Examining molecular clouds in the galactic centre region using x-ray reflection spectra simulations. Walls, M; Chernyakova, M; Terrier, R; Goldwurm, A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2016
Telescopes of the 21st century revealed the Universe to be full of extreme accelerators – objects able to accelerate particles to extreme energies in a very effective way. We study these sources in order to understand the underlying physical processes.
About the Research Area
While about half of the Galactic X-ray sources are binary systems, only a few (less than 10) binary systems are able to produce TeV emission. Our group is organising extensive multi-wavelength campaigns (from radio up to very high, GeV energies) to study these systems in all possible details we use for further modelling. The aim is to understand what makes these systems so special. In addition to that, we study the origin of the high energy emission of the supermassive black hole in the centre of our Galaxy, which is important for the understanding of the origin and properties of the cosmic rays in the central region.
Under this theme we also investigate low-temperature plasma based concepts for electric propulsion technologies.
Space Publications
A SEARCH for VERY HIGH ENERGY GAMMA RAYS from the MISSING LINK BINARY PULSAR J1023+0038 with VERITAS. Aliu, E; Archambault, S; Archer, A; Benbow, W; Bird, R; Biteau, J; Buchovecky, M; Buckley, J.H; Bugaev, V; Byrum, K; Cardenzana, J.V; Cerruti, M; Chen, X; Ciupik, L; Connolly, M.P; Cui, W; Dickinson, H.J; Eisch, J.D; Falcone, A; Feng, Q; Finley, J.P; Fleischhack, H; Flinders, A; Fortin, P; Fortson, L; Furniss, A; Gillanders, G.H; Griffin, S; Grube, J; Gyuk, G; Hütten, M; Håkansson, N; Holder, J; Humensky, T.B; Johnson, C.A; Kaaret, P; Kar, P; Kelley-Hoskins, N; Kertzman, M; Kieda, D; Krause, M; Lang, M.J; Loo, A; Maier, G; McArthur, S; McCann, A; Meagher, K; Moriarty, P; Mukherjee, R; Nguyen, T; Nieto, D; Bhróithe, A.O.D; Ong, R.A; Otte, A.N; Pandel, D; Park, N; Pelassa, V; Petrashyk, A; Pohl, M; Popkow, A; Pueschel, E; Quinn, J; Ragan, K; Reynolds, P.T; Richards, G.T; Roache, E; Rulten, C; Santander, M; Sembroski, G.H; Shahinyan, K; Smith, A.W; Staszak, D; Telezhinsky, I; Tucci, J.V; Tyler, J; Varlotta, A; Vincent, S; Wakely, S.P; Weiner, O.M; Weinstein, A; Wilhelm, A; Williams, D.A; Zitzer, B; Chernyakova, M; Roberts, M.S.E. Astrophysical Journal 2016
PANGU: A wide field gamma-ray imager and polarimeter. Wu, X; Walter, R; Su, M; Ambrosi, G; Azzarello, P; Böttcher, M; Chang, J; Chernyakova, M; Fan, Y; Farnier, C; Gargano, F; Grenier, I; Hajdas, W; Mazziotta, M.N; Pearce, M; Pohl, M; Zdziarski, A. Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering 2016
Multi-wavelength observations of the binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around the 2014 periastron passage. Chernyakova, M; Neronov, A; van Soelen, B; Callanan, P; O’Shaughnessy, L; Babyk, I; Tsygankov, S; Vovk, I; Krivonos, R; Tomsick, J.A; Malyshev, D; Li, J; Wood, K; Torres, D; Zhang, S; Kretschmar, P; McSwain, M.V; Buckley, D.A.H; Koen, C. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2015
NuSTAR DISCOVERY of AN UNUSUALLY STEADY LONG-TERM SPIN-UP of the Be BINARY 2RXP J130159.6-635806. Krivonos, R.A; Tsygankov, S.S; Lutovinov, A.A; Tomsick, J.A; Chakrabarty, D; Bachetti, M; Boggs, S.E; Chernyakova, M; Christensen, F.E; Craig, W.W; Fürst, F; Hailey, C.J; Harrison, F.A; Lansbury, G.B; Rahoui, F; Stern, D; Zhang, W.W. Astrophysical Journal 2015
The ASTRO-H X-ray astronomy satellite. Takahashi, T; Mitsuda, K; Kelley, R; Aharonian, F; Akamatsu, H; Akimoto, F; Allen, S; Anabuki, N; Angelini, L; Arnaud, K; Asai, M; Audard, M; Awaki, H; Azzarello, P; Baluta, C; Bamba, A; Bando, N; Bautz, M; Bialas, T; Blandford, R.D; Boyce, K; Brenneman, L; Brown, G; Cackett, E; Canavan, E; Chernyakova, M; Chiao, M; Coppi, P; Costantini, E; De Plaa, J; Den Herder, J.-W; Dipirro, M; Done, C; Dotani, T; Doty, J; Ebisawa, K; Enoto, T; Ezoe, Y; Fabian, A; Ferrigno, C; Foster, A; Fujimoto, R; Fukazawa, Y; Funk, S; Furuzawa, A; Galeazzi, M; Gallo, L; Gandhi, P; Gilmore, K; Guainazzi, M; Haas, D; Haba, Y; Hamaguchi, K; Harayama, A; Hatsukade, I; Hayashi, K; Hayashi, T; Hayashida, K; Hiraga, J; Hirose, K; Hornschemeier, A; Hoshino, A; Hughes, J; Hwang, U; Iizuka, R; Inoue, Y; Ishibashi, K; Ishida, M; Ishikawa, K; Ishimura, K; Ishisaki, Y; Itoh, M; Iwata, N; Iyomoto, N; Jewell, C; Kaastra, J; Kallman, T; Kamae, T; Kataoka, J; Katsuda, S; Katsuta, J; Kawaharada, M; Kawai, N; Kawano, T; Kawasaki, S; Khangaluyan, D; Kilbourne, C; Kimball, M; Kimura, M; Kitamoto, S; Kitayama, T; Kohmura, T; Kokubun, M; Konami, S; Kosaka, T; Koujelev, A; Koyama, K; Krimm, H; Kubota, A; Kunieda, H; Lamassa, S; Laurent, P; Lebrun, F; Leutenegger, M; Limousin, O; Loewenstein, M; Long, K; Lumb, D; Madejski, G; Maeda, Y; Makishima, K; Markevitch, M; Masters, C; Matsumoto, H; Matsushita, K; McCammon, D; McGuinness, D; McNamara, B; Miko, J; Miller, J; Miller, E; Mineshige, S; Minesugi, K; Mitsuishi, I; Miyazawa, T; Mizuno, T; Mori, K; Mori, H; Moroso, F; Muench, T; Mukai, K; Murakami, H; Murakami, T; Mushotzky, R; Nagano, H; Nagino, R; Nakagawa, T; Nakajima, H; Nakamori, T; Nakashima, S; Nakazawa, K; Namba, Y; Natsukari, C; Nishioka, Y; Nobukawa, M; Noda, H; Nomachi, M; O’Dell, S; Odaka, H; Ogawa, H; Ogawa, M; Ogi, K; Ohashi, T; Ohno, M; Ohta, M; Okajima, T; Okazaki, T; Ota, N; Ozaki, M; Paerels, F; Paltani, S; Parmar, A; Petre, R; Pinto, C; Pohl, M; Pontius, J; Porter, F.S; Pottschmidt, K; Ramsey, B; Reis, R; Reynolds, C; Ricci, C; Russell, H; Safi-Harb, S; Saito, S; Sakai, S.-I; Sameshima, H; Sato, K; Sato, R; Sato, G; Sawada, M; Serlemitsos, P; Seta, H; Shibano, Y; Shida, M; Shimada, T; Shirron, P; Simionescu, A; Simmons, C; Smith, R; Sneiderman, G; Soong, Y; Stawarz, L; Sugawara, Y; Sugita, S; Szymkowiak, A; Tajima, H; Takahashi, H; Takahashi, H; Takeda, S.-I; Takei, Y; Tamagawa, T; Tamura, K; Tamura, T; Tanaka, T; Tanaka, Y; Tanaka, Y; Tashiro, M; Tawara, Y; Terada, Y; Terashima, Y; Tombesi, F; Tomida, H; Tsuboi, Y; Tsujimoto, M; Tsunemi, H; Tsuru, T; Uchida, H; Uchiyama, H; Uchiyama, Y; Ueda, Y; Ueda, S; Ueno, S; Uno, S; Urry, M; Ursino, E; De Vries, C; Wada, A; Watanabe, S; Watanabe, T; Werner, N; White, N; Wilkins, D; Yamada, S; Yamada, T; Yamaguchi, H; Yamaoka, K; Yamasaki, N; Yamauchi, M; Yamauchi, S; Yaqoob, T; Yatsu, Y; Yonetoku, D; Yoshida, A; Yuasa, T; Zhuravleva, I; Zoghbi, A; Zuhone, J. Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering 2014
Multiwavelength observations of the binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around the 2010-2011 periastron passage. Chernyakova, M; Abdo, A.A; Neronov, A; Mcswain, M.V; Moldón, J; Ribó, M; Paredes, J.M; Sushch, I; De naurois, M; Schwanke, U; Uchiyama, Y; Wood, K; Johnston, S; Chaty, S; Coleiro, A; Malyshev, D; Babyk, I. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2014
Hard X-ray monitoring of Centaurus A by SIGMA during 1990-94: Definition of a low luminosity state. Bond, I.A; Ballet, J; Denis, M; Vargas, M; Jourdain, E; Roques, J.P; Bouchet, L; Niel, M; Chernyakova, M; Churazov, E; Gilfanov, M; Sunyaev, R; Finoguenov, A; Dyachkov, A; Khavenson, N; Novikov, B. Astronomy and Astrophysics 1996
Simultaneous observations of the quasar 3C 273 with INTEGRAL, XMM-Newton and RXTE. Courvoisier, T.J.-L; Beckmann, V; Bourban, G; Chenevez, J; Chernyakova, M; Deluit, S; Favre, P; Grindlay, J.E; Lund, N; O’Brien, P; Page, K; Produit, N; Türler, M; Turner, M.J.L; Staubert, R; Stuhlinger, M; Walter, R; Zdziarski, A.A. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2003
First INTEGRAL observations of eight persistent neutron star low mass X-ray binaries. Paizis, A; Beckmann, V; Courvoisier, T.J.-L; Vilhu, O; Lutovinov, A; Ebisawa, K; Hannikainen, D; Chernyakova, M; Zurita Heras, J.A; Rodriguez, J; Zdziarski, A.A; Bazzano, A; Kuulkers, E; Oosterbroek, T; Frontera, F; Gimenez, A; Goldoni, P; Santangelo, A; Palumbo, G.G.C. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2003