Active galactic nuclei: what's in a name?

P Padovani, DM Alexander, RJ Assef… - The Astronomy and …, 2017 - Springer
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are energetic astrophysical sources powered by accretion onto
supermassive black holes in galaxies, and present unique observational signatures that …

Fermi large area telescope third source catalog

F Acero, M Ackermann, M Ajello, A Albert… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the third Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) source catalog (3FGL) of sources in
the 100 MeV–300 GeV range. Based on the first 4 yr of science data from the Fermi Gamma …

Fermi large area telescope second source catalog

PL Nolan, AA Abdo, M Ackermann… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a catalog of high-energy γ-ray sources detected in the first two years of
the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope mission by the Large Area Telescope (LAT). It is the …

The Swift/BAT hard X-ray transient monitor

HA Krimm, ST Holland, RHD Corbet… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Swift/Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) hard X-ray transient monitor provides
near real-time coverage of the X-ray sky in the energy range 15–50 keV. The BAT observes …

The spectral energy distribution of Fermi bright blazars

AA Abdo, M Ackermann, I Agudo, M Ajello… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope,
launched on 2008 June 11, provides unprecedented sensitivity in the γ-ray band (20 MeV to …

The second Fermi Large Area Telescope catalog of gamma-ray pulsars

AA Abdo, M Ajello, A Allafort, L Baldini… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
This catalog summarizes 117 high-confidence⩾ 0. 1 GeV gamma-ray pulsar detections
using three years of data acquired by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi satellite …

The first catalog of active galactic nuclei detected by the Fermi large area telescope

AA Abdo, M Ackermann, M Ajello… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first catalog of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) detected by the Large Area
Telescope (LAT), corresponding to 11 months of data collected in scientific operation mode …

Fermi large area telescope first source catalog

AA Abdo, M Ackermann, M Ajello… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a catalog of high-energy gamma-ray sources detected by the Large Area
Telescope (LAT), the primary science instrument on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope …

A census of high-energy observations of Galactic supernova remnants

G Ferrand, S Safi-Harb - Advances in Space Research, 2012 - Elsevier
We present the first public database of high-energy observations of all known Galactic
supernova remnants (SNRs). In Section 1 we introduce the rationale for this work motivated …

Discovery of powerful gamma-ray flares from the Crab Nebula

M Tavani, A Bulgarelli, V Vittorini, A Pellizzoni, E Striani… - Science, 2011 - science.org
The well-known Crab Nebula is at the center of the SN1054 supernova remnant. It consists
of a rotationally powered pulsar interacting with a surrounding nebula through a relativistic …