Search Results - "Waite, A P"
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The Imprint of the Extragalactic Background Light in the Gamma-Ray Spectra of Blazars
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (30-11-2012)“…The light emitted by stars and accreting compact objects through the history of the universe is encoded in the intensity of the extragalactic background light…”
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A Cocoon of Freshly Accelerated Cosmic Rays Detected by Fermi in the Cygnus Superbubble
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (25-11-2011)“…The origin of Galactic cosmic rays is a century-long puzzle. Indirect evidence points to their acceleration by supernova Shockwaves, but we know little of…”
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Fermi LAT observations of cosmic-ray electrons from 7 GeV to 1 TeV
Published in Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology (18-11-2010)“…We present the results of our analysis of cosmic-ray electrons using about 8 × 106 electron candidates detected in the first 12 months on-orbit by the Fermi…”
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Spectrum of the isotropic diffuse gamma-ray emission derived from first-year Fermi Large Area Telescope data
Published in Physical review letters (12-03-2010)“…We report on the first Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) measurements of the so-called "extragalactic" diffuse gamma-ray emission (EGB). This component of the…”
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Modulated High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from the Microquasar Cygnus X-3
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (11-12-2009)“…Microquasars are accreting black holes or neutron stars in binary systems with associated relativistic jets. Despite their frequent outburst activity, they…”
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Binary Millisecond Pulsar Discovery via Gamma-Ray Pulsations
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (07-12-2012)“…Millisecond pulsars, old neutron stars spun up by accreting matter from a companion star, can reach high rotation rates of hundreds of revolutions per second…”
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Characterization and expression of the Escherichia coli Mrr restriction system
Published in Journal of Bacteriology (01-08-1991)“…Article Usage Stats Services JB Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Characterization of BcgI, a new kind of restriction-modification system
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (07-01-1994)“…The BcgI restriction enzyme from Bacillus coagulans is unusual in that it cleaves on both sides of its recognition site, CGAN6TGC, releasing a fragment that…”
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Detection of the Characteristic Pion-Decay Signature in Supernova Remnants
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (15-02-2013)“…Cosmic rays are particles (mostly protons) accelerated to relativistic speeds. Despite wide agreement that supernova remnants (SNRs) are the sources of…”
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GeV OBSERVATIONS OF STAR-FORMING GALAXIES WITH THE FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-08-2012)“…Recent detections of the starburst galaxies M82 and NGC 253 by gamma-ray telescopes suggest that galaxies rapidly forming massive stars are more luminous at…”
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Measurement of the cosmic ray e+ +e- spectrum from 20 GeV to 1 TeV with the Fermi Large Area Telescope
Published in Physical review letters (08-05-2009)“…Designed as a high-sensitivity gamma-ray observatory, the Fermi Large Area Telescope is also an electron detector with a large acceptance exceeding 2 m;{2} sr…”
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A limit on the variation of the speed of light arising from quantum gravity effects
Published in Nature (London) (19-11-2009)“…A cornerstone of Einstein's special relativity is Lorentz invariance-the postulate that all observers measure exactly the same speed of light in vacuum,…”
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Gamma-ray Light Curves and Variability of Bright Fermi-detected Blazars
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-10-2010)“…This paper presents light curves as well as the first systematic characterization of variability of the 106 objects in the high-confidence Fermi Large Area…”
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Fermi LAT search for dark matter in gamma-ray lines and the inclusive photon spectrum
Published in Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology (05-07-2012)“…Dark matter particle annihilation or decay can produce monochromatic gamma-ray lines and contribute to the diffuse gamma-ray background. Flux upper limits are…”
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Fermi Observations of GRB 090510: A Short-Hard Gamma-ray Burst with an Additional, Hard Power-law Component from 10 keV TO GeV Energies
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-06-2010)“…We present detailed observations of the bright short-hard gamma-ray burst GRB 090510 made with the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) and Large Area Telescope (LAT)…”
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Observations of the Young Supernova Remnant RX J1713.7–3946 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-06-2011)“…We present observations of the young supernova remnant (SNR) RX J1713.7--3946 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). We clearly detect a source…”
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Bright Active Galactic Nuclei Source List from the First Three Months of the Fermi Large Area Telescope All-Sky Survey
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-07-2009)“…The first three months of sky-survey operation with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope reveal 132 bright sources at |b|…”
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Observations of Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies with the Fermi-Large Area Telescope Detector and Constraints on Dark Matter Models
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-03-2010)“…We report on the observations of 14 dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) with the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope taken during the first 11 months of survey mode…”
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Detection of 16 Gamma-Ray Pulsars Through Blind Frequency Searches Using the Fermi LAT
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (14-08-2009)“…Pulsars are rapidly rotating, highly magnetized neutron stars emitting radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum. Although there are more than 1800 known…”
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Detection of a Spectral Break in the Extra Hard Component of GRB 090926A
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-03-2011)“…We report on the observation of the bright, long gamma-ray burst, GRB 090926A, by the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor and Large Area Telescope (LAT) instruments on…”
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