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We study spectral properties of the brightest gamma-ray blazar 3C454.3 using 138 weeks of observations by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fermi). We probe the behaviour of the source as a function of time at different brightness…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-01-09 Boris E. Stern , Juri Poutanen

3C 454.3 is frequently observed in flaring state. The long term light curve of this source has been analysed with 9 year (August 2008 - July 2017) data from Fermi LAT detector. We have identified five flares and one quiescent state. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-06 Avik Kumar Das , Raj Prince , Nayantara Gupta

The radio galaxy Cen A has been detected all the way up to the TeV energy range. This raises the question about the dominant emission mechanisms in the high-energy domain. Spectral analysis allows us to put constraints on the possible…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 V. Beckmann , P. Jean , P. Lubinski , S. Soldi , R. Terrier

The {\gamma}-ray sky can be decomposed into individually detected sources, diffuse emission attributed to the interactions of Galactic cosmic rays with gas and radiation fields, and a residual all-sky emission component commonly called the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-02 The Fermi LAT collaboration , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , A. Albert , W. B. Atwood , L. Baldini , J. Ballet , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , K. Bechtol , R. Bellazzini , E. Bissaldi , R. D. Blandford , E. D. Bloom , E. Bottacini , T. J. Brandt , J. Bregeon , P. Bruel , R. Buehler , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , M. Caragiulo , P. A. Caraveo , E. Cavazzuti , C. Cecchi , E. Charles , A. Chekhtman , J. Chiang , G. Chiaro , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , A. Cuoco , S. Cutini , F. D'Ammando , A. de Angelis , F. de Palma , C. D. Dermer , S. W. Digel , E. do Couto e Silva , P. S. Drell , C. Favuzzi , E. C. Ferrara , W. B. Focke , A. Franckowiak , Y. Fukazawa , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , S. Germani , N. Giglietto , P. Giommi , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , G. Godfrey , G. A. Gomez-Vargas , I. A. Grenier , S. Guiriec , M. Gustafsson , D. Hadasch , K. Hayashi , E. Hays , J. W. Hewitt , P. Ippoliti , T. Jogler , G. Jóhannesson , A. S. Johnson , W. N. Johnson , T. Kamae , J. Kataoka , J. Knödlseder , M. Kuss , S. Larsson , L. Latronico , J. Li , L. Li , F. Longo , F. Loparco , B. Lott , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , G. M. Madejski , A. Manfreda , F. Massaro , M. Mayer , M. N. Mazziotta , J. E. McEnery , P. F. Michelson , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Mizuno , A. A. Moiseev , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , R. Nemmen , E. Nuss , T. Ohsugi , N. Omodei , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , D. Paneque , J. H. Panetta , J. S. Perkins , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , G. Pivato , T. A. Porter , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , S. Razzaque , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , T. Reposeur , S. Ritz , R. W. Romani , M. Sánchez-Conde , M. Schaal , A. Schulz , C. Sgrò , E. J. Siskind , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , A. W. Strong , D. J. Suson , H. Takahashi , J. G. Thayer , J. B. Thayer , L. Tibaldo , M. Tinivella , D. F. Torres , G. Tosti , E. Troja , Y. Uchiyama , G. Vianello , M. Werner , B. L. Winer , K. S. Wood , M. Wood , G. Zaharijas , S. Zimmer

We report on the detection with the MAGIC telescopes of very high energy gamma-rays from IC 310, a head-tail radio galaxy in the Perseus galaxy cluster, observed during the interval November 2008 to February 2010. The Fermi satellite has…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Aleksić , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , M. Backes , J. A. Barrio , D. Bastieri , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , A. Berdyugin , K. Berger , E. Bernardini , A. Biland , O. Blanch , R. K. Bock , A. Boller , G. Bonnoli , P. Bordas , D. Borla Tridon , V. Bosch-Ramon , D. Bose , I. Braun , T. Bretz , M. Camara , A. Cañellas , E. Carmona , A. Carosi , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , L. Cossio , J. Cortina , S. Covino , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , E. De Cea del Pozo , B. De Lotto , M. De Maria , F. De Sabata , C. Delgado Mendez , A. Diago Ortega , M. Doert , A. Domínguez , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Elsaesser , M. Errando , D. Ferenc , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , G. Giavitto , N. Godinović , D. Hadasch , A. Herrero , D. Hildebrand , D. Höhne-Mönch , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , T. Jogler , S. Klepser , T. Krähenbühl , D. Kranich , J. Krause , A. La Barbera , E. Leonardo , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , E. Lorenz , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , G. Maneva , N. Mankuzhiyil , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , M. Meucci , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , H. Miyamoto , J. Moldón , A. Moralejo , D. Nieto , K. Nilsson , R. Orito , I. Oya , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , S. Partini , M. Pasanen , F. Pauss , R. G. Pegna , M. A. Perez-Torres , M. Persic , L. Peruzzo , J. Pochon , F. Prada , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , N. Puchades , I. Puljak , I. Reichardt , R. Reinthal , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , S. Rügamer , A. Saggion , K. Saito , T. Y. Saito , M. Salvati , M. Sánchez-Conde , K. Satalecka , V. Scalzotto , V. Scapin , C. Schultz , T. Schweizer , M. Shayduk , S. N. Shore , A. Sierpowska-Bartosik , A. Sillanpää , J. Sitarek , D. Sobczynska , F. Spanier , S. Spiro , A. Stamerra , B. Steinke , J. Storz , N. Strah , J. C. Struebig , T. Suric , L. Takalo , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , D. F. Torres , H. Vankov , R. M. Wagner , Q. Weitzel , V. Zabalza , F. Zandanel , R. Zanin , A. Neronov , C. Pfrommer , A. Pinzke , D. V. Semikoz

In the first week of December 2009, the blazar 3C 454.3 became the brightest high energy source in the sky. Its photon flux reached and surpassed the level of 1e-5 ph/cm2/s above 100 MeV. The Swift satellite observed the source several…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 G. Bonnoli , G. Ghisellini , L. Foschini , F. Tavecchio , G. Ghirlanda

To fully exploit the scientific potential of the Fermi mission, we initiated the F-GAMMA program. Between 2007 and 2015 it was the prime provider of complementary multi-frequency monitoring in the radio regime. We quantify the radio…

We present the data and preliminary analysis for a series of 90 ROSAT HRI and two ASCA observations of the broad-line radio galaxy 3C 390.3. These data were obtained during the period 1995 January 2 to 1995 October 6 as part of an intensive…

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope routinely detects the highly dust-absorbed, reddened, and MeV-peaked flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 1830-211 (z=2.507). Its apparent isotropic gamma-ray luminosity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 The Fermi LAT Collaboration , A. A. Abdo , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , A. Allafort , M. A. Amin , L. Baldini , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , K. Bechtol , R. Bellazzini , R. D. Blandford , E. Bonamente , A. W. Borgland , J. Bregeon , M. Brigida , R. Buehler , D. Bulmash , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , E. Cavazzuti , C. Cecchi , E. Charles , C. C. Cheung , J. Chiang , G. Chiaro , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , R. H. D. Corbet , S. Cutini , F. D'Ammando , A. de Angelis , F. de Palma , C. D. Dermer , P. S. Drell , A. Drlica-Wagner , C. Favuzzi , J. Finke , W. B. Focke , Y. Fukazawa , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Gehrels , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , T. Glanzman , I. A. Grenier , J. E. Grove , S. Guiriec , D. Hadasch , M. Hayashida , E. Hays , R. E. Hughes , Y. Inoue , M. S. Jackson , T. Jogler , G. Jòhannesson , A. S. Johnson , T. Kamae , J. Knödlseder , M. Kuss , J. Lande , S. Larsson , L. Latronico , F. Longo , F. Loparco , B. Lott , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , G. M. Madejski , M. N. Mazziotta , J. Mehault , P. F. Michelson , T. Mizuno , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , R. Nemmen , E. Nuss , M. Ohno , T. Ohsugi , D. Paneque , J. S. Perkins , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , G. Pivato , T. A. Porter , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , L. C. Reyes , S. Ritz , C. Romoli , M. Roth , P. M. Saz Parkinson , C. Sgrò , E. J. Siskind , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , H. Takahashi , Y. Takeuchi , T. Tanaka , J. G. Thayer , J. B. Thayer , D. J. Thompson , L. Tibaldo , M. Tinivella , D. F. Torres , G. Tosti , E. Troja , V. Tronconi , T. L. Usher , J. Vandenbroucke , V. Vasileiou , G. Vianello , V. Vitale , A. P. Waite , M. Werner , B. L. Winer , K. S. Wood

Bright and fast gamma-ray flares with hard spectra have been recently detected from the blazar 3C 279, with apparent GeV luminosities up to $10^{49}$ erg/s. The source is observed to flicker on timescales of minutes with no comparable…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-26 V. Vittorini , M. Tavani , A. Cavaliere

The number of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) detected at high energies ($\sim\,0.1-100$ GeV) has seen a rapid increase over the last decade, thanks to observations from the Fermi-Large Area Telescope. The improved statistics and quality of data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-17 Lara Nava

We present a measurement of the cosmic-ray electron+positron spectrum between 7 GeV and 2 TeV performed with almost seven years of data collected with the Fermi Large Area Telescope. We find that the spectrum is well fit by a broken power…

We study the radio galaxies with known redshift detected by the Fermi satellite after 10 years of data (4FGL-DR2). We use a one-zone leptonic model to fit the quasi-simultaneous multiwavelength data of these radio galaxies and study the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-19 Yongyun Chen , Qiusheng Gu , Junhui Fan , Xiaoling Yu , Nan Ding , Dingrong Xiong , Xiaotong Guo

We consider the 1.5 years Fermi Large Area Telescope light curves (E > 100 MeV) of the flat spectrum radio quasars 3C 454.3 and PKS 1510-089, which show high activity in this period of time. We characterise the duty cycle of the source by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 F. Tavecchio , G. Ghisellini , G. Bonnoli , G. Ghirlanda

We present the results of a search for high-energy gamma-ray emission from a large sample of galaxy clusters sharing the properties of three existing Fermi-LAT detections (in Perseus, Virgo and Abell 3392), namely a powerful radio source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 K. L. Dutson , R. J. White , A. C. Edge , J. A. Hinton , M. T. Hogan

We report on the detection of extended $\gamma$-ray emission from lobes in the radio galaxy NGC 6251 using observation data of Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT). The maximum likelihood analysis results show that a radio morphology…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-26 Yu-Wei Yu , Hai-Ming Zhang , Ying-Ying Gan , Xin-Ke Hu , Tan-Zheng Wu , Jin Zhang

In this work, we have analyzed the $\gamma$-ray data in the energy range 100 MeV to 500 GeV from the \emph{Fermi}-Large Area Telescope (LAT) observations for the period August 4, 2008 to March 31, 2019. The $\gamma$-ray emission from AR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-15 K. K. Singh , P. J. Meintjes , Q. Kaplan , F. A. Ramamonjisoa , S. Sahayanathan

Measurement sensitivity in the energetic gamma-ray region has improved considerably, and is about to increase further in the near future, motivating a detailed calculation of high-energy (>100 MeV) and very-high-energy (VHE: >100 GeV)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Y. Rephaeli , Y. Arieli , M. Persic

The observed multi-GeV gamma-ray emission from the solar disk --- sourced by hadronic cosmic rays interacting with gas, and affected by complex magnetic fields --- is not understood. Utilizing an improved analysis of the Fermi-LAT data that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-03 Tim Linden , Bei Zhou , John F. Beacom , Annika H. G. Peter , Kenny C. Y. Ng , Qing-Wen Tang

We examine 288 GRBs detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope's Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) that fell within the field-of-view of Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT) during the first 2.5 years of observations, which showed no…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 LAT Collaboration , GBM Collaboration