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We present preliminary results on the hard X-ray emission properties of the Seyfert 1.5 galaxy MCG+8-11-11 as observed by INTEGRAL and SWIFT. All the INTEGRAL IBIS/ISGRI data available up to October 2009 have been analyzed together with two…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-25 S. Soldi , V. Beckmann , N. Gehrels , P. Lubinski , C. Ricci , R. Walter

We present the results from the Suzaku observation of the powerful radio-loud quasar RBS315 (z=2.69), for which a previous XMM-Newton observation showed an extremely flat X-ray continuum up to 10 keV (photon index Gamma=1.26) and…

ROSAT observations of a large sample of bright gamma-ray (E > 100 MeV) blazars are presented. Results of a detailed spectral analysis in the soft $\sim$ 0.1-2.0 keV energy range are discussed in relation to the overall energy distribution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 A. Comastri , G. Fossati , G. Ghisellini , S. Molendi

We present results based on an XMM-Newton observation of the prototype narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy I Zw 1 performed in June 2002. The 0.6-12 keV spectrum is well described by a steep power-law (Gamma\sim 2.3) and a weak soft blackbody…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. C. Dewangan , R. E. Griffiths

We study the 4-200 keV spectral and temporal behaviour of the low mass X-ray binary 4U 1820-30 with INTEGRAL during 2003-2005. This source as been observed in both the soft (banana) and hard (island) spectral states. A high energy tail,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Antonella Tarana , Angela Bazzano , Pietro Ubertini , Andrzej A. Zdziarski

We report the BeppoSAX observations of 6 Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars. Three of them have a clear detection up to 100 keV with the PDS instrument. For 4 objects the X-ray spectrum is satisfactorily fitted by a power-law continuum with…

We present the results of an analysis of data from XMM-Newton and CHANDRA observations of the high luminosity narrow-line quasar PG 1404+226. We confirm a strong soft X-ray excess in the X-ray spectrum and we find rapid variability (a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Surajit Dasgupta , A. R. Rao , G. C. Dewangan , V. K. Agrawal

Our XMM-Newton spectrum of the giant, high-redshift (z=1.88) radio galaxy 6C 0905+39 shows that it contains one of the most powerful, high-redshift, Compton-thick quasars known. Its spectrum is very hard above 2 keV. The steep XMM spectrum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. C. Erlund , A. C. Fabian , Katherine M. Blundell , Carolin S. Crawford

We report on the first hard X-ray detection of the Geminga pulsar above 10 keV using a 150 ks observation with the NuSTAR observatory. The double-peaked pulse profile of non-thermal emission seen in the soft X-ray band persists at higher…

We present XMM-Newton X-ray spectra and optical photometry of four high redshift (z=2.96-3.77) quasars, [HB89] 0438-436, [HB89] 2000-330, [SP89] 1107+487 and RX J122135.6+280613; of these four objects the former two are radio-loud, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Brocksopp , E. M. Puchnarewicz , K. O. Mason , F. A. Cordova , W. C. Priedhorsky

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. H. Zhang

We propose a method for estimating the composition, i.e. the relative amounts of leptons and protons, of extragalactic jets which exhibit X-ray bright knots in their kpc scale jets. The method relies on measuring, or setting upper limits…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Markos Georganopoulos , Demosthenes Kazanas , Eric Perlman , Floyd Stecker

Spectral analysis of ROSAT PSPC and ASCA archive data and a recent ROSAT HRI observation of the powerful FRII radio galaxy 3C 219 reveal an absorbed point-like source, coincident with the nucleus, and a non-thermal extended component…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Brunetti , A. Comastri , G. Setti , L. Feretti

In a ~ 20 ksec XMM-Newton observation the X-ray transient radio-quiet quasar PG 0844+349 was found in a historically high state compared to previous X-ray observations. The quasar showed a featureless spectrum with a strong soft excess over…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 W. Brinkmann , D. Grupe , G. Branduardi-Raymont , E. Ferrero

We study the spectrum of high frequency radiation emerging from mildly dissipative photospheres of long-duration gamma-ray burst outflows. Building on the results of recent numerical investigations, we assume that electrons are heated…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Davide Lazzati , Mitchell C. Begelman

We present an update of 3C 273's database hosted by the ISDC, completed with data from radio to gamma-ray observations over the last 10 years. We use this large data set to study the multiwavelength properties of this quasar,especially…

We present spectra of the inverse-Compton and extragalactic components of the high-energy gamma-radiation based on an analysis of the emission at high galactic latitudes ($\vert$b$\vert$ $\geq$ $30\deg$). We correlate the gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Andrew Chen , Joseph Dwyer , Philip Kaaret

We present the analysis of 31 observations of 20 bright Compton thin Seyfert 2s, in the 0.1-200 keV band, performed with the BeppoSAX satellite. The sample consists of all Seyfert 2s in the BeppoSAX public archive, with a 2-10 keV flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Risaliti

We have extended our earlier study (Heard & Warwick 2013, Paper I) of the X-ray emission emanating from the central 100 pc x 100 pc region of our Galaxy to an investigation of several features prominent in the soft X-ray (2-4.5 keV) band.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 V. Heard , R. S. Warwick

We present the first BeppoSAX observation (0.1 to 220 keV) of the quasar Mrk 205. We have searched for the unusual Fe line profile claimed in the XMM-Newton spectrum which has been widely discussed in recent literature. We find no evidence…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Favre , P. -O. Petrucci , V. Beckmann , T. J. -L. Courvoisier