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202. Przemoc działania, pokój bezczynu. O (nie)możliwości reformy religijnej na przykładzie towiańczyków (perspektywa antropologiczna)
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Bednarek-Bohdziewicz, Agnieszka, primary
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- 2023
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203. Fast Haptic Terrain Classification for Legged Robots Using Transformer.
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Michal Bednarek, Mikolaj Lysakowski, Jakub Bednarek, Michal R. Nowicki, and Krzysztof Walas
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- 2021
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204. The TPLATE complex mediates membrane bending during plant clathrin–mediated endocytosis
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Johnson, Alexander, Dahhan, Dana A., Gnyliukh, Nataliia, Kaufmann, Walter A., Zheden, Vanessa, Costanzo, Tommaso, Mahou, Pierre, Hrtyan, Mónika, Wang, Jie, Aguilera-Servin, Juan, Van Damme, Daniël, Beaurepaire, Emmanuel, Loose, Martin, Bednarek, Sebastian Y., and Friml, Jiří
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- 2021
205. Circulating heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) and autoantibodies to Hsp90 are increased in patients with atopic dermatitis
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Sitko, Krzysztof, Bednarek, Marta, Mantej, Jagoda, Trzeciak, Magdalena, and Tukaj, Stefan
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- 2021
206. Capital Flows, Real Estate, and Local Cycles : Evidence from German Cities, Banks, and Firms
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Bednarek, Peter, Kaat, Daniel Marcel te, Ma, Chang, and Rebucci, Alessandro
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- 2021
207. Distribution of calbindin-positive neurons across areas and layers of the marmoset cerebral cortex.
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Nafiseh Atapour, Marcello G. P. Rosa, Shi Bai, Sylwia Bednarek, Agata Kulesza, Gabriela Saworska, Sadaf Teymornejad, Katrina H. Worthy, and Piotr Majka
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- 2024
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208. Adsorption of the most common non-steroidal analgesics from aquatic environment on agricultural wastes-based activated carbons; experimental adsorption study supported by molecular modeling
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Matějová, Lenka, Bednárek, Jan, Tokarský, Jonáš, Koutník, Ivan, Sokolová, Barbora, and Cruz, Gerardo Juan Francisco
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- 2022
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209. HAPTR2: Improved Haptic Transformer for legged robots’ terrain classification
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Bednarek, Michał, Nowicki, Michał R., and Walas, Krzysztof
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- 2022
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210. Clinically relevant effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in individuals with asthma
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Higgins, Estelle T., Davidson, Richard J., Busse, William W., Klaus, Danika R., Bednarek, Gina T., Goldman, Robin I., Sachs, Jane, and Rosenkranz, Melissa A.
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- 2022
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211. The power of protest in the EIA proceedings. Influence of local community on environmental decisions regarding intensive livestock operations - Example of Poland
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Bednarek-Szczepańska, Maria
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- 2022
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212. A dissemination-prone morphotype enhances extrapulmonary organ entry by Cryptococcus neoformans
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Denham, Steven T., Brammer, Brianna, Chung, Krystal Y., Wambaugh, Morgan A., Bednarek, Joseph M., Guo, Li, Moreau, Christian T., and Brown, Jessica C.S.
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- 2022
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213. Three-dimensional visualization of planta clathrin-coated vesicles at ultrastructural resolution
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Johnson, Alexander, Kaufmann, Walter A., Sommer, Christoph, Costanzo, Tommaso, Dahhan, Dana A., Bednarek, Sebastian Y., and Friml, Jiří
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- 2022
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214. Cerebral injuries in neonatal encephalopathy treated with hypothermia: French LyTONEPAL cohort
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Beck, Jonathan, Bednarek, Nathalie, Pierrat, Véronique, Vilotitch, Antoine, Loron, Gauthier, Alison, Marianne, Guellec, Isabelle, Hertz-Pannier, Lucie, de Launay, Catherine, Ego, Anne, Vo-Van, Philippe, Ancel, Pierre-Yves, and Debillon, Thierry
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- 2022
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215. Congenital adult tracheoesophageal fistula repair with transthoracic ventilation: a case report
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Bednarek, Olga L., Morgan, Brendan E., Khorovets, Andrei, Plourde, Madelaine M., and French, Daniel G.
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- 2022
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216. Autoantibodies to heat shock protein 60, 70, and 90 are not altered in the anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG-seropositive humans without or with mild symptoms
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Mantej, Jagoda, Bednarek, Marta, Sitko, Krzysztof, Świętoń, Marta, and Tukaj, Stefan
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- 2021
217. Ultrafast spin initialization in a gated InSb nanowire quantum dots
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Bednarek, S., Pawłowski, J., Górski, M., and Skowron, G.
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Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics - Abstract
We propose a fast and accurate spin initialization method for a single electron trapped in an electrostatic quantum dot. The dot is created in a nanodevice composed of a catalytically grown indium antimonide (InSb) nanowire and nearby gates to which control voltages are applied. Initially we insert a single electron of arbitrary spin into the wire. Operations on spin are performed using the Rashba spin-orbit interaction induced by an electric field. First, a single pulse of voltages applied to lateral gates is used to split the electron wavepacket into two parts with opposite spin orientations. Next, another voltage pulse applied to the remaining gates rotates spins of both parts in opposite directions by $\pi/2$. This way, initially opposite spin parts eventually point in the same direction, along the axis of the quantum wire. We thus set spin in a predefined direction regardless of its initial orientation. This is achieved in time less than $60\,\mathrm{ps}$ without the use of microwaves, photons or external magnetic fields., Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures
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- 2018
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218. Implementing Interdisciplinary Paradox Research
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Bednarek, Rebecca, e Cunha, Miguel Pina, Schad, Jonathan, and Smith, Wendy K.
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- 2021
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219. Conversations and Inspirations for Organizational Paradox Scholarship
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Bednarek, Rebecca, Lewis, Marianne W., and Schad, Jonathan
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- 2021
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220. The Value of Interdisciplinary Research to Advance Paradox in Organization Theory
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Bednarek, Rebecca, e Cunha, Miguel Pina, Schad, Jonathan, and Smith, Wendy
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- 2021
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221. Hadronic model for the non-thermal radiation from the binary system AR~Scorpii
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Bednarek, W.
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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena - Abstract
AR Scorpii is a close binary system containing a rotation powered white dwarf and a low mass M type companion star. This system shows non-thermal emission extending up to the X-ray energy range. We consider hybrid (lepto-hadronic) and pure hadronic models for the high energy non-thermal processes in this binary system. Relativistic electrons and hadrons are assumed to be accelerated in a strongly magnetised, turbulent region formed in collision of a rotating white dwarf magnetosphere and a magnetosphere/dense atmosphere of the M dwarf star. We propose that the non-thermal X-ray emission is produced either by the primary electrons or the secondary $e^\pm$ pairs from decay of charged pions created in collisions of hadrons with the companion star atmosphere. We show that the accompanying $\gamma$-ray emission from decay of neutral pions, that are produced by these same protons, is expected to be on the detectability level of the present and/or the future satellite and Cherenkov telescopes. The $\gamma$-ray observations of the binary system AR Sco should allow to constrain the efficiency of hadron and electron acceleration and also the details of the radiation processes., Comment: 11 pages. 2 figures, accepted to MNRAS Let
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- 2018
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222. Valley qubit in gated MoS$_2$ monolayer quantum dot
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Pawłowski, J., Żebrowski, D., and Bednarek, S.
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Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics - Abstract
The aim of presented research is to design a nanodevice, based on a MoS$_2$ monolayer, performing operations on a well-defined valley qubit. We show how to confine an electron in a gate induced quantum dot within the monolayer, and to perform the NOT operation on its valley degree of freedom. The operations are carried out all electrically via modulation of the confinement potential by oscillating voltages applied to the local gates. Such quantum dot structure is modeled realistically. Through these simulations we investigate the possibility of realization of a valley qubit in analogy with a realization of the spin qubit. We accurately model the potential inside the nanodevice accounting for proper boundary conditions on the gates and space-dependent materials permittivity by solving the generalized Poisson's equation. The time-evolution of the system is supported by realistic self-consistent Poisson-Schr\"odinger tight-binding calculations. The tight-binding calculations are further confirmed by simulations within the effective continuum model., Comment: 13 pages, 12 figures
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- 2018
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223. The detection of the blazar S4 0954+65 at very-high-energy with the MAGIC telescopes during an exceptionally high optical state
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MAGIC Collaboration, Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arcaro, C., Baack, D., Babić, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Berse, R. Ch., Berti, A., Bhattacharyya, W., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnoli, G., Carosi, R., Carosi, A., Ceribella, G., 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., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Di Pierro, F., Domínguez, A., Prester, D. Dominis, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Elsaesser, D., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Fernández-Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, 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., dić, D. Kuvež, Lelas, D., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López, M., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Masuda, S., Mazin, D., Mielke, K., Minev, M., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Nagayoshi, T., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogués, L., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pedaletti, G., Peresano, M., Persic, M., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Garcia, J. R., Reichardt, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Strzys, M., Surić, T., Takahashi, M., Takalo, L., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Teshima, M., Torres-Albà, N., Treves, A., Tsujimoto, S., Vanzo, G., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., Zarić, D., González, J. Becerra, Tanaka, Y., Ojha, R., Finke, J., Lähteenmäki, A., Järvelä, E., Tornikoski, M., Ramakrishnan, V., Hovatta, T., Jorstad, S. G., Marscher, A. P., Larionov, V. M., Borman, G. A., Grishina, T. S., Kopatskaya, E. N., Larionova, L. V., Morozova, D. A., Savchenko, S. S., Troitskaya, Yu. V., Troitsky, I. S., Vasilyev, A. A., Agudo, I., Molina, S. N., Casadio, C., Gurwell, M., Carnerero, M. I., Protasio, C., and Pulido, J. A Acosta
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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena - Abstract
The very-high-energy (VHE, $\gtrsim 100$ GeV) $\gamma$-ray MAGIC observations of the blazar S4 0954+65, were triggered by an exceptionally high flux state of emission in the optical. This blazar has a disputed redshift of z=0.368 or z$\geqslant$0.45 and an uncertain classification among blazar subclasses. The exceptional source state described here makes for an excellent opportunity to understand physical processes in the jet of S4 0954+65 and thus contribute to its classification. We investigate the multiwavelength (MWL) light curve and spectral energy distribution (SED) of the S4 0954+65 blazar during an enhanced state in February 2015 and put it in context with possible emission scenarios. We collect photometric data in radio, optical, X-ray, and $\gamma$ ray. We study both the optical polarization and the inner parsec-scale jet behavior with 43 GHz data. Observations with the MAGIC telescopes led to the first detection of S4 0954+65 at VHE. Simultaneous data with Fermi-LAT at high energy $\gamma$ ray\ (HE, 100 MeV < E < 100 GeV) also show a period of increased activity. Imaging at 43 GHz reveals the emergence of a new feature in the radio jet in coincidence with the VHE flare. Simultaneous monitoring of the optical polarization angle reveals a rotation of approximately 100$^\circ$. (...) The broadband spectrum can be modeled with an emission mechanism commonly invoked for flat spectrum radio quasars, i.e. inverse Compton scattering on an external soft photon field from the dust torus, also known as external Compton. The light curve and SED phenomenology is consistent with an interpretation of a blob propagating through a helical structured magnetic field and eventually crossing a standing shock in the jet, a scenario typically applied to flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) and low-frequency peaked BL Lac objects (LBL)., Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures, submitted to A&A
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224. Intranasal fentanyl for first-trimester uterine aspiration pain: A randomized controlled trial
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Moayedi, Ghazaleh, Stevens, Katelyn, Fontanilla, Tiana, Tschann, Mary, Bednarek, Paula H., Salcedo, Jennifer, Kaneshiro, Bliss, and Soon, Reni
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- 2022
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225. Left bundle branch area pacing in patients with heart failure and right bundle branch block: Results from International LBBAP Collaborative-Study Group
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Vijayaraman, Pugazhendhi, Cano, Oscar, Ponnusamy, Shunmuga Sundaram, Molina-Lerma, Manuel, Chan, Joseph Y.S., Padala, Santosh K., Sharma, Parikshit S., Whinnett, Zachary I., Herweg, Bengt, Upadhyay, Gaurav A., Subzposh, Faiz A., Patel, Neil R., Beer, Dominik A., Bednarek, Agnieszka, Kielbasa, Grzegorz, Tung, Roderick, Ellenbogen, Kenneth A., and Jastrzebski, Marek
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- 2022
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226. Lessons from bright-spots for advancing knowledge exchange at the interface of marine science and policy
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Karcher, Denis B., Cvitanovic, Christopher, van Putten, Ingrid E., Colvin, Rebecca M., Armitage, Derek, Aswani, Shankar, Ballesteros, Marta, Ban, Natalie C., Barragán-Paladines, María José, Bednarek, Angela, Bell, Johann D., Brooks, Cassandra M., Daw, Tim M., de la Cruz-Modino, Raquel, Francis, Tessa B., Fulton, Elizabeth A., Hobday, Alistair J., Holcer, Draško, Hudson, Charlotte, Jennerjahn, Tim C., Kinney, Aimee, Knol-Kauffman, Maaike, Löf, Marie F., Lopes, Priscila F.M., Mackelworth, Peter C., McQuatters-Gollop, Abigail, Muhl, Ella-Kari, Neihapi, Pita, Pascual-Fernández, José J., Posner, Stephen M., Runhaar, Hens, Sainsbury, Keith, Sander, Gunnar, Steenbergen, Dirk J., Tuda, Paul M., Whiteman, Elizabeth, and Zhang, Jialin
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- 2022
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227. The influence of the functional end groups on the properties of polylactide-based materials
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Kost, Bartłomiej, Basko, Malgorzata, Bednarek, Melania, Socka, Marta, Kopka, Bartosz, Łapienis, Grzegorz, Biela, Tadeusz, Kubisa, Przemysław, and Brzeziński, Marek
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- 2022
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228. Special issue of Discourse & Communication on news today: Introduction.
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Bednarek, Monika and van Dijk, Teun A.
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- 2025
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229. The Detection of Lung Cancer Cell Profiles in Mediastinal Lymph Nodes Using a Hematological Analyzer and Flow Cytometry Method.
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Kwiecień, Iwona, Rutkowska, Elżbieta, Raniszewska, Agata, Sokołowski, Rafał, Bednarek, Joanna, Jahnz-Różyk, Karina, and Rzepecki, Piotr
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Simple Summary: The study highlights the importance of mediastinal lymph nodes (LNs) in lung cancer treatment and immune response activation. We used EBUS/TBNA to collect LN aspirates and analyzed them via a hematological analyzer and flow cytometry. The hematological analyzer detected highly fluorescent cells with high metabolic activity, while flow cytometry confirmed their non-hematopoietic origin. These combined methods efficiently identified cancer cells in LNs. Key findings include a high expression of markers like EpCAM, TTF-1, Ki67, cytokeratin, and HER, as well as differences between NSCLC and SCLC in antigens such as MUC-1, CD56, HLA-DR, CD39, CD184, PD-L1, PD-L2, and CTLA-4. This study is the first to demonstrate the feasibility of detecting tumor cells and their antigen expression in LNs using these techniques. This precise characterization of non-hematopoietic cells in LNs could significantly aid in identifying micrometastases and refining lung cancer diagnostics. The presence of metastases in mediastinal lymph nodes (LNs) is essential for planning lung cancer treatment and assessing anticancer immune responses. The aim of the study was to assess LNs for the presence of neoplastic cells and evaluate lung cancer-selected antigen expression. LN aspirates were obtained during an EBUS/TBNA procedure. The cells were analyzed using a hematological analyzer and flow cytometry. It was possible to indicate the presence of cells characterized by high fluorescence connected with high metabolic activity using a hematological analyzer and to determine their non-hematopoietic origin using flow cytometry. Using these methods together, we detected very quickly a high proportion of cancer cells in LNs. We noticed that it was possible to determine a high expression of EpCAM, TTF-1, Ki67, cytokeratin, HER, and differences between non-small-cell (NSCLC) and small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) for the antigens MUC-1, CD56, HLA-DR, CD39, CD184, PD-L1, PD-L2 and CTLA-4 on tumor cells. We report, for the first time, that the detection of tumor cells in LNs with the expression of specific antigens is easy to evaluate using a hematological analyzer and flow cytometry in EBUS/TBNA samples. Such precise characteristics of non-hematopoietic cells in LNs may be of great diagnostic importance in the detection of micrometastases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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230. Translating, co-creating, and performing: Reflections on a 15-year journey for impact into the grand challenge of disaster insurance.
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Jarzabkowski, Paula, Bednarek, Rebecca, Chalkias, Konstantinos, Cacciatori, Eugenia, Kavas, Mustafa, Krull, Elisabeth, and Gallagher Rodgers, Rhianna
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DISASTER insurance ,FIELD research ,QUALITATIVE research ,RESEARCH questions ,ORGANIZATIONAL sociology - Abstract
The grand challenges society faces compel strategy and organization scholars to engage meaningfully with practice and contribute toward solution development. As global complexities escalate, the importance of addressing these challenges intensifies. While the notion of "impact" in organization theory remains elusive, a recent surge in scholarly work highlights the tensions and challenges associated with conducting impact-driven research. In this essay, we reflect on our 15-year program of research into financial responses to disasters, illustrating the process of doing impact through activities of "translating, 'co-creating," and "performing." We show how these activities fostered the emergence of new research questions, new collaborations, and novel impacts. Based on our journey, we generate four reflexive insights. First, translating, co-creating, and performing are an iterative, rather than sequential, process in which these activities partly overlap and build cumulatively on each other. Second, a flexible yet robust impact object is crucial. Third, while co-creation is indispensable, it is also, often, contentious. Finally, impactful research necessitates humility, courage, and persistence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2025
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231. Artificial Intelligence in Imaging for Personalized Management of Coronary Artery Disease.
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Bednarek, Adrian, Gumiężna, Karolina, Baruś, Piotr, Kochman, Janusz, and Tomaniak, Mariusz
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ARTIFICIAL intelligence , *MACHINE learning , *CONVOLUTIONAL neural networks , *DEEP learning , *OPTICAL coherence tomography - Abstract
The precision of imaging and the number of other risk-assessing and diagnostic methods are constantly growing, allowing for the uptake of additional strategies for individualized therapies. Personalized medicine has the potential to deliver more adequate treatment, resulting in better clinical outcomes, based on each patient's vulnerability or genetic makeup. In addition to increased efficiency, costs related to this type of procedure can be significantly lower. Useful assistance in designing individual therapies may be assured by the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). Recent years have brought essential developments in deep and machine learning techniques. Advances in technologies such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have enabled automatic analyses of images, numerical data, and video data, providing high efficiency in the creation of prediction models. The number of AI applications in medicine is constantly growing, and the effectiveness of these techniques has been demonstrated in coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA), optical coherence tomography (OCT), and many others. Moreover, AI models may be useful in direct therapy optimization for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), who are burdened with high risk. The combination of well-trained AI with the design of individual treatment pathways can lead to improvements in health care. However, existing limitations, such as non-adapted guidelines or the lack of randomized clinical trials to evaluate AI's true accuracy, may contribute to delays in introducing automatic methods into practical use. This review critically appraises the developed tools that are potentially useful for clinicians in guiding personalized patient management, as well as current trials in this field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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232. How and why funders support engaged research.
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Bednarek, Angela T., Miyamoto, Ben, Corbett, Kristin, Hudson, Charlotte, Scarrow, Gayle, Brass, Maeghan, DuMont, Kim, Holmes, Bev, Supplee, Lauren, McLean, Robert, Bhatia, Jaspal, Chappell, Shamira, Vélez, Maggie Gorman, and Kolavalli, Chhaya
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SCIENTIFIC community , *PROBLEM solving , *EXPERTISE , *LEVERS , *GEOGRAPHY - Abstract
Research that better aligns policy, practice, and research communities is gaining momentum around the world. This includes engaged research strategies that bring partners, and their diverse perspectives and kinds of knowledge, together to shape research agendas with on-the-ground-needs and to create dynamic problem-solving processes. These approaches aim to generate more equitable and effective solutions to societal challenges. Although many of these partnered strategies have a longstanding history, entrenched research cultures, practices, and institutional structures stand in the way of scaling them. Given the outsized role funders play in shaping research efforts, funders are a critical lever for change. This perspective describes the efforts of a global collaborative of philanthropic and public funders who are adapting their practices, supporting the development of infrastructure (e.g., capacity-strengthening, facilitation expertise, processes to guide relational work, etc.), and targeting system-level challenges to enable engaged research to maximize its potential. The authors integrate insights from different issue areas, geographies, and funding areas to provide concrete examples of funder activities that support engaged research and to suggest areas for further action. Recommendations include scaling changes in funding practices, deepening understanding of how and when engaged research leads to improved outcomes, and reshaping how success is defined and measured. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2025
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233. Cor triatriatum sinister -- rare congenital anomaly diagnosed incidentally among two adult patients.
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Zuwała, Marcin, Chudy, Radosław, Bednarek, Agnieszka, Drożdż, Tomasz, Wojciechowska, Wiktoria, Rajzer, Marek, and Olszanecka, Agnieszka
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CONGENITAL heart disease ,HOSPITAL patients ,HEART examination ,ULTRASONIC imaging ,ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY - Abstract
Cor triatriatum sinister (CTS) is a rare congenital heart defect. Clinical presentation depends on several factors and may vary from severe circulatory failure to a completely asymptomatic course. Although numerous complications of the defect are known, some cases may be diagnosed incidentally and have no clinical implications. In this case report, two patients with CTS diagnosed during adulthood are described. The first patient has been admitted to the hospital for oncological treatment and has been consulted by a cardiologist before planned surgery. During the cardiological examination, an intraatrial structure corresponding with CTS was found. In this patient, the diagnosis of the congenital heart defect did not result in a modification of the treatment, as it was classified as an incidental, asymptomatic finding. The second patient was referred for a cardiology assessment after her pulmonologist suspected angina. Diagnostic tests have been performed, and coronary ischaemia has been excluded. However, CTS has been diagnosed with ultrasonography. The diagnosis of CTS did not influence the further therapeutic process in both patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2025
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234. Indirect dark matter searches in the dwarf satellite galaxy Ursa Major II with the MAGIC Telescopes
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MAGIC Collaboration, Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arcaro, C., Baack, D., Babić, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., González, J. Becerra, Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Berse, R. Ch., Berti, A., Bhattacharyya, W., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnoli, G., Carosi, R., Carosi, A., Ceribella, G., 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., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Di Pierro, F., Domínguez, A., Prester, D. Dominis, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Elsaesser, D., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Fernández-Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, 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., Kuveždić, D., Lelas, D., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López, M., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Masuda, S., Mazin, D., Mielke, K., Minev, M., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Nagayoshi, T., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogués, L., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pedaletti, G., Peresano, M., Persic, M., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Garcia, J. R., Reichardt, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Strzys, M., Surić, T., Takahashi, M., Takalo, L., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Teshima, M., Torres-Albà, N., Treves, A., Tsujimoto, S., Vanzo, G., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., and Zarić, D.
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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology - Abstract
The dwarf spheroidal galaxy Ursa Major II (UMaII) is believed to be one of the most dark-matter dominated systems among the Milky Way satellites and represents a suitable target for indirect dark matter (DM) searches. The MAGIC telescopes carried out a deep observation campaign on UMaII between 2014 and 2016, collecting almost one hundred hours of good-quality data. This campaign enlarges the pool of DM targets observed at very high energy (E$\gtrsim$50GeV) in search for signatures of dark matter annihilation in the wide mass range between $\sim$100 GeV and $\sim$100 TeV. To this end, the data are analyzed with the full likelihood analysis, a method based on the exploitation of the spectral information of the recorded events for an optimal sensitivity to the explored dark matter models. We obtain constraints on the annihilation cross-section for different channels that are among the most robust and stringent achieved so far at the TeV mass scale from observations of dwarf satellite galaxies., Comment: 18 pages, 8 figures
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235. Gamma-rays from the binary system containing PSR J2032+4127 during its periastron passage
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Bednarek, Wlodek, Banasinski, Piotr, and Sitarek, Julian
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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena - Abstract
The energetic pulsar, PSR J2032+4127, has been recently discovered in the direction of the unidentified HEGRA TeV gamma-ray source (TeV J2032+4130). It is proposed that this pulsar forms a binary system with the Be type star, MT91 213, expected to reach the periastron late in 2017. We performed detailed calculations of the gamma-ray emission produced close to the binary system's periastron passage by applying a simple geometrical model. Electrons accelerated at the collision region of pulsar and stellar winds initiate anisotropic Inverse Compton electron-positron pair cascades by scattering soft radiation from the massive companion. The gamma-ray spectra, from such a comptonization process, are confronted with the measurements of the extended TeV gamma-ray emission from the HEGRA TeV gamma-ray source. We discuss conditions within the binary system, at the periastron passage of the pulsar, for which the gamma-ray emission from the binary can overcome the extended, steady TeV gamma-ray emission from the HEGRA TeV gamma-ray source., Comment: 19 pages, 8 figures, Journal of Physics G, accepted
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236. Science with e-ASTROGAM (A space mission for MeV-GeV gamma-ray astrophysics)
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De Angelis, A., Tatischeff, V., Grenier, I. A., McEnery, J., Mallamaci, M., Tavani, M., Oberlack, U., Hanlon, L., Walter, R., Argan, A., Von Ballmoos, P., Bulgarelli, A., Bykov, A., Hernanz, M., Kanbach, G., Kuvvetli, I., Pearce, M., Zdziarski, A., Conrad, J., Ghisellini, G., Harding, A., Isern, J., Leising, M., Longo, F., Madejski, G., Martinez, M., Mazziotta, M. N., Paredes, J. M., Pohl, M., Rando, R., Razzano, M., Aboudan, A., Ackermann, M., Addazi, A., Ajello, M., Albertus, C., Alvarez, J. M., Ambrosi, G., Anton, S., Antonelli, L. A., Babic, A., Baibussinov, B., Balbo, M., Baldini, L., Balman, S., Bambi, C., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., Bartels, R., Bastieri, D., Bednarek, W., Bernard, D., Bernardini, E., Bernasconi, T., Bertucci, B., Biland, A., Bissaldi, E., Boettcher, M., Bonvicini, V., Ramon, V. Bosch, Bottacini, E., Bozhilov, V., Bretz, T., Branchesi, M., Brdar, V., Bringmann, T., Brogna, A., Jorgensen, C. Budtz, Busetto, G., Buson, S., Busso, M., Caccianiga, A., Camera, S., Campana, R., Caraveo, P., Cardillo, M., Carlson, P., Celestin, S., Cermeno, M., Chen, A., Cheung, C. C, Churazov, E., Ciprini, S., Coc, A., Colafrancesco, S., Coleiro, A., Collmar, W., Coppi, P., da Silva, R. Curado, Cutini, S., DAmmando, F., De Lotto, B., de Martino, D., De Rosa, A., Del Santo, M., Delgado, L., Diehl, R., Dietrich, S., Dolgov, A. D., Dominguez, A., Prester, D. Dominis, Donnarumma, I., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Dutra, M., Elsaesser, D., Fabrizio, M., FernandezBarral, A., Fioretti, V., Foffano, L., Formato, V., Fornengo, N., Foschini, L., Franceschini, A., Franckowiak, A., Funk, S., Fuschino, F., Gaggero, D., Galanti, G., Gargano, F., Gasparrini, D., Gehrz, R., Giammaria, P., Giglietto, N., Giommi, P., Giordano, F., Giroletti, M., Ghirlanda, G., Godinovic, N., Gouiffes, C., Grove, J. E., Hamadache, C., Hartmann, D. H., Hayashida, M., Hryczuk, A., Jean, P., Johnson, T., Jose, J., Kaufmann, S., Khelifi, B., Kiener, J., Knodlseder, J., Kole, M., Kopp, J., Kozhuharov, V., Labanti, C., Lalkovski, S., Laurent, P., Limousin, O., Linares, M., Lindfors, E., Lindner, M., Liu, J., Lombardi, S., Loparco, F., LopezCoto, R., Moya, M. Lopez, Lott, B., Lubrano, P., Malyshev, D., Mankuzhiyil, N., Mannheim, K., Marcha, M. J., Marciano, A., Marcote, B., Mariotti, M., Marisaldi, M., McBreen, S., Mereghetti, S., Merle, A., Mignani, R., Minervini, G., Moiseev, A., Morselli, A., Moura, F., Nakazawa, K., Nava, L., Nieto, D., Orienti, M., Orio, M., Orlando, E., Orleanski, P., Paiano, S., Paoletti, R., Papitto, A., Pasquato, M., Patricelli, B., PerezGarcia, M. A., Persic, M., Piano, G., Pichel, A., Pimenta, M., Pittori, C., Porter, T., Poutanen, J., Prandini, E., Prantzos, N., Produit, N., Profumo, S., Queiroz, F. S., Raino, S., Raklev, A., Regis, M., Reichardt, I., Rephaeli, Y., Rico, J., Rodejohann, W., Fernandez, G. Rodriguez, Roncadelli, M., Roso, L., Rovero, A., Ruffini, R., Sala, G., SanchezConde, M. A., Santangelo, A., Parkinson, P. Saz, Sbarrato, T., Shearer, A., Shellard, R., Short, K., Siegert, T., Siqueira, C., Spinelli, P., Stamerra, A., Starrfield, S., Strong, A., Strumke, I., Tavecchio, F., Taverna, R., Terzic, T., Thompson, D. J., Tibolla, O., Torres, D. F., Turolla, R., Ulyanov, A., Ursi, A., Vacchi, A., Abeele, J. Van den, Kirilovai, G. Vankova, Venter, C., Verrecchia, F., Vincent, P., Wang, X., Weniger, C., Wu, X., Zaharijas, G., Zampieri, L., Zane, S., Zimmer, S., Zoglauer, A., and collaboration, the eASTROGAM
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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,High Energy Physics - Experiment - Abstract
e-ASTROGAM (enhanced ASTROGAM) is a breakthrough Observatory space mission, with a detector composed by a Silicon tracker, a calorimeter, and an anticoincidence system, dedicated to the study of the non-thermal Universe in the photon energy range from 0.3 MeV to 3 GeV - the lower energy limit can be pushed to energies as low as 150 keV for the tracker, and to 30 keV for calorimetric detection. The mission is based on an advanced space-proven detector technology, with unprecedented sensitivity, angular and energy resolution, combined with polarimetric capability. Thanks to its performance in the MeV-GeV domain, substantially improving its predecessors, e-ASTROGAM will open a new window on the non-thermal Universe, making pioneering observations of the most powerful Galactic and extragalactic sources, elucidating the nature of their relativistic outflows and their effects on the surroundings. With a line sensitivity in the MeV energy range one to two orders of magnitude better than previous generation instruments, e-ASTROGAM will determine the origin of key isotopes fundamental for the understanding of supernova explosion and the chemical evolution of our Galaxy. The mission will provide unique data of significant interest to a broad astronomical community, complementary to powerful observatories such as LIGO-Virgo-GEO600-KAGRA, SKA, ALMA, E-ELT, TMT, LSST, JWST, Athena, CTA, IceCube, KM3NeT, and LISA., Comment: Published on Journal of High Energy Astrophysics (Elsevier)
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237. Cherenkov Telescope Array Contributions to the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2017)
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Acero, F., Acharya, B. S., Portella, V. Acín, Adams, C., Agudo, I., Aharonian, F., Samarai, I. Al, Alberdi, A., Alcubierre, M., Alfaro, R., Alfaro, J., Alispach, C., Aloisio, R., Batista, R. Alves, Amans, J. -P., Amato, E., Ambrogi, L., Ambrosi, G., Ambrosio, M., Anderson, J., Anduze, M., Angüner, E. O., Antolini, E., Antonelli, L. A., Antonuccio, V., Antoranz, P., Aramo, C., Araya, M., Arcaro, C., Armstrong, T., Arqueros, F., Arrabito, L., Arrieta, M., Asano, K., Asano, A., Ashley, M., Aubert, P., Singh, C. B., Babic, A., Backes, M., Bajtlik, S., Balazs, C., Balbo, M., Ballester, O., Ballet, J., Ballo, L., Balzer, A., Bamba, A., Bandiera, R., Barai, P., Barbier, C., Barcelo, M., Barkov, M., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., Bastieri, D., Bauer, C., Becciani, U., Becherini, Y., Tjus, J. Becker, Bednarek, W., Belfiore, A., Benbow, W., Benito, M., Berge, D., Bernardini, E., Bernardini, M. G., Bernardos, M., Bernhard, S., Bernlöhr, K., Salucci, C. Bertinelli, Bertucci, B., Besel, M. -A., Beshley, V., Bettane, J., Bhatt, N., Bhattacharyya, W., Bhattachryya, S., Biasuzzi, B., Bicknell, G., Bigongiari, C., Biland, A., Bilinsky, A., Bird, R., Bissaldi, E., Biteau, J., Bitossi, M., Blanch, O., Blasi, P., Blazek, J., Boccato, C., Bockermann, C., Boehm, C., Bohacova, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Bonanno, G., Bonardi, A., Bonavolontà, C., Bonnoli, G., Borkowski, J., Bose, R., Bosnjak, Z., Böttcher, M., Boutonnet, C., Bouyjou, F., Bowman, L., Bozhilov, V., Braiding, C., Brau-Nogué, S., Bregeon, J., Briggs, M., Brill, A., Brisken, W., Bristow, D., Britto, R., Brocato, E., Brown, A. M., Brown, S., Brügge, K., Brun, P., Brun, F., Brunetti, L., Brunetti, G., Bruno, P., Bryan, M., Buckley, J., Bugaev, V., Bühler, R., Bulgarelli, A., Bulik, T., Burton, M., Burtovoi, A., Busetto, G., Buson, S., Buss, J., Byrum, K., Caccianiga, A., Cameron, R., Canelli, F., Canestrari, R., Capalbi, M., Capasso, M., Capitanio, F., Caproni, A., Capuzzo-Dolcetta, R., Caraveo, P., Cárdenas, V., Cardenzana, J., Cardillo, M., Carlile, C., Caroff, S., Carosi, R., Carosi, A., Carquín, E., Carr, J., Casandjian, J. -M., Casanova, S., Cascone, E., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Mora, J. Castroviejo, Catalani, F., Catalano, O., Cauz, D., Silva, C. Celestino, Celli, S., Cerruti, M., Chabanne, E., Chadwick, P., Chakraborty, N., Champion, C., Chatterjee, A., Chaty, S., Chaves, R., Chen, A., Chen, X., Cheng, K., Chernyakova, M., Chikawa, M., Chitnis, V. R., Christov, A., Chudoba, J., Cieślar, M., Clark, P., Coco, V., Colafrancesco, S., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Colome, J., Colonges, S., Conforti, V., Connaughton, V., Conrad, J., Contreras, J. L., Cornat, R., Cortina, J., Costa, A., Costantini, H., Cotter, G., Courty, B., Covino, S., Covone, G., Cristofari, P., Criswell, S. J., Crocker, R., Croston, J., Crovari, C., Cuadra, J., Cuevas, O., Cui, X., Cumani, P., Cusumano, G., D'Aì, A., D'Ammando, F., D'Avanzo, P., D'Urso, D., Da Vela, P., Dale, Ø., Dang, V. T., Dangeon, L., Daniel, M., Davids, I., Dawson, B., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Caprio, V., Anjos, R. de Cássia dos, De Cesare, G., De Franco, A., De Frondat, F., Pino, E. M. de Gouveia Dal, de la Calle, I., De Lisio, C., Lopez, R. de los Reyes, De Lotto, B., De Luca, A., De Lucia, M., Neto, J. R. T. de Mello, de Naurois, M., Wilhelmi, E. de Oña, De Palma, F., De Persio, F., de Souza, V., Decock, J., Deil, C., Deiml, P., Del Santo, M., Delagnes, E., Deleglise, G., Reznicek, M. Delfino, Delgado, C., Mengual, J. Delgado, Della Ceca, R., della Volpe, D., Detournay, M., Devin, J., Di Girolamo, T., Di Giulio, C., Di Pierro, F., Di Venere, L., Diaz, L., Díaz, C., Dib, C., Dickinson, H., Diebold, S., Digel, S., Djannati-Ataï, A., Doert, M., Domínguez, A., Prester, D. Dominis, Donnarumma, I., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Dournaux, J. -L., Downes, T., Drake, G., Drappeau, S., Drass, H., Dravins, D., Drury, L., Dubus, G., Morå, K. Dundas, Durkalec, A., Dwarkadas, V., Ebr, J., Eckner, C., Edy, E., Egberts, K., Einecke, S., Eisch, J., Eisenkolb, F., Ekoume, T. R. N., Eleftheriadis, C., Elsässer, D., Emmanoulopoulos, D., Ernenwein, J. -P., Escarate, P., Eschbach, S., Espinoza, C., Evans, P., Evoli, C., Fairbairn, M., Falceta-Goncalves, D., Falcone, A., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Farakos, K., Farrell, E., Fasola, G., Favre, Y., Fede, E., Fedora, R., Fedorova, E., Fegan, S., Fernandez-Alonso, M., Fernández-Barral, A., Ferrand, G., Ferreira, O., Fesquet, M., Fiandrini, E., Fiasson, A., Filipovic, M., Fink, D., Finley, J. P., Finley, C., Finoguenov, A., Fioretti, V., Fiorini, M., Flores, H., Foffano, L., Föhr, C., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fontaine, G., Fornasa, M., Fortin, P., Fortson, L., Fouque, N., Fraga, B., Franco, F. J., Coromina, L. Freixas, Fruck, C., Fugazza, D., Fujita, Y., Fukami, S., Fukazawa, Y., Fukui, Y., Funk, S., Furniss, A., Füßling, M., Gabici, S., Gadola, A., Gallant, Y., Galloway, D., Gallozzi, S., Garcia, B., Garcia, A., Gil, R. García, López, R. 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J., Hassan, T., Haubold, T., Haupt, A., Hayashi, K., Hayashida, M., He, H., Heller, M., Helo, J. C., Henault, F., Henri, G., Hermann, G., Hermel, R., Llorente, J. Herrera, Herrero, A., Hervet, O., Hidaka, N., Hinton, J., Hiroshima, N., Hirotani, K., Hnatyk, B., Hoang, J. K., Hoffmann, D., Hofmann, W., Holder, J., Horan, D., Hörandel, J., Hörbe, M., Horns, D., Horvath, P., Houles, J., Hovatta, T., Hrabovsky, M., Hrupec, D., Huet, J. -M., Hughes, G., Hui, D., Hull, G., Humensky, T. B., Hussein, M., Hütten, M., Iarlori, M., Ikeno, Y., Illa, J. M., Impiombato, D., Inada, T., Ingallinera, A., Inome, Y., Inoue, S., Inoue, T., Inoue, Y., Iocco, F., Ioka, K., Ionica, M., Iori, M., Iriarte, A., Ishio, K., Israel, G. L., Iwamura, Y., Jablonski, C., Jacholkowska, A., Jacquemier, J., Jamrozy, M., Janecek, P., Jankowsky, F., Jankowsky, D., Jansweijer, P., Jarnot, C., Jean, P., Johnson, C. 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Leigui, Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P., Leto, G., Lico, R., Limon, M., Lindemann, R., Lindfors, E., Linhoff, L., Lipniacka, A., Lloyd, S., Lohse, T., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., Lopez, M., Lopez-Coto, R., Louge, T., Louis, F., Louys, M., Lucarelli, F., Lucchesi, D., Luque-Escamilla, P. L., Lyard, E., Maccarone, M. C., Maccarone, T., Mach, E., Madejski, G. M., Maier, G., Majczyna, A., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Malaguti, G., Malouf, A., Maltezos, S., Malyshev, D., Mandat, D., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mangano, S., Manigot, P., Mannheim, K., Maragos, N., Marano, D., Marcowith, A., Marín, J., Mariotti, M., Marisaldi, M., Markoff, S., Martí, J., Martin, J. -M., Martin, P., Martin, L., Martínez, M., Martínez, G., Martínez, O., Marx, R., Masetti, N., Massimino, P., Mastichiadis, A., Mastropietro, M., Masuda, S., Matsumoto, H., Matthews, N., Mattiazzo, S., Maurin, G., Maxted, N., Mayer, M., Mazin, D., Mazziotta, M. N., Comb, L. Mc, McHardy, I., Medina, C., Melandri, A., Melioli, C., Melkumyan, D., Mereghetti, S., Meunier, J. -L., Meures, T., Meyer, M., Micanovic, S., Michael, T., Michałowski, J., Mievre, I., Miller, J., Minaya, I. A., Mineo, T., Mirabel, F., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Mitchell, A., Mizuno, T., Moderski, R., Mohammed, M., Mohrmann, L., Molijn, C., Molinari, E., Moncada, R., Montaruli, T., Monteiro, I., Mooney, D., Moore, P., Moralejo, A., Morcuende-Parrilla, D., Moretti, E., Mori, K., Morlino, G., Morris, P., Morselli, A., Moscato, F., Motohashi, D., Moulin, E., Mueller, S., Mukherjee, R., Munar, P., Mundell, C., Mundet, J., Murach, T., Muraishi, H., Murase, K., Murphy, A., Nagai, A., Nagar, N., Nagataki, S., Nagayoshi, T., Nagesh, B. K., Naito, T., Nakajima, D., Nakamori, T., Nakamura, Y., Nakayama, K., Naumann, D., Nayman, P., Neise, D., Nellen, L., Nemmen, R., Neronov, A., Neyroud, N., Nguyen, T., Nguyen, T. T., Trung, T. Nguyen, Nicastro, L., Nicolau-Kukliński, J., Niemiec, J., Nieto, D., Nievas-Rosillo, M., Nikołajuk, M., Nishijima, K., Nishikawa, K. -I., Nishiyama, G., Noda, K., Nogues, L., Nolan, S., Nosek, D., Nöthe, M., Novosyadlyj, B., Nozaki, S., Nunio, F., O'Brien, P., Oakes, L., Ocampo, C., Ochoa, J. P., Oger, R., Ohira, Y., Ohishi, M., Ohm, S., Okazaki, N., Okumura, A., Olive, J. -F., Ong, R. A., Orienti, M., Orito, R., Orlati, A., Osborne, J. P., Ostrowski, M., Otte, N., Ou, Z., Ovcharov, E., Oya, I., Ozieblo, A., Padovani, M., Paiano, S., Paizis, A., Palacio, J., Palatiello, M., Palatka, M., Pallotta, J., Panazol, J. -L., Paneque, D., Panter, M., Paoletti, R., Paolillo, M., Papitto, A., Paravac, A., Paredes, J. M., Pareschi, G., Parsons, R. D., Paśko, P., Pavy, S., Pe'er, A., Pech, M., Pedaletti, G., Del Campo, P. Peñil, Perez, A., Pérez-Torres, M. A., Perri, L., Perri, M., Persic, M., Petrashyk, A., Petrera, S., Petrucci, P. -O., Petruk, O., Peyaud, B., Pfeifer, M., Piano, G., Piel, Q., Pieloth, D., Pintore, F., García, C. Pio, Pisarski, A., Pita, S., Pizarro, L., Platos, Ł., Pohl, M., Poireau, V., Pollo, A., Porthault, J., Poutanen, J., Pozo, D., Prandini, E., Prasit, P., Prast, J., Pressard, K., Principe, G., Prokhorov, D., Prokoph, H., Prouza, M., Pruteanu, G., Pueschel, E., Pühlhofer, G., Puljak, I., Punch, M., Pürckhauer, S., Queiroz, F., Quinn, J., Quirrenbach, A., Rafighi, I., Rainò, S., Rajda, P. J., Rando, R., Rannot, R. C., Razzaque, S., Reichardt, I., Reimer, O., Reimer, A., Reisenegger, A., Renaud, M., Reposeur, T., Reville, B., Rezaeian, A. H., Rhode, W., Ribeiro, D., Ribó, M., Richer, M. G., Richtler, T., Rico, J., Rieger, F., Riquelme, M., Ristori, P. R., Rivoire, S., Rizi, V., Rodriguez, J., Fernandez, G. Rodriguez, Vázquez, J. J. Rodríguez, Rojas, G., Romano, P., Romeo, G., Roncadelli, M., Rosado, J., Rosen, S., Lees, S. Rosier, Rousselle, J., Rovero, A. C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Rugliancich, A., del Mazo, J. E. Ruíz, Rujopakarn, W., Rulten, C., Russo, F., Saavedra, O., Sabatini, S., Sacco, B., Sadeh, I., Hatlen, E. Sæther, Safi-Harb, S., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Saito, T., Sakaki, N., Sakurai, S., Salek, D., Greus, F. Salesa, Salina, G., Sanchez, D., Sánchez-Conde, M., Sandaker, H., Sandoval, A., Sangiorgi, P., Sanguillon, M., Sano, H., Santander, M., Santangelo, A., Santos, E. M., Sanuy, A., Sapozhnikov, L., Sarkar, S., Satalecka, K., Sato, Y., Saturni, F. G., Savalle, R., Sawada, M., Schanne, S., Schioppa, E. J., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schmoll, J., Schneider, M., Schoorlemmer, H., Schovanek, P., Schulz, A., Schussler, F., Schwanke, U., Schwarz, J., Schweizer, T., Schwemmer, S., Sciacca, E., Scuderi, S., Seglar-Arroyo, M., Segreto, A., Seitenzahl, I., Semikoz, D., Sergijenko, O., Serre, N., Servillat, M., Seweryn, K., Shah, K., Shalchi, A., Sharma, M., Shellard, R. C., Shilon, I., Sidoli, L., Sidz, M., Siejkowski, H., Silk, J., Sillanpää, A., Simone, D., Singh, B. B., Sironi, G., Sitarek, J., Sizun, P., Sliusar, V., Slowikowska, A., Smith, A., Sobczyńska, D., Sokolenko, A., Sol, H., Sottile, G., Springer, W., Stahl, O., Stamerra, A., Stanič, S., Starling, R., Staszak, D., Stawarz, Ł., Steenkamp, R., Stefanik, S., Stegmann, C., Steiner, S., Stella, C., Stephan, M., Sternberger, R., Sterzel, M., Stevenson, B., Stodulska, M., Stodulski, M., Stolarczyk, T., Stratta, G., Straumann, U., Stuik, R., Suchenek, M., Suomijarvi, T., Supanitsky, A. D., Suric, T., Sushch, I., Sutcliffe, P., Sykes, J., Szanecki, M., Szepieniec, T., Tagliaferri, G., Tajima, H., Takahashi, K., Takahashi, H., Takahashi, M., Takalo, L., Takami, S., Takata, J., Takeda, J., Tam, T., Tanaka, M., Tanaka, T., Tanaka, Y., Tanaka, S., Tanci, C., Tavani, M., Tavecchio, F., Tavernet, J. -P., Tayabaly, K., Tejedor, L. A., Temme, F., Temnikov, P., Terada, Y., Terrazas, J. C., Terrier, R., Terront, D., Terzic, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Testa, V., Thoudam, S., Tian, W., Tibaldo, L., Tiengo, A., Tiziani, D., Tluczykont, M., Peixoto, C. J. Todero, Tokanai, F., Tokarz, M., Toma, K., Tomastik, J., Tonachini, A., Tonev, D., Tornikoski, M., Torres, D. F., Torresi, E., Tosti, G., Totani, T., Tothill, N., Toussenel, F., Tovmassian, G., Trakarnsirinont, N., Travnicek, P., Trichard, C., Trifoglio, M., Pujadas, I. Troyano, Tsirou, M., Tsujimoto, S., Tsuru, T., Uchiyama, Y., Umana, G., Uslenghi, M., Vagelli, V., Vagnetti, F., Valentino, M., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Berg, A. M. Van den, van Driel, W., van Eldik, C., van Soelen, B., Vandenbroucke, J., Vanderwalt, J., Varner, G. S., Vasileiadis, G., Vassiliev, V., Vázquez, J. R., Acosta, M. Vázquez, Vecchi, M., Vega, A., Veitch, P., Venault, P., Venter, C., Vercellone, S., Veres, P., Vergani, S., Verzi, V., Vettolani, G. P., Veyssiere, C., Viana, A., Vicha, J., Vigorito, C., Villanueva, J., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Visconti, F., Vittorini, V., Voelk, H., Voisin, V., Vollhardt, A., Vorobiov, S., Vovk, I., Vrastil, M., Vuillaume, T., Wagner, S. J., Wagner, R., Wagner, P., Wakely, S. P., Walstra, T., Walter, R., Ward, M., Ward, J. E., Warren, D., Watson, J. J., Webb, N., Wegner, P., Weiner, O., Weinstein, A., Weniger, C., Werner, F., Wetteskind, H., White, M., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wiesand, S., Wijers, R., Wilcox, P., Wilhelm, A., Wilkinson, M., Will, M., Williams, D. A., Winter, M., Wojcik, P., Wolf, D., Wood, M., Wörnlein, A., Wu, T., Yadav, K. K., Yaguna, C., Yamamoto, T., Yamamoto, H., Yamane, N., Yamazaki, R., Yanagita, S., Yang, L., Yelos, D., Yoshida, T., Yoshida, M., Yoshiike, S., Yoshikoshi, T., Yu, P., Zaborov, D., Zacharias, M., Zaharijas, G., Zajczyk, A., Zampieri, L., Zandanel, F., Zanin, R., Sanchez, R. Zanmar, Zaric, D., Zavrtanik, M., Zavrtanik, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zechlin, H., Zhdanov, V. I., Ziegler, A., Ziemann, J., Ziętara, K., Zink, A., Ziółkowski, J., Zitelli, V., Zoli, A., and Zorn, J.
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List of contributions from the Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium presented at the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference, July 12-20 2017, Busan, Korea., Comment: Index of Cherenkov Telescope Array conference proceedings at the ICRC2017, Busan, Korea
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238. MAGIC VHE Gamma-Ray Observations Of Binary Systems
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Hadasch, Daniela, Bednarek, Wlodek, Blanch, Oscar, Cortina, Juan, Wilhelmi, Emma de Oña, Fernández-Barral, Alba, López-Coto, Rúben, López-Oramas, Alicia, Moretti, Elena, Munar-Adrover, Pere, Paredes, Josep Maria, Ribó, Marc, Torres, Diego F., Sitarek, Julian, Collaboration, the MAGIC, and Casares, Jorge
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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena - Abstract
There are several types of Galactic sources that can potentially accelerate charged particles up to GeV and TeV energies. We present here the results of our observations of the source class of gamma-ray binaries and the subclass of binary systems known as novae with the MAGIC telescopes. Up to now novae were only detected in the GeV range. This 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. The focus here lies on the four sources: nova V339 Del, SS433, LS I +61 303 and V404 Cygni. The binary system LS I +61 303 was observed in a long-term monitoring campaign for 8 years. We show the newest results on our search for superorbital variability, also in context with contemporaneous optical observations. Furthermore, we present the observations of the only super-critical accretion system known in our galaxy: SS433. Finally, the results of the follow-up observations of the microquasar V404 Cygni during a series of outbursts in the X-ray band and the ones of the nova V339 Del will be discussed in these proceedings., Comment: Proceedings of the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2017), Bexco, Busan, Korea (arXiv:1708.05153)
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239. Constraining Lorentz invariance violation using the Crab Pulsar emission observed up to TeV energies by MAGIC
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MAGIC Collaboration, Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arcaro, C., Babić, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., González, J. Becerra, Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Berti, A., Bhattacharyya, W., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., 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., Wilhelmi, E. de Oã, Di Pierro, F., Doert, M., Domínguez, A., Prester, D. Dominis, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Glawion, D. Eisenacher, Elsaesser, D., Engelkemeier, M., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Fernández-Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Garrido, D., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, N., Gora, D., Guberman, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Hassan, T., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Inada, T., Ishio, K., Konno, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Kuveždić, D., Lelas, D., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López, M., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Minev, M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogués, L., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pedaletti, G., Peresano, M., Perri, L., Persic, M., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Garcia, J. R., Reichardt, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schroeder, S., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Strzys, M., Surić, T., Takalo, L., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Torres, D. F., Torres-Albà, N., Treves, A., Vanzo, G., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., and Zarić, D.
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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena - Abstract
Spontaneous breaking of Lorentz symmetry at energies on the order of the Planck energy or lower is predicted by many quantum gravity theories, implying non-trivial dispersion relations for the photon in vacuum. Consequently, gamma-rays of different energies, emitted simultaneously from astrophysical sources, could accumulate measurable differences in their time of flight until they reach the Earth. Such tests have been carried out in the past using fast variations of gamma-ray flux from pulsars, and more recently from active galactic nuclei and gamma-ray bursts. We present new constraints studying the gamma-ray emission of the galactic Crab Pulsar, recently observed up to TeV energies by the MAGIC collaboration. A profile likelihood analysis of pulsar events reconstructed for energies above 400GeV finds no significant variation in arrival time as their energy increases. Ninety-five percent~CL limits are obtained on the effective Lorentz invariance violating energy scale at the level of $E_{\mathrm{QG}_1} > 5.5\cdot 10^{17}$GeV ($4.5\cdot 10^{17}$GeV) for a linear, and $E_{\mathrm{QG}_2} > 5.9\cdot 10^{10}$GeV ($5.3\cdot 10^{10}$GeV) for a quadratic scenario, for the subluminal and the superluminal cases, respectively. A substantial part of this study is dedicated to calibration of the test statistic, with respect to bias and coverage properties. Moreover, the limits take into account systematic uncertainties, found to worsen the statistical limits by about 36--42\%. Our constraints would have resulted much more competitive if the intrinsic pulse shape of the pulsar between 200GeV and 400GeV was understood in sufficient detail and allowed inclusion of events well below 400GeV.
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240. MAGIC Contributions to the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2017)
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MAGIC Collaboration, Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arcaro, C., Babić, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., González, J. Becerra, Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Berti, A., Bhattacharyya, W., 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., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Di Pierro, F., Doert, M., Domínguez, A., Prester, D. Dominis, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Glawion, D. Eisenacher, Elsaesser, D., Engelkemeier, M., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Fernández-Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, 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., Kuveždić, D., Lelas, D., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López, M., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Minev, M., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Nagayoshi, T., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogués, L., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pedaletti, G., Peresano, M., Perri, L., Persic, M., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Garcia, J. R., Reichardt, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schroeder, S., Schweizer, T., Shore, S. N., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Strzys, M., Surić, T., Takalo, L., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Teshima, M., Torres-Albà, N., Treves, A., Tsujimoto, S., Vanzo, G., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., and Zarić, D.
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MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov) is a system of two 17 m diameter, F/1.03 Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT). They are dedicated to the observation of gamma rays from galactic and extragalactic sources in the very high energy range (VHE, 30 GeV to 100 TeV). This submission contains links to the proceedings for the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2017), held in Bexco, Busan, Korea from the 12th to the 17th of July, 2017., Comment: HTML page with links
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241. Search for very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from the microquasar Cygnus X-1 with the MAGIC telescopes
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MAGIC Collaboration, Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arcaro, C., Babić, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., González, J. Becerra, Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Berti, A., Bhattacharyya, W., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Carosi, R., Carosi, A., Chatterjee, A., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Cumani, P., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., Wilhelmi, E. de Oña, Di Pierro, F., Doert, M., Domínguez, A., Prester, D. Dominis, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Glawion, D. Eisenacher, Elsaesser, D., Engelkemeier, M., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Fernández-Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, 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., Kuveždić, D., Lelas, D., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López, M., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Minev, M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogués, L., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes-Fortuny, X., Pedaletti, G., Peresano, M., Perri, L., Persic, M., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Garcia, J. R., Reichardt, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schroeder, S., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Strzys, M., Surić, T., Takalo, L., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Torres, D. F., Torres-Albà, N., Treves, A., Vanzo, G., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., Zarić, D., Bosch-Ramon, V., Pooley, G. G., Trushkin, S. A., and Zanin, R.
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The microquasar Cygnus X-1 displays the two typical soft and hard X-ray states of a black-hole transient. During the latter, Cygnus X-1 shows a one-sided relativistic radio-jet. Recent detection of the system in the high energy (HE; $E\gtrsim60$ MeV) gamma-ray range with \textit{Fermi}-LAT associates this emission with the outflow. Former MAGIC observations revealed a hint of flaring activity in the very high-energy (VHE; $E\gtrsim100$ GeV) regime during this X-ray state. We analyze $\sim97$ hr of Cygnus X-1 data taken with the MAGIC telescopes between July 2007 and October 2014. To shed light on the correlation between hard X-ray and VHE gamma rays as previously suggested, we study each main X-ray state separately. We perform an orbital phase-folded analysis to look for variability in the VHE band. Additionally, to place this variability behavior in a multiwavelength context, we compare our results with \textit{Fermi}-LAT, \textit{AGILE}, \textit{Swift}-BAT, \textit{MAXI}, \textit{RXTE}-ASM, AMI and RATAN-600 data. We do not detect Cygnus X-1 in the VHE regime. We establish upper limits for each X-ray state, assuming a power-law distribution with photon index $\Gamma=3.2$. For steady emission in the hard and soft X-ray states, we set integral upper limits at 95\% confidence level for energies above 200 GeV at $2.6\times10^{-12}$~photons cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$ and $1.0\times10^{-11}$~photons cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$, respectively. We rule out steady VHE gamma-ray emission above this energy range, at the level of the MAGIC sensitivity, originating in the interaction between the relativistic jet and the surrounding medium, while the emission above this flux level produced inside the binary still remains a valid possibility., Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
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242. All-electric single electron spin initialization
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Bednarek, S., Pawłowski, J., Górski, M., and Skowron, G.
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Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics - Abstract
We propose a nanodevice for single-electron spin initialization. It is based on a gated planar semiconductor heterostructure with a quantum well and with potentials generated by voltages applied to local gates. Initially we insert an electron with arbitrary spin into the nanodevice. Next we perform a sequence of spin manipulations, after which the spin is set in a desired direction (e.g., the growth direction). The operations are done all-electrically, do not require any external fields and do not depend on the initial spin direction., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures
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243. Constraints on particle acceleration in SS433/W50 from MAGIC and H.E.S.S. observations
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MAGIC Collaboration, Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arcaro, C., Babić, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., González, J. Becerra, Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Berti, A., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Borracci, F., Carosi, R., Carosi, A., Chatterjee, A., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Cumani, P., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., Wilhelmi, E. de Oña, Di Pierro, F., Doert, M., Domínguez, A., Prester, D. Dominis, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Glawion, D. Eisenacher, Elsaesser, D., Engelkemeier, M., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Fernández-Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, N., Gora, D., Griffiths, S., Guberman, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Hassan, T., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Hughes, G., Ishio, K., Konno, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., dić, D. Kuvež, Lelas, D., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López, M., López-Oramas, A., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Minev, M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Munar-Adrover, P., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogués, L., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes-Fortuny, X., Pedaletti, G., Peresano, M., Perri, L., Persic, M., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Garcia, J. R., Reichardt, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schroeder, S., Schweizer, T., Shore, S. N., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Strzys, M., Surić, T., Takalo, L., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Torres, D. F., Torres-Albá, N., Treves, A., Vanzo, G., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., Wu, M. H., Zarić, D., Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Abdalla, H., Abramowski, A., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Akhperjanian, A. G., Andersson, T., Angüner, E. O., Arakawa, M., Arrieta, M., Aubert, P., Backes, M., Balzer, A., Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Tjus, J. Becker, Berge, D., Bernhard, S., Bernlöhr, K., Blackwell, R., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Bordas, P., Bregeon, J., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Büchele, M., Bulik, T., Capasso, M., Carr, J., Casanova, S., Cerruti, M., Chakraborty, N., Chalme-Calvet, R., Chaves, R. C. G., Chen, A., Chevalier, J., Chrétien, M., Coffaro, M., Colafrancesco, S., Cologna, G., Condon, B., Conrad, J., Cui, Y., Davids, I. D., Decock, J., Degrange, B., Deil, C., Devin, J., deWilt, P., Dirson, L., Djannati-Ataï, A., Domainko, W., Donath, A., Drury, L. O'C., Dutson, K., Dyks, J., Edwards, T., Egberts, K., Eger, P., Ernenwein, J. P., Eschbach, S., Farnier, C., Fegan, S., Fernandes, M. V., Fiasson, A., Fontaine, G., Förster, A., Funk, S., ling, M. Füß, Gabici, S., Gajdus, M., Gallant, Y. A., Garrigoux, T., Giavitto, G., Giebels, B., Glicenstein, J. F., Gottschall, D., Goyal, A., Grondin, M. H., Hahn, J., Haupt, M., Hawkes, J., Heinzelmann, G., Henri, G., Hermann, G., Hervet, O., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holler, M., Horns, D., Ivascenko, A., Iwasaki, H., Jacholkowska, A., Jamrozy, M., Janiak, M., Jankowsky, D., Jankowsky, F., Jingo, M., Jogler, T., Jouvin, L., Jung-Richardt, I., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzyński, K., Katsuragawa, M., Katz, U., Kerszberg, D., Khangulyan, D., Khélifi, B., Kieffer, M., King, J., Klepser, S., Klochkov, D., Kluźniak, W., Kolitzus, D., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Krakau, S., Kraus, M., Krüger, P. P., Laffon, H., Lamanna, G., Lau, J., Lees, J. P., Lefaucheur, J., Lefranc, V., Lemiére, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. P., Leser, E., Lohse, T., Lorentz, M., Liu, R., López-Coto, R., Lypova, I., Marandon, V., Marcowith, A., Mariaud, C., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Maxted, N., Mayer, M., Meintjes, P. J., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A. M. W., Moderski, R., Mohamed, M., Mohrmann, L., Morå, K., Moulin, E., Murach, T., Nakashima, S., de Naurois, M., Niederwanger, F., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., O'Brien, P., Odaka, H., Öttl, S., Ohm, S., Ostrowski, M., Oya, I., Padovani, M., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Pekeur, N. W., Pelletier, G., Perennes, C., Petrucci, P. O., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poon, H., Prokhorov, D., Prokoph, H., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Raab, S., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reyes, R. de los, Richter, S., Rieger, F., Romoli, C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Rulten, C. B., Safi-Harb, S., Sahakian, V., Saito, S., Salek, D., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schlickeiser, R., Schüssler, F., Schulz, A., Schwanke, U., Schwemmer, S., Seglar-Arroyo, M., Settimo, M., Seyffert, A. S., Shafi, N., Shilon, I., Simoni, R., Sol, H., Spanier, F., Spengler, G., Spies, F., Stawarz, L., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Stycz, K., Sushch, I., Takahashi, T., Tavernet, J. P., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Tibaldo, L., Tiziani, D., Tluczykont, M., Trichard, C., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Viana, A., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Voisin, F., Völk, H. J., Vuillaume, T., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., Wagner, P., Wagner, R. M., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Willmann, P., Wörnlein, A., Wouters, D., Yang, R., Zabalza, V., Zaborov, D., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zefi, F., Ziegler, A., and Żywucka, N.
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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena - Abstract
The large jet kinetic power and non-thermal processes occurring in the microquasar SS 433 make this source a good candidate for a very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emitter. Gamma-ray fluxes have been predicted for both the central binary and the interaction regions between jets and surrounding nebula. Also, non-thermal emission at lower energies has been previously reported. We explore the capability of SS 433 to emit VHE gamma rays during periods in which the expected flux attenuation due to periodic eclipses and precession of the circumstellar disk periodically covering the central binary system is expected to be at its minimum. The eastern and western SS433/W50 interaction regions are also examined. We aim to constrain some theoretical models previously developed for this system. We made use of dedicated observations from MAGIC and H.E.S.S. from 2006 to 2011 which were combined for the first time and accounted for a total effective observation time of 16.5 h. Gamma-ray attenuation does not affect the jet/medium interaction regions. The analysis of a larger data set amounting to 40-80 h, depending on the region, was employed. No evidence of VHE gamma-ray emission was found. Upper limits were computed for the combined data set. We place constraints on the particle acceleration fraction at the inner jet regions and on the physics of the jet/medium interactions. Our findings suggest that the fraction of the jet kinetic power transferred to relativistic protons must be relatively small to explain the lack of TeV and neutrino emission from the central system. At the SS433/W50 interface, the presence of magnetic fields greater 10$\mu$G is derived assuming a synchrotron origin for the observed X-ray emission. This also implies the presence of high-energy electrons with energies up to 50 TeV, preventing an efficient production of gamma-ray fluxes in these interaction regions., Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A, 9 pages, 2 figures
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244. A cut-off in the TeV gamma-ray spectrum of the SNR Cassiopeia A
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MAGIC Collaboration, Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arcaro, C., Babić, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., González, J. Becerra, Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Berti, A., Bhattacharyya, W., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., 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., Wilhelmi, E. de Oña, Di Pierro, F., Doert, M., Domínguez, A., Prester, D. Dominis, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Glawion, D. Eisenacher, Elsaesser, D., Engelkemeier, M., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Fernández-Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, N., Gora, D., Guberman, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Hassan, T., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Inada, T., Ishio, K., Konno, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Kuveždić, D., Lelas, D., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López, M., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Minev, M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogués, L., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pedaletti, G., Peresano, M., Perri, L., Persic, M., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Garcia, J. R., Reichardt, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schroeder, S., Schweizer, T., Shore, S. N., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Strzys, M., Surić, T., Takalo, L., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Torres-Albà, N., Treves, A., Vanzo, G., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., and Zarić, D.
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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena - Abstract
It is widely believed that the bulk of the Galactic cosmic rays are accelerated in supernova remnants (SNRs). However, no observational evidence of the presence of particles of PeV energies in SNRs has yet been found. The young historical SNR Cassiopeia A (Cas A) appears as one of the best candidates to study acceleration processes. Between December 2014 and October 2016 we observed Cas A with the MAGIC telescopes, accumulating 158 hours of good-quality data. We derived the spectrum of the source from 100 GeV to 10 TeV. We also analysed $\sim$8 years of $Fermi$-LAT to obtain the spectral shape between 60 MeV and 500 GeV. The spectra measured by the LAT and MAGIC telescopes are compatible within the errors and show a clear turn off (4.6 $\sigma$) at the highest energies, which can be described with an exponential cut-off at $E_c = 3.5\left(^{+1.6}_{-1.0}\right)_{\textit{stat}} \left(^{+0.8}_{-0.9}\right)_{\textit{sys}}$ TeV. The gamma-ray emission from 60 MeV to 10 TeV can be attributed to a population of high-energy protons with spectral index $\sim$2.2 and energy cut-off at $\sim$10 TeV. This result indicates that Cas A is not contributing to the high energy ($\sim$PeV) cosmic-ray sea in a significant manner at the present moment. A one-zone leptonic model fails to reproduce by itself the multi-wavelength spectral energy distribution. Besides, if a non-negligible fraction of the flux seen by MAGIC is produced by leptons, the radiation should be emitted in a region with a low magnetic field (B$\lessapprox$100$\mu$G) like in the reverse shock.), Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, submitted to MNRAS. Corresponding authors: Daniel Guberman (dguberman@ifae.es), Emma de O\~na Wilhelmi (wilhelmi@ice.csic.es) and Daniel Galindo (dgalindo@am.ub.es)
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245. MAGIC observations of the microquasar V404 Cygni during the 2015 outburst
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Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arcaro, C., Babić, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., González, J. Becerra, Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Berti, A., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Carosi, R., Carosi, A., Chatterjee, A., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Cumani, P., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., Wilhelmi, E. de Oña, Di Pierro, F., Doert, M., Domínguez, A., Prester, D. Dominis, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Glawion, D. Eisenacher, Elsaesser, D., Engelkemeier, M., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Fernández-Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, N., Gora, D., Griffiths, S., Guberman, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Hassan, T., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Hughes, G., Ishio, K., Konno, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Kuveždić, D., Lelas, D., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López, M., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Minev, M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogués, L., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes-Fortuny, X., Pedaletti, G., Peresano, M., Perri, L., Persic, M., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Garcia, J. R., Reichardt, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schroeder, S., Schweizer, T., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Strzys, M., Surić, T., Takalo, L., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Torres, D. F., Torres-Albà, N., Treves, A., Vanzo, G., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., Zarić, D., Loh, A., and Rodriguez, J.
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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena - Abstract
The microquasar V404 Cygni underwent a series of outbursts in 2015, June 15-31, during which its flux in hard X-rays (20-40 keV) reached about 40 times the Crab Nebula flux. Because of the exceptional interest of the flaring activity from this source, observations at several wavelengths were conducted. The MAGIC telescopes, triggered by the INTEGRAL alerts, followed-up the flaring source for several nights during the period June 18-27, for more than 10 hours. One hour of observation was conducted simultaneously to a giant 22 GHz radio flare and a hint of signal at GeV energies seen by Fermi-LAT. The MAGIC observations did not show significant emission in any of the analysed time intervals. The derived flux upper limit, in the energy range 200--1250 GeV, is 4.8$\times 10^{-12}$ ph cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$. We estimate the gamma-ray opacity during the flaring period, which along with our non-detection, points to an inefficient acceleration in the V404\,Cyg jets if VHE emitter is located further than $1\times 10^{10}$ cm from the compact object., Comment: 7 pages, accepted by MNRAS
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246. Observation of the Black Widow B1957+20 millisecond pulsar binary system with the MAGIC telescopes
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MAGIC Collaboration, Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arcaro, C., Babić, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., González, J. Becerra, Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Berti, A., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Borracci, F., Bretz, T., Carosi, R., Carosi, A., Chatterjee, A., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Cumani, P., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., Wilhelmi, E. de Oña, Di Pierro, F., Doert, M., Domínguez, A., Prester, D. Dominis, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Glawion, D. Eisenacher, Elsaesser, D., Engelkemeier, M., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Fernández-Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, N., Gora, D., Gozzini, S. R., Griffiths, S., Guberman, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Hassan, T., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Hughes, G., Ishio, K., Konno, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Kuveždić, D., Lelas, D., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López, M., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogués, L., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes-Fortuny, X., Pedaletti, G., Peresano, M., Perri, L., Persic, M., Poutanen, J., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Garcia, J. R., Reichardt, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schroeder, S., Schweizer, T., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Strzys, M., Surić, T., Takalo, L., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Torres, D. F., Torres-Albà, N., Treves, A., Vanzo, G., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., Wu, M. H., Zarić, D., Cognard, I., and Guillemot, L.
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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena - Abstract
B1957+20 is a millisecond pulsar located in a black widow type compact binary system with a low mass stellar companion. The interaction of the pulsar wind with the companion star wind and/or the interstellar plasma is expected to create plausible conditions for acceleration of electrons to TeV energies and subsequent production of very high energy {\gamma} rays in the inverse Compton process. We performed extensive observations with the MAGIC telescopes of B1957+20. We interpret results in the framework of a few different models, namely emission from the vicinity of the millisecond pulsar, the interaction of the pulsar and stellar companion wind region, or bow shock nebula. No significant steady very high energy {\gamma}-ray emission was found. We derived a 95% confidence level upper limit of 3.0 x 10 -12 cm -2 s -1 on the average {\gamma}-ray emission from the binary system above 200 GeV. The upper limits obtained with MAGIC constrain, for the first time, different models of the high-energy emission in B1957+20. In particular, in the inner mixed wind nebula model with mono-energetic injection of electrons, the acceleration efficiency of electrons is constrained to be below ~(2-10)% of the pulsar spin down power. For the pulsar emission, the obtained upper limits for each emission peak are well above the exponential cut-off fits to the Fermi-LAT data, extrapolated to energies above 50 GeV. The MAGIC upper limits can rule out a simple power-law tail extension through the sub-TeV energy range for the main peak seen at radio frequencies., Comment: 12 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
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247. Performance of the MAGIC telescopes under moonlight
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MAGIC Collaboration, Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arcaro, C., Babić, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., González, J. Becerra, Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Berti, A., Bhattacharyya, W., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Carosi, R., Carosi, A., Chatterjee, A., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Cumani, P., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., Wilhelmi, E. de Oña, Di Pierro, F., Doert, M., Domínguez, A., Prester, D. Dominis, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Glawion, D. Eisenacher, Elsaesser, D., Engelkemeier, M., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Fernández-Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, N., Gora, D., Griffiths, S., Guberman, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Hassan, T., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Hughes, G., Ishio, K., Konno, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Kuveždić, D., Lelas, D., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López, M., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Minev, M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogués, L., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes-Fortuny, X., Pedaletti, G., Peresano, M., Perri, L., Persic, M., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Garcia, J. R., Reichardt, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Rugliancich, A., Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schroeder, S., Schweizer, T., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Strzys, M., Surić, T., Takalo, L., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Torres, D. F., Torres-Albà, N., Treves, A., Vanzo, G., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., and Zarić, D.
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Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics - Abstract
MAGIC, a system of two imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, achieves its best performance under dark conditions, i.e. in absence of moonlight or twilight. Since operating the telescopes only during dark time would severely limit the duty cycle, observations are also performed when the Moon is present in the sky. Here we develop a dedicated Moon-adapted analysis to characterize the performance of MAGIC under moonlight. We evaluate energy threshold, angular resolution and sensitivity of MAGIC under different background light levels, based on Crab Nebula observations and tuned Monte Carlo simulations. This study includes observations taken under non-standard hardware configurations, such as reducing the camera photomultiplier tubes gain by a factor ~1.7 (Reduced HV settings) with respect to standard settings (Nominal HV) or using UV-pass filters to strongly reduce the amount of moonlight reaching the cameras of the telescopes. The Crab Nebula spectrum is correctly reconstructed in all the studied illumination levels, that reach up to 30 times brighter than under dark conditions. The main effect of moonlight is an increase in the analysis energy threshold and in the systematic uncertainties on the flux normalization. The sensitivity degradation is constrained to be below 10%, within 15-30% and between 60 and 80% for Nominal HV, Reduced HV and UV-pass filter observations, respectively. No worsening of the angular resolution was found. Thanks to observations during moonlight, the maximal duty cycle of MAGIC can be increased from ~18%, under dark nights only, to up to ~40% in total with only moderate performance degradation., Comment: 14 pages, 13 figures, accepted in Astroparticle Physics. Corresponding authors: Daniel Guberman (dguberman@ifae.es) and Pierre Colin (colin@mppmu.mpg.de)
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248. Selective Bowman's layer transplantation in the treatment of neurotrophic corneal ulcers
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Wyroslak-Bednarek, Diana, Skrzypska, Milena, Górnik, Anna, and Jurowski, Piotr
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Diagnosis ,Care and treatment ,Methods ,Corneal transplantation -- Methods ,Corneal ulcer -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment - Published
- 2024
249. Comparative EPR Studies on the Influence of Genistein on Free Radicals in Non-Irradiated and UV-Irradiated MCF7, T47D and MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells
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Magdalena Jurzak, Paweł Ramos, Barbara Pilawa, and Ilona Anna Bednarek
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breast cancer cells (MCF7 ,T47D ,MDA-MB-231) ,genistein ,free radicals ,EPR spectroscopy ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
The antioxidant activity and the association of genistein with carcinogenesis are widely documented. Few studies directly measure the number of free radicals generated in cells, either during the action of factors stimulating their formation, e.g., ultraviolet (UV), or after exposure to antioxidants. The most suitable method for analysing free radicals is electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. The EPR method detects a paramagnetic centre with a single electron. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals, therefore, EPR analysis of antioxidant efficacy is as valuable and important as studying the paramagnetic centres of radicals. The aim of the study was to determine the influence of genistein on free radicals basal level and after UV exposure in breast cancer cell lines MCF7, T47D and MDA-MB-231 cell lines. The impact of genistein on cell viability was investigated at concentrations of 0.37 μM, 3.7 μM, 37 μM and 370 μM. Genistein at a concentration of 370 μM revealed a cytotoxic effect on the cells of all three tested breast cancer lines. Genistein at a concentration of 0.37 μM showed no significant effect on the cell viability of all tested breast cancer lines. Therefore, cell proliferation and antioxidant properties were examined using genistein at a concentration of 0.37 μM and 37 μM. X-band (9.3 GHz) EPR spectra of three different types of breast cancer cells (ER-positive, PR-positive and HER-2 negative: MCF7 and T47D and triple-negative MDA-MB-231) were compared. UV irradiation was used as a factor to generate free radicals in cells. The effect of free radical interactions with the antioxidant genistein was tested for non-UV-irradiated (corresponding to the basal level of free radicals in cells) and UV-irradiated cells. The levels of free radicals in the non-irradiated cells studied increased in the following order in breast cancer cells: T47D < MDA-MB-231 < MCF7 and UV-irradiated breast cancer cells: MDA-MB-231 < MCF7 < T47D. UV-irradiation altered free radical levels in all control and genistein-cultured cells tested. UV irradiation caused a slight decrease in the amount of free radicals in MCF7 cells. A strong decrease in the amount of free radicals was observed in UV-irradiated MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. The amount of free radicals in T47D cancer cells increased after UV irradiation. Genistein decreased the amount of free radicals in non-irradiated and UV-irradiated MCF7 cells, and only a weak effect of genistein concentrations was reported. Genistein greatly decreased the amount of free radicals in UV-irradiated T47D cancer cells cultured with genistein at a concentration of 3.7 μM. The effect of genistein was negligible in the other samples. Genistein at a concentration of 3.7 μM decreased the amount of free radicals in non-irradiated MDA-MB-231 cancer cells, but genistein at a concentration of 37 μM did not change the amount of free radicals in these cells. An increase in the amount of free radicals in UV-irradiated MDA-MB-231 cancer cells was observed with increasing genistein concentration. The antioxidant efficacy of genistein as a potential plant-derived agent supporting the treatment of various cancers may be determined by differences in signalling pathways that are characteristic of breast cancer cell line subtypes and differences in activation of oxidative stress response pathways.
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250. The influence of structural properties on the adsorption capacities of microwave-assisted biochars for metazachlor removal from aqueous solutions
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Bednárek, Jan, Matějová, Lenka, Jankovská, Zuzana, Vaštyl, Michal, Sokolová, Barbora, Peikertová, Pavlína, Šiler, Pavel, Verner, Adam, Tokarský, Jonáš, Koutník, Ivan, Šváb, Marek, and Vráblová, Martina
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- 2022
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