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Motivated by a recent detection of 511 keV photons from the center of our Galaxy, we calculate the spectrum of the soft gamma-ray background of the redshifted 511 keV photons from cosmological halos. Annihilation of dark matter particles…

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This review covers the measurements related to the extragalactic background light (EBL) intensity from gamma-rays to radio in the electromagnetic spectrum over 20 decades in the wavelength. The cosmic microwave background (CMB) remains the…

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A mosaic of 5 \ros~PSPC pointed observations in the Galactic plane ($l\sim25^{\circ}$) reveals X-ray shadows in the $0.5-2.0$ keV band cast by distant molecular clouds. The observed on-cloud and off-cloud X-ray fluxes indicate that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 S. Park , J. P. Finley , T. M. Dame

We present observations in the 0.1-100 keV spectral band of 8 Seyfert 2 galaxies, obtained by means of BeppoSAX. These sources were selected according to their [OIII] optical emission line flux, to avoid biases against obscuration on the pc…

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We conduct a stacking analysis using 1.4 GHz NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) detections and Planck all-sky maps to estimate the differential source counts down to the few 100 $\mu$Jy level at 30, 44, 70 and 100 GHz. Consequently, we are able to…

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We present ROSAT PSPC and HRI images of eight galaxies selected from a distance-limited sample of 22 edge-on Seyfert galaxies. Kiloparsec-scale soft X-ray nebulae extend along the galaxy minor axes in three galaxies (NGC 2992, NGC 4388 and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Edward J. M. Colbert , Stefi A. Baum , Chris P. O'Dea , Sylvain Veilleux

In order to study systematically the soft X-ray emission of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) at medium to high redshifts, we have analyzed ROSAT PSPC and HRI data of QSOs at 0.26<z<3.43 selected from the second deepest ROSAT PSPC survey…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. C. Dewangan , K. P. Singh , K. F. Gunn , A. M. Newsam , I. M. McHardy , L. R. Jones

In this concluding part of the series of three papers dedicated to the Swift/BAT hard X-ray survey (BXS), we focus on the X-ray spectral analysis and statistical properties of the source sample. Using a dedicated method to extract…

We have used the ROSAT Bright Source Catalogue to extract a complete sample of sources selected in the band from 0.1-0.4 keV. This 1/4 keV-selected sample is comprised of 54 Seyfert galaxies, 25 BL Lacertae objects, 4 clusters and 27…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Vaughan , R. Edelson , R. S. Warwick , M. A. Malkan , M. R. Goad

We have analyzed ROSAT PSPC X-ray data of the optically elongated S0 galaxy NGC 1332 with the purposes of constraining the intrinsic shape of its underlying mass and presenting a detailed investigation of the uncertainties resulting from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 David A. Buote , Claude R. Canizares

The scattering diameters of Sgr A* and several nearby OH masers (~ 1" at 1 GHz) indicate that a region of enhanced scattering is along the line of sight to the Galactic center. The scattering diameter of an extragalactic source seen through…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 T. Joseph W. Lazio , James M. Cordes

Across the Galactic disk lies a diverse population of X-ray sources, with the fainter end remaining poorly understood due to past survey sensitivity limits. We aim to classify and characterize faint X-ray sources detected in the eROSITA…

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The Serendipitous Extragalactic X-ray Source Identification (SEXSI) Program is designed to extend greatly the sample of identified extragalactic hard X-ray 2-10 keV sources at intermediate fluxes ($\sim 10^{-13} - 10^{-15} erg/cm2/s$).…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Fiona A. Harrison , Megan E. Eckart , Peter H. Mao , David J. Helfand , Daniel Stern

The ~1 Ms Chandra Deep Field North observation is used to study the extended X-ray sources in the region surrounding the Hubble Deep Field North (HDF-N), yielding the most sensitive probe of extended X-ray emission at cosmological distances…

Shadow observations provide a powerful tool to separate foreground components of the soft diffuse X-ray background (SDXB) from the background components. Such observations have now established that the ``local'' foreground is made of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-18 Anjali Gupta , Smita Mathur , Joshua Kingsbury , Esma Korkmaz , Sanskriti Das , Yair Krongold , Manami Roy , Armando Lara-DI

Spatially resolved near-IR and X-ray imaging of the central region of the Luminous Infrared Galaxy NGC 5135 is presented. The kinematical signatures of strong outflows are detected in the [FeII]1.64 \mu m emission line in a compact region…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 L. Colina , M. Pereira-Santaella , A. Alonso-Herrero , A. G. Bedregal , S. Arribas

We present a spectroscopic study of 41 hard X-ray sources detected serendipitously with high significance (> 5 sigma in the 2-10 keV band) in seven EPIC performance/verification phase observations. The large collecting area of EPIC allows…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. Piconcelli , M. Cappi , L. Bassani , F. Fiore , G. DiCocco , J. B. Stephen

(Abridged version) We study the properties of the X-ray surface brightness profiles in a sample of galaxy clusters that were observed with Chandra and have emission detectable with a signal-to-noise ratio higher than 2 at a radius beyond…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 S. Ettori , I. Balestra

We present a comprehensive X-ray point source catalog of NGC 404 obtained as part of the Chandra Local Volume Survey. A new, 97 ks Chandra ACIS-S observation of NGC 404 was combined with archival observations for a total exposure of ~123…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 B. Binder , B. F. Williams , M. Eracleous , T. J. Gaetz , A. K. H. Kong , E. D. Skillman , D. R. Weisz