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schroeder, S., Schweizer, T., Shore, S. N., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Strzys, M., Suric, T., Takalo, L., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzic, T., Teshima, M., Torres-Alba, N., Treves, A., Tsujimoto, S., Vanzo, G., Vazquez Acosta, M., Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., Zaric, D., and Smits, R.
Subjects: Photon, Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Radio continuum: stars, VHE [gamma ray], Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Cherenkov, individual, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Pulsars: individual: Crab pulsar, pulsar, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), photon, Gamma ray, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, imaging, pulsed, Gamma rays: stars, pulsars: individual: Crab pulsar - gamma-rays: stars - radio continuum: stars - radiation mechanics: non-thermal, detector [radio wave], statistics, Crab pulsar, Global Positioning System, stars [Radio continuum], Física nuclear, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, stars, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, pulsars, gamma rays, radio continuum, radiation mechanisms, non-thermal, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Radio telescope, star [Gamma rays], Pulsar, emission [gamma ray], 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, enhancement, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Cherenkov radiation, non-thermal [Radiation mechanisms], business.industry, Crab Pulsar, stars [Gamma rays], Astronomy and Astrophysics, individual: Crab pulsar [Pulsars], MAGIC, flux, Stars, Space and Planetary Science, correlation, ddc:520, business, statistical
Abstract: [Aims] The aim of this study is to search for evidence of a common emission engine between radio giant pulses (GPs) and very-high-energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) γ-rays from the Crab pulsar., [Methods] We performed 16 h of simultaneous observations of the Crab pulsar at 1.4 GHz with the Effelsberg radio telescope and the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT), and at energies above 60 GeV we used the Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) telescopes. We searched for a statistical correlation between the radio and VHE γ-ray emission with search windows of different lengths and different time lags to the arrival times of a radio GP. A dedicated search for an enhancement in the number of VHE γ-rays correlated with the occurrence of radio GPs was carried out separately for the P1 and P2 phase ranges, respectively., [Results] In the radio data sample, 99444 radio GPs were detected. We find no significant correlation between the GPs and VHE photons in any of the search windows. Depending on phase cuts and the chosen search windows, we find upper limits at a 95% confidence level on an increase in VHE γ-ray events correlated with radio GPs between 7% and 61% of the average Crab pulsar VHE flux for the P1 and P2 phase ranges, respectively. This puts upper limits on the flux increase during a radio GP between 12% and 2900% of the pulsed VHE flux, depending on the search window duration and phase cuts. This is the most stringent upper limit on a correlation between γ-ray emission and radio GPs reported so far., The financial support of the German BMBF and MPG, the Italian INFN and INAF, the Swiss National Fund SNF, the ERDF under the Spanish MINECO (FPA2015-69818-P, FPA2012-36668, FPA2015-68378-P, FPA2015-69210-C6-2-R, FPA2015-69210-C6-4-R, FPA2015-69210-C6-6-R, AYA2015-71042-P, AYA2016-76012-C3-1-P, ESP2015-71662-C2-2-P, CSD2009-00064), and the Japanese JSPS and MEXT is gratefully acknowledged. This work was also supported by the Spanish Centro de Excelencia “Severo Ochoa” SEV-2012-0234 and SEV-2015-0548, and Unidad de Excelencia “María de Maeztu” MDM-2014-0369, by the Croatian Science Foundation (HrZZ) Project 09/176 and the University of Rijeka Project 13.12.1.3.02, by the DFG Collaborative Research Centers SFB823/C4 and SFB876/C3, the Polish National Research Centre grant UMO-2016/22/M/ST9/00382 and by the Brazilian MCTIC, CNPq and FAPERJ.
Published: 2019
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3. Very high-energy gamma-ray observations of novae and dwarf novae with the MAGIC telescopes

Author: J. Kushida, Jose Luis Contreras, Juan Cortina, Tomislav Terzić, A. De Angelis, A. Treves, Vitaly Neustroev, M. Hayashida, Marc Ribó, Marina Manganaro, P. Bangale, D. Galindo, Hidetoshi Kubo, B. Biasuzzi, Abelardo Moralejo, H. Takami, Vassil Verguilov, G. Maneva, D. Nakajima, Konstancja Satalecka, Michele Doro, Giacomo Bonnoli, Julia Thaele, M. I. Martínez, R. Zanin, Adrian Biland, Arka Chatterjee, P. G. Prada Moroni, T. Steinbring, D. Fidalgo, K. Mallot, R. J. García López, J. Rico, M. Palatiello, Kyoshi Nishijima, Yusuke Konno, Sabrina Einecke, Pratik Majumdar, R. Reinthal, Francesco Dazzi, Gareth Hughes, M. V. Fonseca, K. Kodani, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, J. Rodriguez Garcia, Dominik Elsaesser, U. Barres de Almeida, R. Desiante, Stefano Covino, R. López-Coto, B. Banerjee, Max Ludwig Ahnen, Stefano Ansoldi, A. Niedzwiecki, Riccardo Paoletti, G. De Caneva, Damir Lelas, Massimo Persic, D. Tescaro, David Paneque, K. Saito, J. Palacio, Ievgen Vovk, D. Guberman, Dorota Sobczyńska, Julian Sitarek, J. M. Paredes, Antonio Stamerra, P. Giammaria, L. Maraschi, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, E. Hays, Elina Lindfors, J. Hose, Daniel Mazin, T. Toyama, Hanna Kellermann, B. De Lotto, T. Schweizer, D. Dominis Prester, Ivica Puljak, S. Bonnefoy, R. Clavero, P. Temnikov, Pierre Colin, L. A. Antonelli, Kari Nilsson, M. Will, K. Frantzen, Thomas Bretz, F. Di Pierro, R. Mirzoyan, Juri Poutanen, D. Garrido Terrats, P. Da Vela, Wlodek Bednarek, Alessandro Carosi, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, Y. Hanabata, J. A. Barrio, P. Antoranz, E. Carmona, Masahiro Teshima, S. Paiano, Wolfgang Rhode, Karl Mannheim, Jose Miguel Miranda, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Alicia López-Oramas, Ana Babić, F. Borracci, I. Snidaric, Natalia Lewandowska, A. La Barbera, D. Eisenacher Glawion, X. Paredes-Fortuny, M. Nievas Rosillo, E. Lorenz, J. Becerra González, Takashi Saito, Reiko Orito, E. Prandini, U. Menzel, Daniela Dorner, Diego F. Torres, M. Garczarczyk, A. Sillanpää, E. Colombo, M. Gaug, J. Herrera, L. O. Takalo, Francesco Longo, Koji Noda, Elisa Bernardini, Lluis Font, Marcel Strzys, Martin Makariev, Oscar Blanch, Alba Fernández-Barral, W. Idec, Christian Fruck, Mosè Mariotti, A.-K. Overkemping, Dario Hrupec, M. A. Lopez, A. González Muñoz, Saverio Lombardi, C. Delgado Mendez, Ahnen, M. L, Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Antoranz, P., Babic, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., Barres De Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Becerra González, J., Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Borracci, F., Bretz, T., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Chatterjee, A., Clavero, R., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Caneva, G., De Lotto, B., De Oña Wilhelmi, E., Delgado Mendez, C., Di Pierro, F., Dominis Prester, D., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Eisenacher Glawion, D., Elsaesser, D., Fernández Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Frantzen, K., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., García López, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Garrido Terrats, D., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, N., González Muñoz, A., Guberman, D., Hanabata, Y., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Hughes, G., Idec, W., Kellermann, H., Kodani, K., Konno, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., La Barbera, A., Lelas, D., Lewandowska, N., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, Francesco, López, M., López Coto, R., López Oramas, A., Lorenz, E., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallot, K., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Marcote, B., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Nakajima, D., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Nievas Rosillo, M., Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Orito, R., Overkemping, A., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes Fortuny, X., Persic, M., Poutanen, J., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Reinthal, R., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Rodriguez Garcia, J., Saito, T., Saito, K., Satalecka, K., Scapin, V., Schultz, C., Schweizer, T., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Steinbring, T., Strzys, M., Takalo, L., Takami, H., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Thaele, J., Torres, D. F., Toyama, T., Treves, A., Verguilov, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Zanin, R., Desiante, R., Hays, E., and Universitat de Barcelona
Subjects: Proton, Hadron, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, Raigs gamma, law, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, novae, cataclysmic variables, gamma rays: stars, binaries: general, stars: activity, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Dwarf nova, Novae, Estels binaris de raigs X, astro-ph.HE, Physics, Novae, cataclysmic variable, cataclysmic variables, Binaries: general, Gamma rays: stars, Novae, cataclysmic variables, Stars: activity, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Gamma-rays, stars, Binaries, general, Stars, activity, Gamma ray, X-ray binaries, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, activity [Stars], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Noves (Estels), Telescope, star [Gamma rays], 0103 physical sciences, New stars, general [Binaries], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gamma rays, Astronomy and Astrophysic, 13. Climate action, ddc:520, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Lepton
Abstract: Context. In the last five years the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) instrument detected GeV {\gamma}-ray emission from five novae. The GeV emission can be interpreted in terms of an inverse Compton process of electrons accelerated in a shock. In this case it is expected that protons in the same conditions can be accelerated to much higher energies. Consequently they may produce a second component in the {\gamma}-ray spectrum at TeV energies. Aims. We aim to explore the very-high-energy domain to search for {\gamma}-ray emission above 50 GeV and to shed light on the acceleration process of leptons and hadrons in nova explosions. Methods. We have performed observations with the MAGIC telescopes of the classical nova V339 Del shortly after the 2013 outburst, triggered by optical and subsequent GeV {\gamma}-ray detec- tions. We also briefly report on VHE observations of the symbiotic nova YY Her and the dwarf nova ASASSN-13ax. We complement the TeV MAGIC observations with the analysis of con- temporaneous Fermi-LAT data of the sources. The TeV and GeV observations are compared in order to evaluate the acceleration parameters for leptons and hadrons. Results. No significant TeV emission was found from the studied sources. We computed upper limits on the spectrum and night-by-night flux. The combined GeV and TeV observations of V339 Del limit the ratio of proton to electron luminosities to Lp, Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Published: 2015
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4. PSR J1906+0722: An Elusive Gamma-ray Pulsar

Author: R. Desiante, A. De Angelis, Eric Charles, D. J. Suson, C. Cecchi, Carmelo Sgrò, Riccardo Rando, Pablo Torne, Giacomo Vianello, R. Bonino, M. Orienti, Johann Cohen-Tanugi, S. Cutini, A. S. Johnson, Denis Bastieri, P. Fusco, Xian Hou, Alice K. Harding, F. de Palma, Francesco Longo, R. Claus, Michael Kramer, C. Aulbert, Ronaldo Bellazzini, F. Krauss, F. Loparco, T. Glanzman, A. Morselli, A. Franckowiak, Dario Gasparrini, David Champion, T. Jogler, H. Fehrmann, S. Murgia, G. A. Caliandro, Hiromitsu Takahashi, J. Li, Frederic Piron, Sylvain Guiriec, Martino Marelli, B. Machenschalk, Eleonora Troja, M. Yassine, M. Caragiulo, P. M. Saz Parkinson, J. Chiang, A. B. Hill, Michael Mayer, M. Schaal, S. Rainò, Tsunefumi Mizuno, A. Reimer, P. Spinelli, M. Kuss, W. B. Focke, O. Bock, G. Chiaro, Jean Ballet, A. Cuéllar, J. E. Grove, F. Spada, Holger J. Pletsch, Stefano Ciprini, T. J. Brandt, H. Laffon, John W. Hewitt, Elizabeth C. Ferrara, L. Latronico, Nicola Giglietto, Francesco Giordano, Benjamin William Allen, M. E. Monzani, Diego F. Torres, G. Pivato, Matthew Wood, Elena Orlando, J. B. Thayer, C. Favuzzi, E. J. Siskind, Pascal Bruel, M. Razzano, Gloria Spandre, P. A. Caraveo, A. Schulz, Filippo D'Ammando, Eugenio Bottacini, Persis S. Drell, Elizabeth Hays, Alberto Manfreda, Peter F. Michelson, M. N. Mazziotta, Elisabetta Bissaldi, L. Tibaldo, P. Lubrano, D. Paneque, S. Buson, F. Gargano, Gudlaugur Johannesson, H.-B. Eggenstein, J. Wu, Lucas Guillemot, Liang Li, Guido Barbiellini, R. A. Cameron, Eric Nuss, I. A. Grenier, T. Ohsugi, M. Ackermann, G. Godfrey, Gino Tosti, K. S. Wood, Igor V. Moskalenko, D. Horan, Johan Bregeon, C. J. Clark, Stefan Larsson, M. N. Lovellette, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Luca Baldini, A. Chekhtman, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN), Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Clark, C. J., Pletsch, H. J., Wu, J., Guillemot, L., Ackermann, M., Allen, B., De Angelis, A., Aulbert, C., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Bellazzini, R., Bissaldi, E., Bock, O., Bonino, R., Bottacini, E., Brandt, T. J., Bregeon, J., Bruel, P., Buson, S., Caliandro, G. A., Cameron, R. A., Caragiulo, M., Caraveo, P. A., Cecchi, C., Champion, D. J., Charles, E., Chekhtman, A., Chiang, J., Chiaro, G., Ciprini, S., Claus, R., Cohen Tanugi, J., Cuéllar, A., Cutini, S., D'Ammando, F., Desiante, R., Drell, P. S., Eggenstein, H. B., Favuzzi, C., Fehrmann, H., Ferrara, E. C., Focke, W. B., Franckowiak, A., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Gasparrini, D., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Glanzman, T., Godfrey, G., Grenier, I. A., Grove, J. E., Guiriec, S., Harding, A. K., Hays, E., Hewitt, J. W., Hill, A. B., Horan, D., Hou, X., Jogler, T., Johnson, A. S., Jóhannesson, G., Kramer, M., Krauss, F., Kuss, M., Laffon, H., Larsson, S., Latronico, L., Li, J., Li, L., Longo, Francesco, Loparco, F., Lovellette, M. N., Lubrano, P., Machenschalk, B., Manfreda, A., Marelli, M., Mayer, M., Mazziotta, M. N., Michelson, P. F., Mizuno, T., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Murgia, S., Nuss, E., Ohsugi, T., Orienti, M., Orlando, E., Palma, F. De, Paneque, D., Pesce Rollins, M., Piron, F., Pivato, G., Rainò, S., Rando, R., Razzano, M., Reimer, A., Parkinson, P. M. Saz, Schaal, M., Schulz, A., Sgrò, C., Siskind, E. J., Spada, F., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Suson, D. J., Takahashi, H., Thayer, J. B., Tibaldo, L., Torne, P., Torres, D. F., Tosti, G., Troja, E., Vianello, G., Wood, K. S., Wood, M., Yassine, Manal, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Clark CJ, Pletsch HJ, Wu J, Guillemot L, Ackermann M, Allen B, de Angelis A, Aulbert C, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Bastieri D, Bellazzini R, Bissaldi E, Bock O, Bonino R, Bottacini E, Brandt TJ, Bregeon J, Bruel P, Buson S, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Caragiulo M, Caraveo PA, Cecchi C, Champion DJ, Charles E, Chekhtman A, Chiang J, Chiaro G, Ciprini S, Claus R, Cohen-Tanugi J, Cuellar A, Cutini S, DAmmando F, Desiante R, Drell PS, Eggenstein HB, Favuzzi C, Fehrmann H, Ferrara EC, Focke WB, Franckowiak A, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Giglietto N, Giordano F, Glanzman T, Godfrey G, Grenier IA, Grove JE, Guiriec S, Harding AK, Hays E, Hewitt JW, Hill AB, Horan D, Hou X, Jogler T, Johnson AS, Johannesson G, Kramer M, Krauss F, Kuss M, Laffon H, Larsson S, Latronico L, Li J, Li L, Longo F, Loparco F, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Machenschalk B, Manfreda A, Marelli M, Mayer M, Mazziotta MN, Michelson PF, Mizuno T, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Nuss E, Ohsugi T, Orienti M, Orlando E, de Palma F, Paneque D, Pesce-Rollins M, Piron F, Pivato G, Raino S, Rando R, Razzano M, Reimer A, Parkinson PMS, Schaal M, Schulz A, Sgro C, Siskind EJ, Spada F, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Suson DJ, Takahashi H, Thayer JB, Tibaldo L, Torne P, Torres DF, Tosti G, Troja E, Vianello G, Wood KS, Wood M, and Yassine M
Subjects: gamma rays: stars, pulsars: individual: PSR J1906+0722, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Astrophysics, star [gamma rays], law.invention, Gamma rays: stars, Telescope, Pulsar, law, individual (PSR J1906+0722) [pulsars], Supernova remnant, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Spin-½, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Molecular cloud, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, ddc:520, pulsars: individual (PSR J1906+0722), Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], gamma rays: stars, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: We report the discovery of PSR J1906+0722, a gamma-ray pulsar detected as part of a blind survey of unidentified Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) sources being carried out on the volunteer distributed computing system, Einstein@Home. This newly discovered pulsar previously appeared as the most significant remaining unidentified gamma-ray source without a known association in the second Fermi-LAT source catalog (2FGL) and was among the top ten most significant unassociated sources in the recent third catalog (3FGL). PSR J1906+0722 is a young, energetic, isolated pulsar, with a spin frequency of $8.9$ Hz, a characteristic age of $49$ kyr, and spin-down power $1.0 \times 10^{36}$ erg s$^{-1}$. In 2009 August it suffered one of the largest glitches detected from a gamma-ray pulsar ($\Delta f / f \approx 4.5\times10^{-6}$). Remaining undetected in dedicated radio follow-up observations, the pulsar is likely radio-quiet. An off-pulse analysis of the gamma-ray flux from the location of PSR J1906+0722 revealed the presence of an additional nearby source, which may be emission from the interaction between a neighboring supernova remnant and a molecular cloud. We discuss possible effects which may have hindered the detection of PSR J1906+0722 in previous searches and describe the methods by which these effects were mitigated in this survey. We also demonstrate the use of advanced timing methods for estimating the positional, spin and glitch parameters of difficult-to-time pulsars such as this., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters
Published: 2015
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5. PSR J2021+4026 IN THE GAMMA CYGNI REGION: THE FIRST VARIABLE γ-RAY PULSAR SEEN BY THE Fermi LAT

Author: S. Murgia, I. A. Grenier, F. Piron, Alice K. Harding, Seth Digel, T. Jogler, Rodrigo Nemmen, P. Fusco, D. Horan, Matthew Kerr, A. B. Hill, David A. Smith, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Francesco Longo, E. Orlando, Olaf Reimer, Dario Gasparrini, J. B. Thayer, T. A. Porter, Nicola Omodei, C. Favuzzi, R. C. G. Chaves, Y. Uchiyama, R. Buehler, Brian L Winer, Paul S. Ray, E. Hays, Alice Allafort, S. Buson, A. Chekhtman, P. Lubrano, Marcello Giroletti, S. Rainò, D. J. Thompson, Tsunefumi Mizuno, F. Loparco, G. Chiaro, R. Claus, M. Pierbattista, J. Méhault, E. J. Siskind, K. Hayashi, P. Spinelli, T. Ohsugi, John W. Hewitt, P. Bruel, V. Vasileiou, T. J. Brandt, Claudia Cecchi, T. J. Johnson, Carmelo Sgrò, Riccardo Rando, Luca Baldini, Christo Venter, Diego F. Torres, E. Nuss, David Paneque, R. A. Cameron, Sylvain Guiriec, M. Kuss, Mn Mazziotta, X. Hou, F. Gargano, A. Franckowiak, K. S. Wood, Luca Latronico, G. Tosti, Johan Bregeon, M. Tinivella, Elizabeth C. Ferrara, Giacomo Vianello, Jürgen Knödlseder, Emanuele Bonamente, G. Godfrey, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, T. Reposeur, M. Razzano, F. de Palma, Filippo D'Ammando, A. Morselli, V. Vitale, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Marianne Lemoine-Goumard, M. E. Monzani, Matthew G. Baring, Daniela Hadasch, A. S. Johnson, James Chiang, M. Marelli, M. Hayashida, L. Di Venere, G. A. Caliandro, T. L. Usher, Roger W. Romani, Jean Ballet, Stefano Ciprini, M. Mayer, Nicola Giglietto, P. A. Caraveo, Persis S. Drell, Justin Vandenbroucke, Guido Barbiellini, S. Larsson, M. Orienti, D. Malyshev, L. Tibaldo, Denis Bastieri, J. Lande, P. M. Saz Parkinson, Andrew W. Strong, Alberto Sartori, T. Glanzman, G. 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Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Flux, individual: PSR J2021+4026 [pulsars], Astrophysics, gamma rays: stars, 01 natural sciences, star [gamma rays], pulsars: individual (PSR J2021+4026), stars: neutron, Pulsar, gamma rays: star, 0103 physical sciences, Emission spectrum, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, pulsars: individual: PSR J2021+4026, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Gamma ray, stars [Gamma rays], Astronomy, individual (PSR J2021+4026) [Pulsars], Astronomy and Astrophysics, neutron [Stars], Gamma-ray astronomy, Wavelength, Stars, Space and Planetary Science, ddc:520, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gamma rays: stars, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: The astrophysical journal / 2 777(1), L2 (2013). doi:10.1088/2041-8205/777/1/L2, Long-term monitoring of PSR J2021+4026 in the heart of the Cygnus region with the Fermi Large Area Telescope unveiled a sudden decrease in flux above 100 MeV over a timescale shorter than a week. The "jump" was near MJD 55850 (2011 October 16), with the flux decreasing from (8.33 ± 0.08) × 10–10 erg cm–2 s–1 to (6.86 ± 0.13) × 10–10 erg cm–2 s–1. Simultaneously, the frequency spindown rate increased from (7.8 ± 0.1) × 10–13 Hz s–1 to (8.1 ± 0.1) × 10–13 Hz s–1. Significant (>5σ) changes in the pulse profile and marginal (, Published by Institute of Physics Publ., London
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6. DISCOVERY OF HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAY EMISSION FROM THE BINARY SYSTEM PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 AROUND PERIASTRON WITH FERMI

Author: A. A. Abdo, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, A. Allafort, J. Ballet, G. Barbiellini, D. Bastieri, K. Bechtol, R. Bellazzini, B. Berenji, R. D. Blandford, E. Bonamente, A. W. Borgland, J. Bregeon, M. Brigida, P. Bruel, R. Buehler, S. Buson, G. A. Caliandro, R. A. Cameron, F. Camilo, P. A. Caraveo, C. Cecchi, E. Charles, S. Chaty, A. Chekhtman, M. Chernyakova, C. C. Cheung, J. Chiang, S. Ciprini, R. Claus, J. Cohen-Tanugi, L. R. Cominsky, S. Corbel, S. Cutini, F. D'Ammando, A. de Angelis, P. R. den Hartog, F. de Palma, C. D. Dermer, S. W. Digel, E. do Couto e Silva, M. Dormody, P. S. Drell, A. Drlica-Wagner, R. Dubois, G. Dubus, D. Dumora, T. Enoto, C. M. Espinoza, C. Favuzzi, S. J. Fegan, E. C. Ferrara, W. B. Focke, P. Fortin, Y. Fukazawa, S. Funk, P. Fusco, F. Gargano, D. Gasparrini, N. Gehrels, S. Germani, N. Giglietto, P. Giommi, F. Giordano, M. Giroletti, T. Glanzman, G. Godfrey, I. A. Grenier, M.-H. Grondin, J. E. Grove, E. Grundstrom, S. Guiriec, C. Gwon, D. Hadasch, A. K. Harding, M. Hayashida, E. Hays, G. Jóhannesson, A. S. Johnson, T. J. Johnson, S. Johnston, T. Kamae, H. Katagiri, J. Kataoka, M. Keith, M. Kerr, J. Knödlseder, M. Kramer, M. Kuss, J. Lande, S.-H. Lee, M. Lemoine-Goumard, F. Longo, F. Loparco, M. N. Lovellette, P. Lubrano, R. N. Manchester, M. Marelli, M. N. Mazziotta, P. F. Michelson, W. Mitthumsiri, T. Mizuno, A. A. Moiseev, C. Monte, M. E. Monzani, A. Morselli, I. V. Moskalenko, S. Murgia, T. Nakamori, M. Naumann-Godo, A. Neronov, P. L. Nolan, J. P. Norris, A. Noutsos, E. Nuss, T. Ohsugi, A. Okumura, N. Omodei, E. Orlando, D. Paneque, D. Parent, M. Pesce-Rollins, M. Pierbattista, F. Piron, T. A. Porter, A. Possenti, S. Rainò, R. Rando, P. S. Ray, M. Razzano, S. Razzaque, A. Reimer, O. Reimer, T. Reposeur, S. Ritz, H. F.-W. Sadrozinski, J. D. Scargle, C. Sgrò, R. Shannon, E. J. Siskind, P. D. Smith, G. Spandre, P. Spinelli, M. S. Strickman, D. J. Suson, H. Takahashi, T. Tanaka, J. G. Thayer, J. B. Thayer, D. J. Thompson, S. E. Thorsett, L. Tibaldo, O. Tibolla, D. F. Torres, G. Tosti, E. Troja, Y. Uchiyama, T. L. Usher, J. Vandenbroucke, V. Vasileiou, G. Vianello, V. Vitale, A. P. Waite, P. Wang, B. L. Winer, M. T. Wolff, D. L. Wood, K. S. Wood, Z. Yang, M. Ziegler, S. 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S., Yang, Z., Ziegler, M., Zimmer, S., Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (LAOG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - 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Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Abdo AA, Ackermann M, Ajello M, Allafort A, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Bastieri D, Bechtol K, Bellazzini R, Berenji B, Blandford RD, Bonamente E, Borgland AW, Bregeon J, Brigida M, Bruel P, Buehler R, Buson S, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Camilo F, Caraveo PA, Cecchi C, Charles E, Chaty S, Chekhtman A, Chernyakova M, Cheung CC, Chiang J, Ciprini S, Claus R, Cohen-Tanugi J, Cominsky LR, Corbel S, Cutini S, DAmmando F, de Angelis A, den Hartog PR, de Palma F, Dermer CD, Digel SW, Silva EDE, Dormody M, Drell PS, Drlica-Wagner A, Dubois R, Dubus G, Dumora D, Enoto T, Espinoza CM, Favuzzi C, Fegan SJ, Ferrara EC, Focke WB, Fortin P, Fukazawa Y, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Gehrels N, Germani S, Giglietto N, Giommi P, Giordano F, Giroletti M, Glanzman T, Godfrey G, Grenier IA, Grondin MH, Grove JE, Grundstrom E, Guiriec S, Gwon C, Hadasch D, Harding AK, Hayashida M, Hays E, Johannesson G, Johnson AS, Johnson TJ, Johnston S, Kamae T, Katagiri H, Kataoka J, Keith M, Kerr M, Knodlseder J, Kramer M, Kuss M, Lande J, Lee SH, Lemoine-Goumard M, Longo F, Loparco F, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Manchester RN, Marelli M, Mazziotta MN, Michelson PF, Mitthumsiri W, Mizuno T, Moiseev AA, Monte C, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Nakamori T, Naumann-Godo M, Neronov A, Nolan PL, Norris JP, Noutsos A, Nuss E, Ohsugi T, Okumura A, Omodei N, Orlando E, Paneque D, Parent D, Pesce-Rollins M, Pierbattista M, Piron F, Porter TA, Possenti A, Raino S, Rando R, Ray PS, Razzano M, Razzaque S, Reimer A, Reimer O, Reposeur T, Ritz S, Sadrozinski HFW, Scargle JD, Sgro C, Shannon R, Siskind EJ, Smith PD, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Strickman MS, Suson DJ, Takahashi H, Tanaka T, Thayer JG, Thayer JB, Thompson DJ, Thorsett SE, Tibaldo L, Tibolla O, Torres DF, Tosti G, Troja E, Uchiyama Y, Usher TL, Vandenbroucke J, Vasileiou V, Vianello G, Vitale V, Waite AP, Wang P, Winer BL, Wolff MT, Wood DL, Wood KS, Yang Z, Ziegler M, Zimmer S, and Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], binaries: eclipsing, gamma rays: stars, pulsars: individual: PSR B1259–63, X-rays: binaries, Be star, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Astrophysics, gamma rays: stars, 01 natural sciences, star [gamma rays], Luminosity, law.invention, Telescope, X-rays: binaries, eclipsing [binaries], Pulsar, law, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, binaries: eclipsing, pulsars: individual: PSR B1259{\ndash}63, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, pulsars: individual (PSR B1259−63), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.SR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR], [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR.SR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR], Orbit, Binaries: eclipsing, pulsars: individual (PSR B1259-63), 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, binaries [X-rays], Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, individual: PSR B1259{\ndash}63 [pulsars], Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: We report on the discovery of \geq 100 MeV {\gamma} rays from the binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 using the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board Fermi. The system comprises a radio pulsar in orbit around a Be star. We report on LAT observations from near apastron to ~ 60 days after the time of periastron, tp, on 2010 December 15. No {\gamma}-ray emission was detected from this source when it was far from periastron. Faint {\gamma}-ray emission appeared as the pulsar approached periastron. At ~ tp + 30d, the \geq 100 MeV {\gamma}-ray flux increased over a period of a few days to a peak flux 20-30 times that seen during the pre-periastron period, but with a softer spectrum. For the following month, it was seen to be variable on daily time scales, but remained at ~ 1 - 4 \times 10^-6 cm^-2 s^-1 before starting to fade at ~ tp + 57d. The total {\gamma}-ray luminosity observed during this period is comparable to the spin-down power of the pulsar. Simultaneous radio and X-ray observations of the source showed no corresponding dramatic changes in radio and X-ray flux between the pre-periastron and post-periastron flares. We discuss possible explanations for the observed {\gamma}-ray-only flaring of the source., Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters Contact authors: A. A. Abdo, S. Johnston, D. Parent, A. Neronov, K. S. Wood
Published: 2011
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7. Detection of A Thermal Spectral Component In the Prompt Emission of GRB 100724B

Author: Vandiver Chaplin, Elisabetta Bissaldi, Michael Burgess, Dave Tierney, Felix Ryde, Sylvain Guiriec, Melissa Gibby, Frédéric Daigne, Alexander J. van der Horst, Robert D. Preece, P. N. Bhat, Andreas von Kienlin, Misty Giles, Suzanne Foley, Marc Kippen, Arne Rau, Peter Mészáros, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Michael S. Briggs, Jochen Greiner, Nicola Omodei, Julie McEnery, David Gruber, Adam Goldstein, Roland Diehl, Valerie Connaughton, Gerald Fishman, William S. Paciesas, Colleen A. Wilson-Hodge, Charles A. Meegan, Ascension Camero-Arranz, Sheila McBreen, S., Guiriec, V., Connaughton, M. S., Brigg, M., Burge, F., Ryde, F., Daigne, P., Meszaro, A., Goldstein, J., Mcenery, N., Omodei, P. N., Bhat, Bissaldi, Elisabetta, A., Camero Arranz, V., Chaplin, R., Diehl, G., Fishman, S., Foley, M., Gibby, M. M., Gile, J., Greiner, D., Gruber, A. v., Kienlin, M., Kippen, C., Kouveliotou, S., Mcbreen, C. A., Meegan, W., Paciesa, R., Preece, A., Rau, D., Tierney, A. J., Van, and C., Wilson Hodge
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, gamma-ray burst: individual: GRB 100724B, individual: GRB 100724B [gamma-ray burst], gamma rays: stars, star [gamma rays], Thermal, acceleration of particle, acceleration of particles, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Jet (fluid), radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, radiation mechanisms: thermal, Component (thermodynamics), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectral component, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], Space and Planetary Science, thermal [radiation mechanisms], Gamma-ray burst: individual (GRB 1000724B), Poynting vector, Acceleration of particles, Gamma rays: stars, Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Radiation mechanisms: thermal, Gamma-ray burst, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: Observations of GRB 100724B with the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) find that the spectrum is dominated by the typical Band functional form, which is usually taken to represent a non-thermal emission component, but also includes a statistically highly significant thermal spectral contribution. The simultaneous observation of the thermal and non-thermal components allows us to confidently identify the two emission components. The fact that these seem to vary independently favors the idea that the thermal component is of photospheric origin while the dominant non-thermal emission occurs at larger radii. Our results imply either a very high efficiency for the non-thermal process, or a very small size of the region at the base of the flow, both quite challenging for the standard fireball model. These problems are resolved if the jet is initially highly magnetized and has a substantial Poynting flux., 6 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal Letters November, 23 2010 (Submitted October, 20 2010)
Published: 2011

8. Study of the γ-ray source 1AGL J2022+4032 in the Cygnus region

Author: F. Longo, Elsa Beatriz Giacani, G. Piano, Arnaud Ferrari, A. Zambra, F. D'Ammando, C. Pittori, M. Feroci, M. Fiorini, P. Picozza, M. Rapisarda, G. De Paris, Gloria Mabel Dubner, A. Pellizzoni, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Pucella, V. Vittorini, F. Perotti, A. Trois, M. Trifoglio, A. Morselli, M. Tavani, E. Vallazza, F. Gianotti, P. A. Caraveo, A. Argan, M. Pilia, A. Giuliani, Francesco Lucarelli, P. Soffitta, Andrea Bulgarelli, F. Lazzarotto, F. Fuschino, S. Vercellone, P. Lipari, P. Santolamazza, A. Rappoldi, E. Scalise, E. Striani, M. Giusti, L. Pacciani, P. W. Cattaneo, A. W. Chen, L. A. Antonelli, M. Galli, F. Verrecchia, M. Prest, S. Sabatini, P. Giommi, E. Moretti, Claudio Labanti, L. Salotti, D. Zanello, G. Di Cocco, Sandro Mereghetti, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, S. Colafrancesco, Martino Marisaldi, G. Barbiellini, A. W., Chen, G., Piano, M., Tavani, A., Troi, G., Dubner, E., Giacani, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, A., Bulgarelli, P., Caraveo, P. W., Cattaneo, E., Costa, F., D'Ammando, Paris, G., Monte, E., Cocco, G., I., Donnarumma, Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, A., Ferrari, M., Fiorini, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, A., Giuliani, M., Giusti, C., Labanti, F., Lazzarotto, P., Lipari, Longo, Francesco, M., Marisaldi, S., Mereghetti, E., Moretti, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, P., Picozza, M., Pilia, M., Prest, G., Pucella, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, S., Sabatini, E., Scalise, P., Soffitta, E., Striani, M., Trifoglio, E., Vallazza, S., Vercellone, V., Vittorini, A., Zambra, D., Zanello, C., Pittori, P., Giommi, F., Verrecchia, F., Lucarelli, P., Santolamazza, S., Colafrancesco, L. A., Antonelli, L., Salotti, Chen AW, Piano G, Tavani M, Trois A, Dubner G, Giacani E, Argan A, Barbiellini G, Bulgarelli A, Caraveo P, Cattaneo PW, Costa E, DAmmando F, De Paris G, Del Monte E, Di Cocco G, Donnarumma I, Evangelista Y, Feroci M, Ferrari A, Fiorini M, Fuschino F, Galli M, Gianotti F, Giuliani A, Giusti M, Labanti C, Lazzarotto F, Lipari P, Longo F, Marisaldi M, Mereghetti S, Moretti E, Morselli A, Pacciani L, Pellizzoni A, Perotti F, Picozza P, Pilia M, Prest M, Pucella G, Rapisarda M, Rappoldi A, Sabatini S, Scalise E, Soffitta P, Striani E, Trifoglio M, Vallazza E, Vercellone S, Vittorini V, Zambra A, Zanello D, Pittori C, Giommi P, Verrecchia F, Lucarelli F, Santolamazza P, Colafrancesco S, Antonelli LA, and Salotti L
Subjects: pulsars: individual: 1FGL J2021.5+4026, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Ciencias Físicas, pulsars: individual: 1AGL J2022+4032, gamma rays: stars, pulsars: individual: LAT PSR J2021+4026, pulsars: individual: 3EG J2020+4017, individual: LAT PSR J2021+4026 [pulsars], Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, star [gamma rays], law.invention, Telescope, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], Pulsar, law, Blazar, Supernova remnant, individual: 1FGL J2021.5+4026 [pulsars], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, individual: 3EG J2020+4017 [pulsars], purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 [https], Light curve, stars [gamma rays], Astronomía, gamma ray, Space and Planetary Science, AGILE satellite, galactic source, supernova remnant Gamma Cygni, individual: 1AGL J2022+4032 [pulsars], pulsars: individual: 1AGL J2022+4032 / gamma rays: stars / pulsars: individual: 1FGL J2021.5+4026 / pulsars: individual: LAT PSR J2021+4026 / pulsars: individual: 3EG J2020+4017, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: Identification of gamma-ray-emitting Galactic sources is a long-standing problem in astrophysics. One such source, 1AGL J2022+4032, coincident with the interior of the radio shell of the supernova remnant Gamma Cygni (SNR G78.2+2.1) in the Cygnus Region, has recently been identified by Fermi as a gamma-ray pulsar, LAT PSR J2021+4026. We present long-term observations of 1AGL J2022+4032 with the AGILE gamma-ray telescope, measuring its flux and light curve. We compare the light curve of 1AGL J2022+4032 with that of 1AGL J2021+3652 (PSR J2021+3651), showing that the flux variability of 1AGL J2022+4032 appears to be greater than the level predicted from statistical and systematic effects and producing detailed simulations to estimate the probability of the apparent observed variability. We evaluate the possibility that the gamma-ray emission may be due to the superposition of two or more point sources, some of which may be variable, considering a number of possible counterparts. We consider the possibility of a nearby X-ray quiet microquasar contributing to the flux of 1AGL J2022+4032 to be more likely than the hypotheses of a background blazar or intrinsic gamma-ray variabilty of LAT PSR J2021+4026., 7 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Published: 2010

9. CRAB NEBULA: FIVE-YEAR OBSERVATION WITH ARGO-YBJ

Author: X. C. Yang, B. Bartoli, R. Cardarelli, X. Y. Zhang, G. Marsella, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, Minghui Liu, Zhenyong Feng, H. H. He, C. Y. Wu, L. Xue, Q. B. Gou, Q. Y. Yang, M. Iacovacci, M. Zha, G. Zizzi, P. Salvini, L. Perrone, X. D. Sheng, Paolo Bernardini, J. W. Zhao, H. R. Wu, Piero Vallania, P. Creti, H. Y. Jia, Paolo Camarri, I. De Mitri, Zihuang Cao, L. Zhang, T. L. Chen, Haifeng Li, Cunfeng Feng, M. Panareo, S. M. Mari, B. Z. Dai, Pengnian Shen, Lanqing Ma, Z. G. Yao, F. Ruggieri, Danzengluobu, S. Catalanotti, Hongbo Hu, A. Surdo, Yicheng Guo, A. Budano, Y. H. Tan, S. W. Cui, R. Santonico, X. J. Bi, Fudong Shi, Chang-Chun Ning, X. H. Ma, H. Lu, P. Branchini, Zhaoyang Feng, G. Liguori, S. Z. Chen, S. Mastroianni, G. Mancarella, Paolo Montini, F. R. Zhu, R. Iuppa, C. X. Liu, S. Vernetto, G. Di Sciascio, E. Striani, Q. Q. Zhu, H. W. Wang, A. D'Amone, J. K. K. Liu, Zhaxiciren, Labaciren, A. F. Yuan, P. Pistilli, H. M. Zhang, X. X. Zhou, Haibing Hu, Y. Zhang, D. Martello, Carlo Vigorito, T. Di Girolamo, Zhaxisangzhu, ITA, Bartoli, B., Bernardini, P., Bi, X. J., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Camarri, P., Cao, Z., Cardarelli, R., Catalanotti, S., Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Creti, P., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., D'Amone, A., Danzengluobu, De Mitri, I., D'Ettorre Piazzoli, B., Di Girolamo, T., Di Sciascio, G., Feng, C. F., Feng, Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., He, H. H., Hu, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Iacovacci, M., Iuppa, R., Jia, H. Y., Labaciren, Li, H. J., Liguori, G., Liu, C., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., Ma, L. L., Ma, X. H., Mancarella, G., Mari, S. M., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Mastroianni, S., Montini, P., Ning, C. C., Panareo, M., Perrone, L., Pistilli, P., Ruggieri, F., Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, H., Wu, C. Y., Wu, H. R., Xue, L., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Zhang, L., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhaxisangzhu, Zhaxiciren, Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zizzi, G., Striani, E., B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, X. J., Bi, P., Branchini, A., Budano, P., Camarri, Z., Cao, R., Cardarelli, S., Catalanotti, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Chen, P., Creti, S. W., Cui, B. Z., Dai, D'Amone, Antonio, DE MITRI, Ivan, B., D'Ettorre Piazzoli, T., Di Girolamo, G., Di Sciascio, C. F., Feng, Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Feng, Q. B., Gou, Y. Q., Guo, H. H., He, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Hu, M., Iacovacci, R., Iuppa, H. Y., Jia, H. J., Li, G., Liguori, C., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Liu, H., Lu, L. L., Ma, X. H., Ma, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, Panareo, Marco, Perrone, Lorenzo, P., Pistilli, F., Ruggieri, P., Salvini, R., Santonico, P. R., Shen, X. D., Sheng, F., Shi, A., Surdo, Y. H., Tan, P., Vallania, S., Vernetto, C., Vigorito, H., Wang, C. Y., Wu, H. R., Wu, L., Xue, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yang, Z. G., Yao, A. F., Yuan, M., Zha, H. M., Zhang, L., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, J., Zhao, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, X. X., Zhou, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zhu, G., Zizzi, E., Striani, Bartoli, Bruno, Catalanotti, Sergio, Danzengluobu, Null, D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, Benedetto, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, Iacovacci, Michele, Labaciren, Null, Zhaxiciren, Null, and Zhaxisangzhu, Null
Subjects: Physics, Spectral index, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, individual (Crab Nebula) [pulsars], Flux, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Light curve, Power law, star [gamma rays], Air shower, Crab Nebula, Pulsar, Space and Planetary Science, Cutoff, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The ARGO-YBJ air shower detector monitored the Crab Nebula gamma ray emission from 2007 November to 2013 February. The integrated signal, consisting of $\sim$3.3 $\times$ 10$^5$ events,reached the statistical significance of 21.1 standard deviations. The obtained energy spectrum in the energy range 0.3-20 TeV can be described by a power law function dN/dE = I$_0$ (E / 2 TeV)$^{-\alpha}$, with a flux normalization I$_0$ = (5.2 $\pm$ 0.2) $\times$ 10$^{-12}$ photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ TeV$^{-1}$ and $\alpha$ = 2.63 $\pm$ 0.05, corresponding to an integrated flux above 1 TeV of 1.97 $\times$ 10$^{-11}$ photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$. The systematic error is estimated to be less than 30$\%$ for the flux normalization and 0.06 for the spectral index. Assuming a power law spectrum with an exponential cutoff dN/dE = I$_0$ (E / 2 TeV)$^{-\alpha}$ $\exp$ (-E / E$_{cut}$), the lower limit of the cutoff energy E$_{cut}$ is 12 TeV, at 90$\%$ confidence level. Our extended dataset allows the study of the TeV emission over long timescales. Over five years, the light curve of the Crab Nebula in 200-day bins is compatible with a steady emission with a probability of 7.3 $\times$ 10$^{-2}$. A correlated analysis with Fermi-LAT data over $\sim$4.5 years using the light curves of the two experiments gives a Pearson correlation coefficient $r$ = 0.56 $\pm$ 0.22. Concerning flux variations on timescales of days, a "blind" search for flares with a duration of 1-15 days gives no excess with a significance higher than four standard deviations. The average rate measured by ARGO-YBJ during the three most powerful flares detected by Fermi-LAT is 205 $\pm$ 91 photons day$^{-1}$, consistent with the average value of 137 $\pm$ 10 day$^{-1}$., Comment: 12 pages, 10 figures
Published: 2015
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10. THE CRAB NEBULA SUPER-FLARE IN 2011 APRIL: EXTREMELY FAST PARTICLE ACCELERATION AND GAMMA-RAY EMISSION

Author: A. Pellizzoni, M. Galli, Allyn F. Tennant, A. Giuliani, F. Verrecchia, Francesco Lazzarotto, C. Pittori, G. Piano, G. De Paris, A. Argan, Sandro Mereghetti, A. Morselli, Martin C. Weisskopf, Arnaud Ferrari, E. Striani, P. Santolamazza, Andrea Bulgarelli, F. Fuschino, I. Lapshov, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, Massimo Rapisarda, G. Di Cocco, Enrico Costa, S. Sabatini, P. W. Cattaneo, G. Pucella, P. Picozza, Marco Tavani, G. Barbiellini, Martino Marisaldi, A. Rappoldi, F. Perotti, V. Vittorini, A. W. Chen, Claudio Labanti, P. Giommi, M. Cardillo, P. A. Caraveo, M. Trifoglio, E. Del Monte, F. Longo, Marco Feroci, Luigi Pacciani, Fabrizio Lucarelli, Maura Pilia, Alessio Trois, Fulvio Gianotti, Paolo Soffitta, S. Vercellone, E., Striani, M., Tavani, G., Piano, I., Donnarumma, G., Pucella, V., Vittorini, A., Bulgarelli, A., Troi, C., Pittori, F., Verrecchia, E., Costa, M., Weisskopf, A., Tennant, A., Argan, G., Barbiellini, P., Caraveo, M., Cardillo, P. W., Cattaneo, A. W., Chen, Paris, G., Monte, E., Cocco, G., Y., Evangelista, A., Ferrari, M., Feroci, F., Fuschino, M., Galli, F., Gianotti, A., Giuliani, C., Labanti, I., Lapshov, F., Lazzarotto, Longo, Francesco, M., Marisaldi, S., Mereghetti, A., Morselli, L., Pacciani, A., Pellizzoni, F., Perotti, P., Picozza, M., Pilia, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, S., Sabatini, P., Soffitta, M., Trifoglio, S., Vercellone, F., Lucarelli, P., Santolamazza, and P., Giommi
Subjects: individual: Crab Nebula [pulsars], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, acceleration of particles, gamma rays: stars, pulsars: individual: Crab Nebula, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Astrophysics, star [gamma rays], Spectral line, law.invention, law, Radiative transfer, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, acceleration of particle, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Particle acceleration, Crab Nebula, Space and Planetary Science, Magnetohydrodynamics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flare
Abstract: We report on the extremely intense and fast gamma-ray are above 100 MeV detected by AGILE from the Crab Nebula in mid-April 2011. This event is the fourth of a sequence of reported major gamma-ray flares produced by the Crab Nebula in the period 2007/mid-2011. These events are attributed to strong radiative and plasma instabilities in the inner Crab Nebula, and their properties are crucial for theoretical studies of fast and efficient particle acceleration up to 10^15 eV. Here we study the very rapid flux and spectral evolution of the event that reached on April 16, 2011 the record-high peak flux of F = (26 +/- 5) x 10^-6 ph cm^-2 s^-1 with a risetime timescale that we determine to be in the range 6-10 hrs. The peak flaring gamma-ray spectrum reaches a distinct maximum near 500 MeV with no substantial emission above 1 GeV. The very rapid risetime and overall evolution of the Crab Nebula are strongly constrain the acceleration mechanisms and challenge MHD models. We briefly discuss the theoretical implications of our observations., Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures. Accepted for pubblication in ApJL
Published: 2011
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11. Teraelectronvolt pulsed emission from the Crab Pulsar detected by MAGIC

Author: S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli, P. Antoranz, A. Babic, P. Bangale, U. Barres de Almeida, J. A. Barrio, J. Becerra González, W. Bednarek, E. Bernardini, B. Biasuzzi, A. Biland, O. Blanch, S. Bonnefoy, G. Bonnoli, F. Borracci, T. Bretz, E. Carmona, A. Carosi, P. Colin, E. Colombo, J. L. Contreras, J. Cortina, S. Covino, P. Da Vela, F. Dazzi, A. De Angelis, G. De Caneva, B. De Lotto, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, C. Delgado Mendez, F. Di Pierro, D. Dominis Prester, D. Dorner, M. Doro, S. Einecke, D. Eisenacher Glawion, D. Elsaesser, A. Fernández-Barral, D. Fidalgo, M. V. Fonseca, L. Font, K. Frantzen, C. Fruck, D. Galindo, R. J. García López, M. Garczarczyk, D. Garrido Terrats, M. Gaug, N. Godinović, A. González Muñoz, S. R. Gozzini, Y. Hanabata, M. Hayashida, J. Herrera, K. Hirotani, J. Hose, D. Hrupec, G. Hughes, W. Idec, H. Kellermann, M. L. Knoetig, K. Kodani, Y. Konno, J. Krause, H. Kubo, J. Kushida, A. La Barbera, D. Lelas, N. Lewandowska, E. Lindfors, S. Lombardi, F. Longo, M. López, R. López-Coto, A. López-Oramas, E. Lorenz, M. Makariev, K. Mallot, G. Maneva, K. Mannheim, L. Maraschi, B. Marcote, M. Mariotti, M. Martínez, D. Mazin, U. Menzel, J. M. Miranda, R. Mirzoyan, A. Moralejo, P. Munar-Adrover, D. Nakajima, V. Neustroev, A. Niedzwiecki, M. Nevas Rosillo, K. Nilsson, K. Nishijima, K. Noda, R. Orito, A. Overkemping, S. Paiano, M. Palatiello, D. Paneque, R. Paoletti, J. M. Paredes, X. Paredes-Fortuny, M. Persic, J. Poutanen, P. G. Prada Moroni, E. Prandini, I. Puljak, R. Reinthal, W. Rhode, M. Ribó, J. Rico, J. Rodriguez Garcia, T. Saito, K. Saito, K. Satalecka, V. Scalzotto, V. Scapin, C. Schultz, T. Schweizer, S. N. Shore, A. Sillanpää, J. Sitarek, I. Snidaric, D. Sobczynska, A. Stamerra, T. Steinbring, M. Strzys, L. Takalo, H. Takami, F. Tavecchio, P. Temnikov, T. Terzić, D. Tescaro, M. Teshima, J. Thaele, D. F. Torres, T. Toyama, A. Treves, J. Ward, M. Will, R. Zanin, Universitat de Barcelona, Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Antoranz, P., Babic, A., Bangale, P., Barres De Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Becerra González, J., Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Borracci, F., Bretz, T., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Caneva, G., De Lotto, B., De Oña Wilhelmi, E., Delgado Mendez, C., Di Pierro, F., Dominis Prester, D., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Eisenacher Glawion, D., Elsaesser, D., Fernández Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Frantzen, K., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., García López, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Garrido Terrats, D., Gaug, M., Godinović, N., González Muñoz, A., Gozzini, S. R., Hanabata, Y., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hirotani, K., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Hughes, G., Idec, W., Kellermann, H., Knoetig, M. L., Kodani, K., Konno, Y., Krause, J., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., La Barbera, A., Lelas, D., Lewandowska, N., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, Francesco, López, M., López Coto, R., López Oramas, A., Lorenz, E., Makariev, M., Mallot, K., Maneva, G., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Marcote, B., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Munar Adrover, P., Nakajima, D., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Nevas Rosillo, M., Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Orito, R., Overkemping, A., Paiano, S., Palatiello, Michele, Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes Fortuny, X., Persic, M., Poutanen, J., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Reinthal, R., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Rodriguez Garcia, J., Saito, T., Saito, K., Satalecka, K., Scalzotto, V., Scapin, V., Schultz, C., Schweizer, T., Shore, S. N., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Steinbring, T., Strzys, M., Takalo, L., Takami, H., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Thaele, J., Torres, D. F., Toyama, T., Treves, A., Ward, J., Will, M., and Zanin, R.
Subjects: Astrophysics, Gamma rays: stars, Pulsars: individual: Crab pulsar, Stars: neutron, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, law.invention, MAJOR UPGRADE, law, NEBULA, Gamma ray astronomy, MAGIC (telescope), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, OUTER GAP MODEL, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), education.field_of_study, gamma rays: stars, pulsars: individual: Crab pulsar, stars: neutron, GAMMA-RAY PULSARS, HIGH-ENERGY EMISSION, SLOT GAPS, TELESCOPE, RADIATION, SPECTRA, ACCELERATION, Púlsars, Lorentz factor, symbols, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, gamma rays: stars – pulsars: individual: Crab pulsar – stars: neutron, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, FOS: Physical sciences, Neutron stars, Telescope, star [Gamma rays], symbols.namesake, Pulsar, 0103 physical sciences, Astronomia de raigs gamma, education, Pulsars, Estels de neutrons, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Crab Pulsar, neutron [Stars], Astronomy and Astrophysic, individual: Crab pulsar [Pulsars], ddc:520, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: Aims: We investigate the extension of the very high-energy spectral tail of the Crab Pulsar at energies above 400 GeV. Methods: We analyzed ~320 h of good-quality Crab data obtained with the MAGIC telescope from February 2007 to April 2014. Results: We report the most energetic pulsed emission ever detected from the Crab Pulsar reaching up to 1.5 TeV. The pulse profile shows two narrow peaks synchronized with those measured in the GeV energy range. The spectra of the two peaks follow two different power-law functions from 70 GeV up to 1.5 TeV and connect smoothly with the spectra measured above 10 GeV by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi satellite. When making a joint fit of the LAT and MAGIC data above 10 GeV the photon indices of the spectra differ by 0.5 ± 0.1. Conclusions: Using data from the MAGIC telescopes we measured the most energetic pulsed photons from a pulsar to date. Such TeV pulsed photons require a parent population of electrons with a Lorentz factor of at least 5 × 106. These results strongly suggest IC scattering off low-energy photons as the emission mechanism and a gamma-ray production region in the vicinity of the light cylinder.
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