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The unknown $\gamma$-ray excess in the northwest region of Arp 220 was revisited by analyzing $\sim$11.8 years of the \textit{Fermi} Large Area Telescope (\textit{Fermi}-LAT) data in this study. We found that its photon flux was…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-08 Yun-chuan Xiang , Jun-hao Deng , Ze-jun Jiang

We report the identification from multi-wavelength observations of the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) source 4FGL J1405.1-6119 (= 3FGL J1405.4-6119) as a high-mass gamma-ray binary. Observations with the LAT show that gamma-ray emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-06 R. H. D. Corbet , L. Chomiuk , M. J. Coe , J. B. Coley , G. Dubus , P. G. Edwards , P. Martin , V. A. McBride , J. Stevens , J. Strader , L. J. Townsend

The unique binary AR Scorpii consists of an asynchronously rotating, magnetized white dwarf (WD) that interacts with its red-dwarf companion to produce a large-amplitude, highly coherent pulsation every 1.97 minutes. Over the course of two…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-19 Robert A. Stiller , Colin Littlefield , Peter Garnavich , Charlotte Wood , Franz-Josef Hambsch , Gordon Myers

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

A 3.56-hour white dwarf (WD) - M dwarf (MD) close binary system, AR Scorpii, was recently reported to show pulsating emission in radio, IR, optical, and UV, with a 1.97-minute period, which suggests the existence of a WD with a rotation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-11 Jin-Jun Geng , Bing Zhang , Yong-Feng Huang

The near-IR and X-ray flares in Sagittarius A* are believed to be produced by relativistic electrons via synchrotron and synchrotron self-Comptonization, respectively. These electrons are likely energized by turbulent plasma waves through…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Siming Liu , Vahe Petrosian , Fulvio Melia , Christopher L. Fryer

Although the Fermi mission has increased our knowledge of gamma-ray AGN, many questions remain, such as the site of gamma-ray production, the emission mechanism, and the factors that govern the strength of the emission. Using data from a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 E. Nieppola , M. Tornikoski , E. Valtaoja , J. León-Tavares , T. Hovatta , A. Lähteenmäki , J. Tammi

This article reviews a few topics relevant to Galactic cosmic-ray astrophysics, focusing on the recent AMS-02 data release and Fermi Large Area Telescope data on the diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emissivity. Calculations are made of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-16 Charles D. Dermer

More than a decade ago, the Large Area Telescope aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope unveiled the existence of two gigantic gamma-ray lobes known as the Fermi bubbles. While their origin is still unknown, various studies identified…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-29 Christopher Eckner , Silvia Manconi , Francesca Calore

Centaurus B is a nearby radio galaxy positioned in the Southern hemisphere close to the Galactic plane. Here we present a detailed analysis of about 43 months of accumulated Fermi-LAT data of the gamma-ray counterpart of the source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 J. Katsuta , Y. T. Tanaka , L. Stawarz , S. P. O'Sullivan , C. C. Cheung , J. Kataoka , S. Funk , T. Yuasa , H. Odaka , T. Takahashi , J. Svoboda

We report the analysis result of UV/X-ray emission from AR~Scorpii, which is an intermediate polar (IP) composed of a magnetic white dwarf and a M-type star, with the XMM-Newton data. The X-ray/UV emission clearly shows a large variation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-14 J. Takata , C. -P. Hu , L. C. C. Lin , P. H. T. Tam , P. S. Pal , C. Y. Hui , A. K. H. Kong , K. S. Cheng

This is the first report of Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope observations of the quasar 3C 454.3, which has been undergoing pronounced long-term outbursts since 2000. The data from the Large Area Telescope (LAT), covering 2008 July 7 -…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-27 LAT Collaboration , A. A. Abdo

We report on the gamma-ray activity of the high-synchrotron-peaked BL Lacertae object Mrk 421 during the first 1.5 years of Fermi operation, from 2008 August 5 to 2010 March 12. We find that the Large Area Telescope (LAT) gamma-ray spectrum…

High-mass binary stars are known to show an unexplained discrepancy between the dynamical masses of the individual components and those predicted by models. In this work, we study Sigma Scorpii, a double-lined spectroscopic binary system…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 A. Tkachenko , C. Aerts , K. Pavlovski , P. Degroote , P. I. Papics , E. Moravveji , H. Lehmann , V. Kolbas , K. Clemer

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected a gamma-ray source that is spatially consistent with the location of Eta Carinae. This source has been persistently bright since the beginning of the LAT…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-27 The Fermi LAT collaboration

Observations of high energy gamma rays recently revealed a persistent source in spatial coincidence with the binary system Eta Carinae. Since modulation of the observed gamma-ray flux on orbital time scales has not been reported so far, an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-14 K. Reitberger , O. Reimer , A. Reimer , M. Werner , K. Egberts , H. Takahashi

We report on a systematic investigation of the gamma-ray properties of 120 hard X-ray-selected Seyfert galaxies classified as `radio-quiet' objects, utilizing the three-year accumulation of Fermi-LAT data. Our sample of Seyfert galaxies is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-03-20 LAT Collaboration

The $\gamma$-ray spectral feature of the blazar 1ES 0502+675 is investigated by using Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT) Pass 8 data (between 100 MeV and 300 GeV) covering from 2008 August to 2021 April. A significant ($\sim4\sigma$)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-19 Yuhang Zeng , Dahai Yan , Wen Hu , Jiancheng Wang

We report the Fermi-LAT gamma-ray detection of the 2021 outburst of the symbiotic recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi. In this system, unlike classical novae from cataclysmic binaries, the ejecta from the white dwarf form shocks when interacting…

We calculate the diffuse $\gamma$-ray emission due to the population of misaligned AGN (MAGN) unresolved by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the {\it Fermi} Gamma-ray Space Telescope ({\it Fermi}). A correlation between the $\gamma$-ray…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-21 M. Di Mauro , F. Donato , F. Calore