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We report the results of the first two 5 GHz e-VLBI observations of the X-ray binary Cygnus X-3 using the European VLBI Network. Two successful observing sessions were held, on 2006 April 20, when the system was in a quasi-quiescent state…

We report the discovery of faint very high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from the radio galaxy Centaurus A in deep observations performed with the H.E.S.S. experiment. A signal with a statistical significance of 5.0 sigma is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Raue , J. -P. Lenain , F. A. Aharonian , Y. Becherini , C. Boisson , A. -C. Clapson , L. Costamante , L. Gerard , C. Medina , M. de Naurois , M. Punch , F. Rieger , H. Sol , L. Stawarz , A. Zech

Context. Recently, the high-energy (HE, 0.1-100 GeV) $\gamma$-ray emission from the object LMC P3 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has been discovered to be modulated with a 10.3-day period, making it the first extra-galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-07 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , H. Abdalla , A. Abramowski , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , E. O. Angüner , M. Arakawa , M. Arrieta , P. Aubert , M. Backes , A. Balzer , M. Barnard , Y. Becherini , J. Becker Tjus , D. Berge , S. Bernhard , K. Bernlöhr , R. Blackwell , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , S. Bonnefoy , P. Bordas , J. Bregeon , F. Brun , P. Brun , M. Bryan , M. Büchele , T. Bulik , M. Capasso , S. Caroff , A. Carosi , S. Casanova , M. Cerruti , N. Chakraborty , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Chen , J. Chevalier , S. Colafrancesco , B. Condon , J. Conrad , I. D. Davids , J. Decock , C. Deil , J. Devin , P. deWilt , L. Dirson , A. Djannati-Ataï , W. Domainko , A. Donath , L. O'C. Drury , K. Dutson , J. Dyks , T. Edwards , K. Egberts , P. Eger , G. Emery , J. -P. Ernenwein , S. Eschbach , C. Farnier , S. Fegan , M. V. Fernandes , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , A. Förster , S. Funk , M. Füßling , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , T. Garrigoux , F. Gaté , G. Giavitto , B. Giebels , D. Glawion , J. F. Glicenstein , D. Gottschall , M. -H. Grondin , J. Hahn , M. Haupt , J. Hawkes , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , C. Hoischen , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , A. Ivascenko , H. Iwasaki , A. Jacholkowska , M. Jamrozy , D. Jankowsky , F. Jankowsky , M. Jingo , L. Jouvin , I. Jung-Richardt , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzyński , M. Katsuragawa , U. Katz , D. Kerszberg , D. Khangulyan , B. Khélifi , J. King , S. Klepser , D. Klochkov , W. Kluźniak , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , S. Krakau , M. Kraus , P. P. Krüger , H. Laffon , G. Lamanna , J. Lau , J. -P. Lees , J. Lefaucheur , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , E. Leser , T. Lohse , M. Lorentz , R. Liu , R. López-Coto , I. Lypova , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , C. Mariaud , R. Marx , G. Maurin , N. Maxted , M. Mayer , P. J. Meintjes , M. Meyer , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. Moderski , M. Mohamed , L. Mohrmann , K. Morå , E. Moulin , T. Murach , S. Nakashima , M. de Naurois , H. Ndiyavala , F. Niederwanger , J. Niemiec , L. Oakes , P. O'Brien , H. Odaka , S. Ohm , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , M. Padovani , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , N. W. Pekeur , G. Pelletier , C. Perennes , P. -O. Petrucci , B. Peyaud , Q. Piel , S. Pita , V. Poireau , H. Poon , D. Prokhorov , H. Prokoph , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , R. Rauth , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , R. de los Reyes , F. Rieger , L. Rinchiuso , C. Romoli , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , C. B. Rulten , V. Sahakian , S. Saito , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , M. Schandri , R. Schlickeiser , F. Schüssler , A. Schulz , U. Schwanke , S. Schwemmer , M. Seglar-Arroyo , M. Settimo , A. S. Seyffert , N. Shafi , I. Shilon , K. Shiningayamwe , R. Simoni , H. Sol , F. Spanier , M. Spir-Jacob , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , C. Steppa , I. Sushch , T. Takahashi , J. -P. Tavernet , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , L. Tibaldo , D. Tiziani , M. Tluczykont , C. Trichard , M. Tsirou , N. Tsuji , R. Tuffs , Y. Uchiyama , D. J. van der Walt , C. van Eldik , C. van Rensburg , B. van Soelen , G. Vasileiadis , J. Veh , C. Venter , A. Viana , P. Vincent , J. Vink , F. Voisin , H. J. Völk , T. Vuillaume , Z. Wadiasingh , S. J. Wagner , P. Wagner , R. M. Wagner , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , P. Willmann , A. Wörnlein , D. Wouters , R. Yang , D. Zaborov , M. Zacharias , R. Zanin , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , F. Zefi , A. Ziegler , J. Zorn , N. Żywucka

Classical novae produce radioactive nuclei which are emitters of gamma-rays in the MeV range. Some examples are the lines at 478 and 1275 keV (from 7Be and 22Na) and the positron-electron annihilation emission, with the 511 keV line and a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-05-06 M. Hernanz

We present multiwavelength observations of 3C 454.3 from April 2008 to March 2010. The radio to optical data are mostly from the GASP-WEBT, UV and X-ray data from Swift, and gamma-ray data from the AGILE and Fermi satellites. We improved…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 C. M. Raiteri , M. Villata , M. F. Aller , M. A. Gurwell , O. M. Kurtanidze , A. Lähteenmäki , V. M. Larionov , P. Romano , S. Vercellone

The nature of the hard X-ray source XSSJ12270-4859 is still unclear though it was claimed to be a magnetic Cataclysmic Variable. We here present a broad-band X-ray and gamma ray study based on a recent XMM-Newton observation and archival…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 D. de Martino , M. Falanga , J. -M. Bonnet-Bidaud , T. Belloni , M. Mouchet , N. Masetti , I. Andruchow , S. A. Cellone , K. Mukai , G. Matt

Centaurus X-3 is a persistent high-mass X-ray binary with the long-term light curve from the source exhibiting orbit-to-orbit intensity variations with no apparent superorbital periodicity. We used $\sim$13.5 years of MAXI/GSC data to study…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-24 Ajith Balu , Kinjal Roy , Hemanth Manikantan , Abhisek Tamang , Biswajit Paul

Recent ground based and space telescopes that detect high energy photons from a few up to hundreds of gigaelectron volts (GeV) have opened a new window on the universe. However, because of the relatively poor angular resolution of these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 I. F. Mirabel

Multifrequency observations from the VLA, VLBA and OVRO Millimeter Array of a major radio outburst of Cygnus X-3 in 2001 September are presented, measuring the evolution of the spectrum of the source over three decades in frequency, over a…

Gamma-ray binaries consist of a neutron star or a black hole interacting with a normal star to produce gamma-ray emission that dominates the radiative output of the system. Only a handful of such systems have been previously discovered, all…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-05 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 , A. Udalski

Microquasars have been expected to emit high energy gamma-rays due to their general similarities to the gamma-ray emitting blazars (evidences of relativistic jets, non-thermal radio to X-ray emission). In fact, the first source of this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Julian Sitarek , Włodzimierz Bednarek

The question of the origin of the hard X-ray/soft gamma-ray emission in Centaurus A (Cen A) persists despite decades of observations. Results from X-ray instruments suggest a jet origin since the implied electron temperature (kT_e) would…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-03 James Rodi , E. Jourdain , M. Molina , J. -P. Roques

We summarize the spectral characteristics of a sample of 22 bright gamma-ray bursts detected with the gamma-ray burst sensors aboard the satellite Ginga. This instrument employed a proportional and scintillation counter to provide…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. E. Strohmayer , E. E. Fenimore , T. Murakami , A. Yoshida

Multi-wavelength photometric observations of Cygnus X-3 were carried out at 18 cm through to 450 um, complemented by X-ray (2-10 keV) observations. The system was mildly active with cm fluxes at 150 -- 250 mJy. We find the spectrum to be…

The diffuse gamma radiation arising from the interaction of cosmic ray particles with matter and radiation in the Galaxy is one of the few probes available to study the origin of the cosmic rays. Milagro is a water Cherenkov detector that…

We have performed a principal component analysis on the X-ray spectra of the microquasar Cygnus X-3 from RXTE, INTEGRAL and Swift during a major flare ejection event in 2006 May-July. The analysis showed that there are two main variability…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 K. I. I. Koljonen , M. L. McCollough , D. C. Hannikainen , R. Droulans

The peculiar X-ray binary Cygnus X-3 has been observed on several occasions with the X/gamma-ray instruments on board INTEGRAL. We have collected data from available public and Galactic Plane Scan observations between December 2002 and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Hjalmarsdotter , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Paizis , V. Beckmann , O. Vilhu

We present analysis of 25 years' worth of archival VLA, VLBA and EVN observations of the X-ray binary Cygnus X-3. From this, we deduce the source proper motion, allowing us to predict the location of the central binary system at any given…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-09-15 J. C. A. Miller-Jones , C. M. Sakari , V. Dhawan , V. Tudose , R. P. Fender , Z. Paragi , M. A. Garrett

Notwithstanding the big efforts devoted to the investigation of the mechanisms responsible for the high-energy (E>100 MeV) gamma-ray emission in active galactic nuclei (AGN), the definite answer is still missing. The X-ray energy band…