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Discovery of the hard spectrum VHE gamma-ray source HESS J1641-463

This letter reports the discovery of a remarkably hard spectrum source, HESS J1641-463, by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) in the very-high energy (VHE) domain. HESS J1641-463 remained unnoticed by the usual analysis…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-10-08 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , : , A. Abramowski , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , A. G. Akhperjanian , E. O. Angüner , M. Backes , S. Balenderan , A. Balzer , A. Barnacka , Y. Becherini , J. Becker Tjus , D. Berge , S. Bernhard , K. Bernlöhr , E. Birsin , J. Biteau , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , P. Bordas , J. Bregeon , F. Brun , P. Brun , M. Bryan , T. Bulik , S. Carrigan , S. Casanova , P. M. Chadwick , N. Chakraborty , R. Chalme-Calvet , R. C. G. Chaves , M. Chrétien , S. Colafrancesco , G. Cologna , J. Conrad , C. Couturier , Y. Cui , M. Dalton , I. D. Davids , B. Degrange , C. Deil , P. deWilt , A. Djannati-Ataï , W. Domainko , A. Donath , L. O'C. Drury , G. Dubus , K. Dutson , J. Dyks , M. Dyrda , T. Edwards , K. Egberts , P. Eger , P. Espigat , C. Farnier , S. Fegan , F. Feinstein , M. V. Fernandes , D. Fernandez , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , A. Förster , M. Füßling , S. Gabici , M. Gajdus , Y. A. Gallant , T. Garrigoux , G. Giavitto , B. Giebels , J. F. Glicenstein , D. Gottschall , M. -H. Grondin , M. Grudzińska , D. Hadasch , S. Häffner , J. Hahn , J. Harris , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , O. Hervet , A. Hillert , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , P. Hofverberg , M. Holler , D. Horns , A. Ivascenko , A. Jacholkowska , C. Jahn , M. Jamrozy , M. Janiak , F. Jankowsky , I. Jung-Richardt , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzyński , U. Katz , S. Kaufmann , B. Khélifi , M. Kieffer , S. Klepser , D. Klochkov , W. Kluźniak , D. Kolitzus , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , S. Krakau , F. Krayzel , P. P. Krüger , H. Laffon , G. Lamanna , J. Lau , J. Lefaucheur , V. Lefranc , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , T. Lohse , A. Lopatin , C. -C. Lu , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , R. Marx , G. Maurin , N. Maxted , M. Mayer , T. J. L. McComb , J. Méhault , P. J. Meintjes , U. Menzler , M. Meyer , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. Moderski , M. Mohamed , K. Morå , E. Moulin , T. Murach , M. de Naurois , J. Niemiec , S. J. Nolan , L. Oakes , H. Odaka , S. Ohm , B. Opitz , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , M. Paz Arribas , N. W. Pekeur , G. Pelletier , P. -O. Petrucci , B. Peyaud , S. Pita , H. Poon , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , I. Reichardt , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , R. de los Reyes , F. Rieger , C. Romoli , S. Rosier-Lees , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , C. B. Rulten , V. Sahakian , D. Salek , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , R. Schlickeiser , F. Schüssler , A. Schulz , U. Schwanke , S. Schwarzburg , S. Schwemmer , H. Sol , F. Spanier , G. Spengler , F. Spies , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , F. Stinzing , K. Stycz , I. Sushch , J. -P. Tavernet , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , M. Tluczykont , C. Trichard , K. Valerius , C. van Eldik , B. van Soelen , G. Vasileiadis , J. Veh , C. Venter , A. Viana , P. Vincent , J. Vink , H. J. Völk , F. Volpe , M. Vorster , T. Vuillaume , S. J. Wagner , P. Wagner , R. M. Wagner , M. Ward , M. Weidinger , Q. Weitzel , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , P. Willmann , A. Wörnlein , D. Wouters , R. Yang , V. Zabalza , D. Zaborov , M. Zacharias , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , H. -S. Zechlin , Y. Fukui , H. Sano , T. Fukuda , S. Yoshiike

XMM-Newton and Chandra observations of G272.2-3.2. Evidence of stellar ejecta in the central region

We aim to study the spatial distribution of the physical and chemical properties of the X-ray emitting plasma of the supernova remnant G272.2-3.2, in order to get important constraints on its ionization stage, on the progenitor supernova…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 E. Sánchez-Ayaso , J. A. Combi , F. Bocchino , J. F. Albacete-Colombo , J. López-Santiago , J. Martí , E. Castro

MAGIC reveals a complex morphology within the unidentified gamma-ray source HESS J1857+026

HESS J1857+026 is an extended TeV gamma-ray source that was discovered by H.E.S.S. as part of its Galactic plane survey. Given its broadband spectral energy distribution and its spatial coincidence with the young energetic pulsar PSR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-19 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Aleksić , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , A. Babic , P. Bangale , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , A. Biland , O. Blanch , S. Bonnefoy , G. Bonnoli , F. Borracci , T. Bretz , E. Carmona , A. Carosi , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , G. De Caneva , B. De Lotto , C. Delgado Mendez , M. Doert , A. Domínguez , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Eisenacher , D. Elsaesser , E. Farina , D. Ferenc , D. Fidalgo Carreto , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , K. Frantzen , C. Fruck , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , D. Garrido Terrats , M. Gaug , N. Godinović , A. González Muñoz , S. R. Gozzini , D. Hadasch , M. Hayashida , J. Herrera , A. Herrero , D. Hildebrand , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , W. Idec , V. Kadenius , H. Kellermann , S. Klepser , K. Kodani , Y. Konno , J. Krause , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , D. Lelas , N. Lewandowska , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , E. Lorenz , I. Lozano , M. Makariev , K. Mallot , G. Maneva , N. Mankuzhiyil , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , B. Marcote , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , U. Menzel , M. Meucci , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , A. Moralejo , P. Munar-Adrover , D. Nakajima , A. Niedzwiecki , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , N. Nowak , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , R. Orito , A. Overkemping , S. Paiano , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , X. Paredes-Fortuny , S. Partini , M. Persic , F. Prada , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , S. Preziuso , I. Puljak , R. Reinthal , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , J. Rodriguez Garcia , S. Rügamer , A. Saggion , T. Saito , K. Saito , K. Satalecka , V. Scalzotto , V. Scapin , C. Schultz , T. Schweizer , S. N. Shore , A. Sillanpää , J. Sitarek , I. Snidaric , D. Sobczynska , F. Spanier , V. Stamatescu , A. Stamerra , T. Steinbring , J. Storz , M. Strzys , S. Sun , T. Surić , L. Takalo , H. Takami , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , J. Thaele , O. Tibolla , D. F. Torres , T. Toyama , A. Treves , M. Uellenbeck , P. Vogler , R. M. Wagner , F. Zandanel , R. Zanin

XMM-Newton observations of the non-thermal supernova remnant HESS J1731-347 (G353.6-0.7)

We report on the analysis of XMM-Newton observations of the non-thermal shell-type supernova remnant HESS J1731-347 (G353.6-0.7). For the first time the complete remnant shell has been covered in X-rays, which allowed direct comparison with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-15 V. Doroshenko , G. Pühlhofer , A. Bamba , F. Acero , W. W. Tian , D. Klochkov , A. Santangelo

Discovery of extended infrared emission around the neutron star RX J0806.4-4123

Following up on a faint detection of a near-infrared (NIR) source at the position of the X-ray thermal isolated neutron star RX J0806.4-4123, we present new Hubble Space Telescope observations in the H-band. The NIR source is unambiguously…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-24 B. Posselt , G. G. Pavlov , Ü. Ertan , S. Çalışkan , K. L. Luhman , C. C. Williams

Discovery of TeV Gamma Ray Emission from Tycho's Supernova Remnant

We report the discovery of TeV gamma-ray emission from the Type Ia supernova remnant (SNR) G120.1+1.4, known as Tycho's supernova remnant. Observations performed in the period 2008-2010 with the VERITAS ground-based gamma-ray observatory…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-19 V. A. Acciari , E. Aliu , T. Arlen , T. Aune , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , A. Cannon , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , E. Collins-Hughes , W. Cui , R. Dickherber , C. Duke , M. Errando , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , D. Gall , G. H. Gillanders , S. Godambe , S. Griffin , J. Grube , R. Guenette , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , J. P. Hughes , C. M. Hui , T. B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , N. Karlsson , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , S. LeBohec , A. S Madhavan , G. Maier , P. Majumdar , S. McArthur , A. McCann , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , R. A. Ong , M. Orr , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , N. Park , J. S. Perkins , M. Pohl , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , E. Roache , H. J. Rose , D. B. Saxon , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , G. Demet Senturk , P. Slane , A. W. Smith , G. Tešić , M. Theiling , S. Thibadeau , K. Tsurusaki , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , M. Vivier , S. P. Wakely , J. E. Ward , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , T. Weisgarber , D. A. Williams , M. Wood , B. Zitzer

XMM-Newton Observations of Two Candidate Supernova Remnants

Candidate supernova remnants G23.5+0.1 and G25.5+0.0 were observed by XMM-Newton in the course of a snap-shot survey of plerionic and composite SNRs in the Galactic plane. In the field of G23.5+0.1, we detected an extended source, ~3' in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 O. Kargaltsev , B. M. Schmitt , G. G. Pavlov , Z. Misanovic

Discovery of an X-ray nebula around PSR J1718-3825 and implications for the nature of the gamma-ray source HESS J1718-385

Combined X-ray synchrotron and inverse-Compton gamma-ray observations of pulsar wind nebulae (PWN) may help to elucidate the processes of acceleration and energy loss in these systems. In particular, such observations provide constraints on…

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Diffuse gamma-ray emission from the vicinity of young massive star cluster RSGC 1

We report the Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT) detection of the gamma-ray emission towards the young massive star cluster RSGC 1. Using the latest source catalog and diffuse background models, we found that the diffuse gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-04 Xiao-Na Sun , Rui-Zhi Yang , Xiang-Yu Wang

On the Nature of the X-ray Emission from the Ultraluminous X-ray Source, M33 X-8: New Constraints from NuSTAR and XMM-Newton

We present nearly simultaneous NuSTAR and XMM-Newton observations of the nearby (832 kpc) ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) M33 X-8. M33 X-8 has a 0.3-10 keV luminosity of LX ~ 1.4 x 10^39 erg/s, near the boundary of the "ultraluminous"…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-26 Lacey A. West , Bret D. Lehmer , Daniel Wik , Jun Yang , Dominic J. Walton , Vallia Antoniou , Frank Haberl , Ann Hornschemeier , Thomas J. Maccarone , Paul P. Plucinsky , Andrew Ptak , Benjamin F. Williams , Neven Vulic , Mihoko Yukita , Andreas Zezas

Discovery of a VHE gamma-ray source coincident with the supernova remnant CTB 37A

The supernova remnant (SNR) complex CTB 37 is an interesting candidate for observations with Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray telescopes such as H.E.S.S. In this region, three SNRs are seen. One of them is potentially associated with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 HESS Collaboration , F Aharonian

GeV emission in the region of HESS J1809-193 and HESS J1813-178: is HESS J1809-193 a proton pevatron?

HESS J1809-193 is an unidentified TeV source discovered by the High Energy Stereoscopic System and originally classified as a pulsar wind nebula (PWN) candidate associated with the pulsar PSR J1809-1917. However, a recent study of deep…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-06 Miguel Araya

XMMU J0541.8-6659, a new supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud

The high sensitivity of the XMM-Newton instrumentation offers the opportunity to study faint and extended sources in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies such as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) in detail. The ROSAT PSPC survey of the LMC has…

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Chandra and XMM-Newton Detection of Large-scale Diffuse X-ray Emission from the Sombrero Galaxy

We present an X-ray study of the massive edge-on Sa galaxy, Sombrero (M~104; NGC 4594), based on XMM-Newton and Chandra observations. A list of 62 XMM-Newton and 175 Chandra discrete X-ray sources is provided. At energies above 2 keV, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Zhiyuan Li , Q. Daniel Wang , Salman Hameed

A comprehensive approach to analyzing the XMM-Newton data of Seyfert 1 galaxies

Aims. We seek a comprehensive analysis of all the information provided by the XMM-Newton satellite of the four Seyfert 1 galaxies ESO 359-G19, HE 1143-1810, CTS A08.12, and Mrk 110, including the UV range, to characterize the different…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 Mónica V. Cardaci , María Santos-Lleó , Guillermo F. Hägele , Yair Krongold , Ángeles I. Díaz , Pedro Rodríguez-Pascual

The XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field: I. Survey description

We present the first set of XMM-Newton EPIC observations in the 2 square degree COSMOS field. The strength of the COSMOS project is the unprecedented combination of a large solid angle and sensitivity over the whole multiwavelength…

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Tentative evidence of spatially extended GeV emission from SS433/W50

We analyze 10 years of Fermi-LAT data towards the SS433/W50 region. With the latest source catalog and diffuse background models, the gamma-ray excess from SS433/W50 is detected with a significance of 6{\sigma} in the photon energy range of…

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An XMM-Newton Observation of the Massive Edge-on Sb Galaxy NGC 2613

We present an XMM-Newton observation of the massive edge-on Sb galaxy NGC 2613. We discover that this galaxy contains a deeply embedded active nucleus with a 0.3-10 keV luminosity of 3.3x10^40 erg/s and a line-of-sight absorption column of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Zhiyuan Li , Q. Daniel Wang , Judith A. Irwin , Tara Chaves

XMM-Newton observations of the TeV BL Lac object PKS 2155--304 in 2006: signature of inverse Compton X-ray emission?

This paper reports the first discovery of possible inverse Compoton (IC) X-ray emission below 10 keV in the typical high-energy peaked BL Lac object (HBL) PKS 2155--304. Two XMM-Newton observations performed in 2006 reveal that the 0.6--10…

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HAWC Search for High-Mass Microquasars

Microquasars with high-mass companion stars are promising very-high-energy (VHE; 0.1-100 TeV) gamma-ray emitters, but their behaviors above 10 TeV are poorly known. Using the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory, we search for…

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