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A list is presented of known extragalactic radio jets which also have associated X-ray emission. The canonical emission processes for the production of X-rays are reviewed and the sources are categorized on the basis of our current…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. E. Harris

Gamma-ray measurements from GeV to PeV energies have provided us with a wealth of information on diffuse emission and sources in the Universe lately. With improved spatial and temporal resolutions together with real-time multimessenger…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-02 Julia Becker Tjus , Julien Dörner , Leander Schlegel , Wolfgang Rhode

When very high-energy photons (VHE, E>100 GeV) propagate over cosmological distances, they interact with background light by pair production. Observations of spectral features in the VHE band of extragalactic sources related to this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Matthias Lorentz , Pierre Brun , David Sanchez

We present RIJHK imaging of seven radio galaxies from the 7C Redshift Survey (7CRS) which lack strong emission lines and we use these data to investigate their spectral energy distributions (SEDs) with models which constrain their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Chris J. Willott , Steve Rawlings , Katherine M. Blundell

The all-sky surveys in gamma-rays by the imaging Compton telescope (COMPTEL) and the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on board the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory for the first time allows detailed studies of the extragalactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 P. Sreekumar , F. W. Stecker , S. C. Kappadath

Red novae or luminous red novae are a class of optical transients that have emerged over the past two decades. They occupy an intermediate luminosity regime between classical novae and supernovae and are characterized by cool, slowly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 Tomasz Kaminski , Nadejda Blagorodnova

The spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of dust-enshrouded galaxies with powerful restframe far-infrared emission have been constrained by a range of ground-based and space-borne surveys. The IRAS catalog provides a reasonably complete…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Andrew W. Blain , Scott C. Chapman , Ian Smail , Rob Ivison

The theory of stellar evolution plays a central role in astrophysics as stellar models are used to infer properties for Galactic and Extragalactic stellar populations as well as exoplanetary systems. However, despite decades of experience,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-28 G. Buldgen

Growing evidence reveals universal hardening on various cosmic ray spectra, e.g. proton, positron, as well as antiproton fraction. Such universality may indicate they have a common origin. In this paper, we argue that these widespread…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-02 Wei Liu , Xiao-Jun Bi , Su-Jie Lin , Bing-Bing Wang , Peng-Fei Yin

We introduce a new method to determine the redshift of unknown-redshift BL Lac Objects. The method relies on simultaneous multi-wavelength (MWL) observations of BL Lac objects in optical, X-ray, HE (E>100 MeV) gamma-rays and VHE (E>100…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Nijil Mankuzhiyil , Stefano Ansoldi , Gessica De Caneva , Massimo Persic , Fabrizio Tavecchio

We report the discovery of an extended emission line region (EELR) in MUSE observations of Markarian 950, a nearby ($z=0.01628$) post-starburst (PSB) galaxy that hosted the tidal disruption event (TDE) iPTF-16fnl. The EELR requires a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-07 Thomas Wevers , K. Decker French

Some short GRBs are followed by longer extended emission, lasting anywhere from ~10 to ~100 s. These short GRBs with extended emission (EE) can possess observational characteristics of both short and long GRBs (as represented by GRB…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-07 Y. Kaneko , Z. F. Bostanci , E. Gogus , L. Lin

EAS arrays are survey instruments able to monitor continuously all the overhead sky. Their sensitivity in the sub-TeV/TeV energy domain cannot compete with that of Cherenkov telescopes, but the wide field of view (about 2 sr) is ideal to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-04 G. Di Sciascio

Recent observations of GRS 1915+105 and GRO J1655+40 reveal superluminal motions in Galactic sources. This letter examines the physical conditions within these Galactic sources, their interaction with their environment, their possible…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Amir Levinson , Roger Blandford

The Einstein Probe (EP) is a mission designed to monitor the sky in the soft X-ray band. It will perform systematic surveys and characterisation of high-energy transients and monitoring of variable objects at unprecedented sensitivity and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 Weimin Yuan , Chen Zhang , Yong Chen , Zhixing Ling

The presence of excess emission at 3.6--8.0 $\mu$m was investigated in a sample of 27 binary systems located in two nearby star-forming regions, Taurus and Ophiuchus, by using Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) archival data. Angular…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-25 Yusuke Itoh , Misato Fukagawa , Hiroshi Shibai , Takahiro Sumi , Kodai Yamamoto

The longitudinal development and other characteristics of the EECR induced atmospheric showers can be studied from space by detecting the fluorescence light induced in the atmospheric nitrogen. According to the Airwatch concept a single…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 C. N. De Marzo

Context. Measurements of the Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) are a fundamental source of information on the collective emission of cosmic sources. Aims. At infrared wavelengths, however, these measurements are precluded by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-28 A. Franceschini , L. Foffano , E. Prandini , F. Tavecchio

Extended emission is a mystery in short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs). By making time resolved spectral analyses of brightest nine events observed by ${\it Swift}$ XRT, we obviously classify the early X-ray emission of SGRBs into two types. One…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-11-30 Yasuaki Kagawa , Daisuke Yonetoku , Tatsuya Sawano , Asuka Toyanago , Takashi Nakamura , Keitaro Takahashi , Kazumi Kashiyama , Kunihito Ioka

More than a decade ago the IRAS satellite opened the realm of external galaxies for studies in the 10 to 100 micron band and discovered emission from tens of thousands of normal and active galaxies. With the 1995-1998 mission of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 Reinhard Genzel , Catherine J. Cesarsky