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Recent X-ray observations show absorbing winds with velocities up to mildly-relativistic values of the order of ~0.1c in a limited sample of 6 broad-line radio galaxies. They are observed as blue-shifted Fe XXV-XXVI K-shell absorption…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 F. Tombesi , F. Tazaki , R. F. Mushotzky , Y. Ueda , M. Cappi , J. Gofford , J. N. Reeves , M. Guainazzi

Recent optical astrometric and spectroscopic surveys have identified numerous neutron star (NS) candidates in non-accreting detached binary systems, but their compact-object nature remains unconfirmed. In this work, we present targeted…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-26 Shi-Jie Gao , Xiang-Dong Li , Song Wang , Kareem El-Badry , De-Jiang Zhou , Yi-Xuan Shao , Zhen Yan , Pei Wang , Ping Zhou , Jin-Lin Han

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

We present results from the first attempts to derive various physical characteristics of the dusty Wolf-Rayet star WR 48a based on a multi-wavelength view of its observational properties. This is done on the basis of new optical and…

This paper reports Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) observations of the binary system HD 41004 that are among the deepest images ever obtained at 150~MHz and 400 MHz in the search for radio emission from exoplanets. The HD 41004…

Colliding-wind binaries (CWBs) constitute an emerging class of $\gamma$-ray sources powered by strong, dense winds in massive stellar systems. The most powerful of them are those binaries hosting a Wolf-Rayet (WR) star. Following the recent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-01 G. Martí-Devesa , O. Reimer , A. Reimer

The origin of fast radio bursts (FRBs) still remains a mystery, even with the increased number of discoveries in the last three years. Growing evidence suggests that some FRBs may originate from magnetars. Large, single-dish telescopes such…

Here we present a low frequency (170-200MHz) search for coherent radio emission associated with nine short GRBs detected by the Swift and/or Fermi satellites using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) rapid-response observing mode. The MWA…

Previous studies have demonstrated that putatively single nitrogen-type Wolf-Rayet stars (WN stars) without known companions are X-ray sources. However, almost all WN star X-ray detections so far have been of earlier WN2 - WN6 spectral…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Stephen L. Skinner , Svetozar A. Zhekov , Manuel Guedel , Werner Schmutz , Kimberly R. Sokal

Detection and analysis of Wolf-Rayet (WR) star populations in young starbursts is a powerful tool to reveal the properties of the star-forming events. We present new high S/N optical spectra of a sample of well-known WR galaxies, in which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Thierry Contini , Daniel Schaerer , Daniel Kunth

Using the Very Large Telescope's Spectrograph for INtegral Field Observation in the Near-Infrared (VLT/SINFONI), we have obtained repeated AO-assisted, NIR spectroscopy of the six central luminous, Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars in the core of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 O. Schnurr , A. -N. Chene , J. Casoli , A. F. J. Moffat , N. St-Louis

We present new radio and optical observations of the colliding-wind system WR146 aimed at understanding the nature of the companion to the Wolf-Rayet star and the collision of their winds. The radio observations reveal emission from three…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Sean M. Dougherty , P. M. Williams , D. L. Pollacco

We report the results of a high angular resolution near-infrared survey of dusty Wolf-Rayet stars using the Keck-1 Telescope, including new multi-wavelength images of the pinwheel nebulae WR 98a, WR 104, and WR 112. Angular sizes were…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. D. Monnier , P. G. Tuthill , W. C. Danchi , N. Murphy , T. J. Harries

We have started a search for High Redshift Radio Galaxies (HZRGs) in an area covering 7 sr by selecting a sample of Ultra Steep Spectrum (USS) sources with a low flux density cut-off S(1400 MHz) > 10 mJy and a steep spectral index cut-off…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Carlos De Breuck , Wil van Breugel , Huub Rottgering , George Miley

We have spectroscopically discovered a pair of twin, nitrogen-type, hydrogen-rich, Wolf-Rayet stars (WN8-9h) that are both surrounded by circular, mid-infrared-bright nebulae detected with the Spitzer Space Telescope and MIPS instrument.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Jon Mauerhan , Stefanie Wachter , Pat Morris , Schuyler Van Dyk , D. W. Hoard

Radio emission has been detected from tens of white dwarfs, in particular in accreting systems. Additionally, radio emission has been predicted as a possible outcome of a planetary system around a white dwarf. We searched for 3 GHz radio…

Aims. We present the first results of an ongoing project devoted to the search of giant radio halos in galaxy clusters located in the redshift range z=0.2--0.4. One of the main goals of our study is to measure the fraction of massive galaxy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 T. Venturi , S. Giacintucci , G. Brunetti , R. Cassano , S. Bardelli , D. Dallacasa , G. Setti

The total population of Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars in the Galaxy is predicted by models to be as many as $\sim$6000 stars, and yet the number of catalogued WR stars as a result of optical surveys was far lower than this ($\sim$200) at the turn…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-11 A. P. Marston , J. Mauerhan , P. Morris , S. Van Dyk

Context. Radio halos are megaparsec-scale diffuse radio sources{ mostly} located at the centres of merging galaxy clusters. The common mechanism invoked to explain their origin is the re-acceleration of relativistic particles caused by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-27 G. Di Gennaro , R. J. van Weeren , R. Cassano , G. Brunetti , M. Brüggen , M. Hoeft , E. Osinga , A. Botteon , V. Cuciti , F. de Gasperin , H. J. A. Röttgering , C. Tasse

We present radio observations made towards the exoplanets Qatar-1b and WASP-80b near 150~MHz with the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope. These targets are relatively nearby irradiated giant exoplanets, a hot Jupiter and a hot Saturn, with…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-10 D. A. Green , N. Madhusudhan