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astro-ph.HE2016

Acceleration of petaelectronvolt protons in the Galactic Centre

H. E. S. S. collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +229

Galactic cosmic rays reach energies of at least a few Peta-electronvolts (1 PeV = electron volts). This implies our Galaxy contains PeV accelerators (PeVatrons), bu…

astro-ph.HE2013

Search for Very-high-energy γ-ray emission from Galactic globular clusters with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +203

Globular clusters (GCs) are established emitters of high-energy (HE, 100 MeV<E<100 GeV) γ-ray radiation which could originate from the cumulative emission of the numerous millisec…

astro-ph.HE2012

Discovery of hard-spectrum γ-ray emission from the BL Lac object 1ES 0414+009

The HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +199

1ES 0414+009 (z = 0.287) is a distant high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object, and has long been considered a likely emitter of very-high energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-rays due to its…

astro-ph.HE2013

Search for photon line-like signatures from Dark Matter annihilations with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +201

Gamma-ray line signatures can be expected in the very-high-energy (VHE; E_γ> 100 GeV) domain due to self-annihilation or decay of dark matter (DM) particles in space. Such a signa…

astro-ph.HE2017

Constraints on particle acceleration in SS433/W50 from MAGIC and H.E.S.S. observations

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +408

The large jet kinetic power and non-thermal processes occurring in the microquasar SS 433 make this source a good candidate for a very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emitter. Gamma-ra…

astro-ph.HE2017

Contributions of the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) to the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), Busan, Korea

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +256

Index of H.E.S.S. conference proceedings to the 35th ICRC, Busan, Korea

astro-ph.HE2016

Detailed spectral and morphological analysis of the shell type SNR RCW 86

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian +232

Aims: We aim for an understanding of the morphological and spectral properties of the supernova remnant RCW~86 and for insights into the production mechanism leading to the RCW~86…

astro-ph.HE2013

Constraints on axionlike particles with H.E.S.S. from the irregularity of the PKS 2155-304 energy spectrum

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +211

Axionlike particles (ALPs) are hypothetical light (sub-eV) bosons predicted in some extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics. In astrophysical environments comprising h…

astro-ph.HE2018

The -ray spectrum of the core of Centaurus A as observed with H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski +249

Centaurus A (Cen A) is the nearest radio galaxy discovered as a very-high-energy (VHE; 100 GeV-100 TeV) -ray source by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). It is a f…

astro-ph.HE2014

Probing the gamma-ray emission from HESS J1834-087 using H.E.S.S. and Fermi LAT observations

The H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +228

Previous observations with HESS have revealed the existence of an extended very-high-energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma-ray source, HESS J1834-087, coincident with the SNR W41. The orig…

astro-ph.HE2014

Discovery of the hard spectrum VHE gamma-ray source HESS J1641-463

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +230

This letter reports the discovery of a remarkably hard spectrum source, HESS J1641-463, by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) in the very-high energy (VHE) domain. HESS…

astro-ph.HE2014

H.E.S.S. Observations of the Crab during its March 2013 GeV Gamma-Ray Flare

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian +217

Context. On March 4, 2013, the Fermi-LAT and AGILE reported a flare from the direction of the Crab Nebula in which the high-energy (HE; E > 100 MeV) flux was six times above its qu…

astro-ph.HE2011

HESS J1943+213: a candidate extreme BL Lacertae object

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +200

We report on a newly detected point-like source, HESS J1943+213 located in the Galactic plane. This source coincides with an unidentified hard X-ray source IGR J19443+2117, which w…

astro-ph.IM2013

The H.E.S.S. central data acquisition system

A. Balzer, M. Füßling, M. Gajdus +6

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is a system of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) located in the Khomas Highland in Namibia. It measures cosmic gamma r…

astro-ph.IM2015

Status and Plans for the Array Control and Data Acquisition System of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

I. Oya, M. Fuessling, U. Schwanke +24

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next-generation atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray observatory. CTA will consist of two installations, one in the northern, and the other in…

astro-ph.HE2016

Gamma-ray blazar spectra with H.E.S.S. II mono analysis: the case of PKS 2155-304 and PG 1553+113

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +332

The addition of a 28 m Cherenkov telescope (CT5) to the H.E.S.S. array extended the experiment's sensitivity to lower energies. The lowest energy threshold is obtained using monosc…

astro-ph.HE2013

Discovery of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the BL Lac object PKS 0301-243 with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +211

The active galactic nucleus PKS 0301-243 (z=0.266) is a high-synchrotron-peaked BL Lac object that is detected at high energies (HE, 100 MeV < E < 100 GeV) by Fermi/LAT. This paper…

astro-ph.HE2018

A search for new supernova remnant shells in the Galactic plane with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +263

A search for new supernova remnants (SNRs) has been conducted using TeV gamma-ray data from the H.E.S.S. Galactic plane survey. As an identification criterion, shell morphologies t…

astro-ph.HE2016

Extended VHE gamma-ray emission towards SGR1806-20, LBV1806-20, and stellar cluster Cl*1806-20

H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian +241

Using the High Energy Spectroscopic System (H.E.S.S.) telescopes we have discovered a steady and extended very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray source towards the luminous blue variable…

astro-ph.HE2012

Discovery of VHE γ-ray emission and multi-wavelength observations of the BL Lac object 1RXS J101015.9-311909

HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +191

1RXS J101015.9-311909 is a galaxy located at a redshift of z=0.14 hosting an active nucleus belonging to the class of bright BL Lac objects. Observations at high (HE, E > 100 MeV)…

astro-ph.HE2011

A new SNR with TeV shell-type morphology: HESS J1731-347

HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +195

The recent discovery of the radio shell-type supernova remnant (SNR), G353.6-0.7, in spatial coincidence with the unidentified TeV source HESS J1731-347 has motivated further obser…

astro-ph.HE2018

Detection of variable VHE gamma-ray emission from the extra-galactic gamma-ray binary LMC P3

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski +253

Context. Recently, the high-energy (HE, 0.1-100 GeV) -ray emission from the object LMC P3 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has been discovered to be modulated with a 10.3-da…

astro-ph.HE2015

The 2012 flare of PG 1553+113 seen with H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT

A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali +224

Very high energy (VHE, 100 GeV) -ray flaring activity of the high-frequency peaked BL Lac object \pg\ has been detected by the \hess\ telescopes. The flux of the source inc…

astro-ph.HE2015

The H.E.S.S. II GRB Program

R. D. Parsons, A. Balzer, M. Füssling +9

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are some of the most energetic and exotic events in the Universe, however their behaviour at the highest energies (>10 GeV) is largely unknown. Although the…

astro-ph.HE2011

Discovery of extended VHE γ-ray emission from the vicinity of the young massive stellar cluster Westerlund 1

HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +198

Results obtained in very-high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) γ-ray observations performed with the H.E.S.S. telescope array are used to investigate particle acceleration processes in t…

astro-ph.HE2018

H.E.S.S. discovery of very high energy gamma-ray emission from PKS 0625-354

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski +253

PKS 0625-354 (z=0.055) was observed with the four H.E.S.S. telescopes in 2012 during 5.5 hours. The source was detected above an energy threshold of 200 GeV at a significance level…

astro-ph.HE2017

H.E.S.S. observations of RX J1713.7-3946 with improved angular and spectral resolution; evidence for gamma-ray emission extending beyond the X-ray emitting shell

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +252

Supernova remnants exhibit shock fronts (shells) that can accelerate charged particles up to very high energies. In the past decade, measurements of a handful of shell-type superno…

astro-ph.HE2014

Long-term monitoring of PKS 2155304 with ATOM and H.E.S.S.: investigation of optical/-ray correlations in different spectral states

A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali +225

In this paper we report on the analysis of all the available optical and very high-energy -ray (200 GeV) data for the BL Lac object PKS 2155304, collected simultaneously…

astro-ph.HE2014

Diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +225

Diffuse -ray emission is the most prominent observable signature of celestial cosmic-ray interactions at high energies. While already being investigated at GeV energies over se…

astro-ph.HE2017

Characterising the VHE diffuse emission in the central 200 parsecs of our Galaxy with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +256

The diffuse very high-energy (VHE, > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission observed in the central 200 pc of the Milky Way by H.E.S.S. was found to follow the dense matter distribution in th…

astro-ph.IM2015

Photon Reconstruction for H.E.S.S. Using a Semi-Analytical Shower Model

M. Holler, A. Balzer, R. Chalmé-Calvet +2

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is an array of five Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) designed to detect cosmogenic gamma-rays with very high energies…

astro-ph.HE2014

Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from GRB 100621A, an extremely bright GRB in X-rays, with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian +213

The long gamma-ray burst (GRB) 100621A, at the time the brightest X-ray transient ever detected by Swift-XRT in the keV range, has been observed with the H.E.S.S…

astro-ph.HE2015

The exceptionally powerful TeV gamma-ray emitters in the Large Magellanic Cloud

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +226

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, has been observed with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) above an energy of 100 billion electron volts…

astro-ph.HE2018

Population study of Galactic supernova remnants at very high -ray energies with H.E.S.S.

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +252

Shell-type supernova remnants (SNRs) are considered prime candidates for the acceleration of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) up to the knee of the CR spectrum at $\mathrm{E} \approx \ma…

astro-ph.HE2014

Discovery of the VHE gamma-ray source HESS J1832-093 in the vicinity of SNR G22.7-0.2

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +218

The region around the supernova remnant (SNR) W41 contains several TeV sources and has prompted the H.E.S.S. Collaboration to perform deep observations of this field of view. This…

astro-ph.HE2013

H.E.S.S. Observations of the Binary System PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around the 2010/2011 Periastron Passage

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +203

Aim. In this paper we present very high energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) data from the γ-ray binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 taken around its periastron passage (15th of December 2010)…

astro-ph.HE2017

HESS J1741-302: a hidden accelerator in the Galactic plane

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +252

The H.E.S.S. collaboration has discovered a new very high energy (VHE, E 0.1 TeV) -ray source, HESS J1741-302, located in the Galactic plane. Despite several attempts to co…

astro-ph.HE2017

Prospects for CTA observations of the young SNR RX J1713.7-3946

The CTA Consortium, :, F. Acero +381

We perform simulations for future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observations of RX~J1713.73946, a young supernova remnant (SNR) and one of the brightest sources ever discovere…

astro-ph.IM2016

The GCT camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Anthony M. Brown, A. Abchiche, D. Allan +63

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is proposed for the Small-Sized Telescope component of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). GCT's dual-mirror Schwarzschild-Couder (SC) opti…

astro-ph.HE2012

Spectral analysis and interpretation of the γ-ray emission from the Starburst galaxy NGC 253

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +192

Very-high-energy (VHE; E >100 GeV) and high-energy (HE; 100 MeV < E < 100 GeV) data from γ-ray observations performed with the H.E.S.S. telescope array and the Fermi-LAT instrumen…

astro-ph.HE2013

H.E.S.S. discovery of VHE gamma-rays from the quasar PKS 1510-089

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +204

The quasar PKS 1510-089 (z=0.361) was observed with the H.E.S.S. array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes during high states in the optical and GeV bands, to search for ve…

astro-ph.HE2017

Cherenkov Telescope Array Contributions to the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2017)

F. Acero, B. S. Acharya, V. Acín Portella +1137

List of contributions from the Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium presented at the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference, July 12-20 2017, Busan, Korea.

astro-ph.HE2013

Search for Dark Matter Annihilation Signals from the Fornax Galaxy Cluster with H.E.S.S

HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +195

The Fornax galaxy cluster was observed with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) for a total live time of 14.5 hours, searching for very-high-energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamm…

astro-ph.HE2016

First limits on the very-high energy gamma-ray afterglow emission of a fast radio burst: H.E.S.S. observations of FRB 150418

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +265

Aims: Following the detection of the fast radio burst FRB150418 by the SUPERB project at the Parkes radio telescope, we aim to search for very-high energy gamma-ray afterglow emiss…

astro-ph.HE2014

H.E.S.S. detection of TeV emission from the interaction region between the supernova remnant G349.7+0.2 and a molecular cloud

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +224

G349.7+0.2 is a young Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) located at the distance of 11.5 kpc and observed across the entire electromagnetic spectrum from radio to high energy (HE) Ga…

astro-ph.IM2018

Characterisation and Testing of CHEC-M - a camera prototype for the Small-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

J. Zorn, R. White, J. J. Watson +42

The Compact High Energy Camera (CHEC) is a camera design for the Small-Sized Telescopes (SSTs; 4 m diameter mirror) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The SSTs are focused on…

astro-ph.HE2018

Search for -ray line signals from dark matter annihilations in the inner Galactic halo from ten years of observations with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdallah, A. Abramowski +254

Spectral lines are among the most powerful signatures for dark matter (DM) annihilation searches in very-high-energy -rays. The central region of the Milky Way halo is one of t…

astro-ph.IM2015

A major electronics upgrade for the H.E.S.S. Cherenkov telescopes 1-4

G. Giavitto, T. Ashton, A. Balzer +31

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is an array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) located in the Khomas Highland in Namibia. It consists of four 12-m t…

astro-ph.GA2014

Flux upper limits for 47 AGN observed with H.E.S.S. in 2004-2011

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian +217

About 40% of the observation time of the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is dedicated to studying active galactic nuclei (AGN), with the aim of increasing the sample of…

astro-ph.HE2016

Characterizing the gamma-ray long-term variability of PKS 2155-304 with H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski +244

Studying the temporal variability of BL Lac objects at the highest energies provides unique insights into the extreme physical processes occurring in relativistic jets and in the v…

astro-ph.HE2015

H.E.S.S. reveals a lack of TeV emission from the supernova remnant Puppis A

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +224

Puppis A is an interesting ~4 kyr-old supernova remnant (SNR) that shows strong evidence of interaction between the forward shock and a molecular cloud. It has been studied in deta…

astro-ph.HE2012

A multiwavelength view of the flaring state of PKS 2155-304 in 2006

HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +208

Multiwavelength (MWL) observations of the blazar PKS 2155-304 during two weeks in July and August 2006, the period when two exceptional flares at very high energies (VHE, E>= 100 G…

astro-ph.HE2017

TeV gamma-ray observations of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +250

We search for high-energy gamma-ray emission from the binary neutron star merger GW170817 with the H.E.S.S. Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes. The observations presented here have b…

astro-ph.HE2012

Discovery of VHE emission towards the Carina arm region with the H.E.S.S. telescope array: HESS J1018-589

HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +195

The observational coverage with HESS of the Carina region in VHE gamma-rays benefits from deep exposure (40 h) of the neighboring open cluster Westerlund 2. The observations have r…

astro-ph.HE2015

Constraints on an Annihilation Signal from a Core of Constant Dark Matter Density around the Milky Way Center with H.E.S.S

HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian +223

An annihilation signal of dark matter is searched for from the central region of the Milky Way. Data acquired in dedicated ON/OFF observations of the Galactic center region with H.…

astro-ph.HE2014

HESS J1640-465 - an exceptionally luminous TeV gamma-ray supernova remnant

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian +218

The results of follow-up observations of the TeV gamma-ray source HESSJ 1640-465 from 2004 to 2011 with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) are reported in this work. Th…

astro-ph.HE2012

Probing the extent of the non-thermal emission from the Vela X region at TeV energies with H.E.S.S

A. Abramowski, F. Acero, F. Aharonian +196

Vela X is a region of extended radio emission in the western part of the Vela constellation: one of the nearest pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe), and associated with the energetic Vela p…

astro-ph.IM2015

The first GCT camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

A. De Franco, R. White, D. Allan +32

The Gamma Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is proposed to be part of the Small Size Telescope (SST) array of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The GCT dual-mirror optical design allows…

astro-ph.HE2013

Discovery of high and very high-energy emission from the BL Lac object SHBL J001355.9-185406

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +210

The detection of the high-frequency peaked BL Lac object (HBL) SHBL J001355.9-185406 (=0.095) at high (HE; 100 MeVE300 GeV) and very high-energy (VHE; )…

astro-ph.HE2016

A search for very high-energy flares from the microquasars GRS 1915+105, Circinus X-1, and V4641 Sgr using contemporaneous H.E.S.S. and RXTE observations

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski +244

Microquasars are potential -ray emitters. Indications of transient episodes of -ray emission were recently reported in at least two systems: Cyg X-1 and Cyg X-3. The identi…

astro-ph.IM2017

Hardware and software architecture of the upgraded H.E.S.S. cameras

S. Klepser, T. Ashton, M. Backes +37

In 2015/16, the photomultiplier cameras of the H.E.S.S. Cherenkov telescopes CT1-4 have undergone a major upgrade. The entire electronics has been replaced, using NECTAr chips for…

astro-ph.IM2022

The H.E.S.S. transients follow-up system

C. Hoischen, M. Füßling, S. Ohm +12

Observations of astrophysical transients have brought many novel discoveries and provided new insights into physical processes at work under extreme conditions in the Universe. Mul…

astro-ph.IM2017

Performance of the upgraded H.E.S.S. cameras

S. Bonnefoy, T. Ashton, M. Backes +37

The 14 years old cameras of the H.E.S.S. 12-m telescopes have been upgraded in 2015/2016, with the goals of reducing the system failure rate, reducing the dead time and improving t…

astro-ph.HE2017

H.E.S.S. observations following multi-messenger alerts in real-time

Fabian Schüssler, M. Backes, A. Balzer +12

The H.E.S.S. Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope system is, due to its fast reaction time and its comparably low energy threshold, very well suited to perform follow-up observations of…

astro-ph.HE2016

The supernova remnant W49B as seen with H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski +253

The supernova remnant (SNR) W49B originated from a core-collapse supernova that occurred between one and four thousand years ago, and subsequently evolved into a mixed-morphology r…

astro-ph.HE2012

H.E.S.S. observations of the Carina nebula and its enigmatic colliding wind binary Eta Carinae

HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +191

The massive binary system Eta Carinae and the surrounding HII complex, the Carina Nebula, are potential particle acceleration sites from which very-high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) Î…

astro-ph.IM2016

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

L. Tibaldo, A. Abchiche, D. Allan +67

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a forthcoming ground-based observatory for very-high-energy gamma rays. CTA will consist of two arrays of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov teles…

astro-ph.HE2011

H.E.S.S. observations of the globular clusters NGC 6388 and M 15 and search for a Dark Matter signal

HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +195

Observations of the globular clusters NGC 6388 and M 15 were carried out by the H.E.S.S. array of Cherenkov telescopes for a live time of 27.2 and 15.2 hours respectively. No gamma…

astro-ph.HE2014

Search for Extended γ-ray Emission around AGN with H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian +218

Context: Very-high-energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) γ-ray emission from blazars inevitably gives rise to electron-positron pair production through the interaction of these γ-rays with the…

astro-ph.HE2011

Very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from the direction of the Galactic globular cluster Terzan 5

HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +194

The H.E.S.S. very-high-energy (VHE, E > 0.1 TeV) gamma-ray telescope system has discovered a new source, HESS J1747-248. The measured integral flux is (1.2 +/- 0.3) \times 10^-12 c…

astro-ph.HE2013

H.E.S.S and Fermi-LAT discovery of gamma rays from the blazar 1ES 1312-423

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +214

A deep observation campaign carried out by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) on Centaurus A enabled the discovery of gamma rays from the blazar 1ES 1312-423, two degre…

astro-ph.HE2018

Deeper H.E.S.S. observations of Vela Junior (RX J0852.04622): Morphology studies and resolved spectroscopy

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski +260

Aims. We study gamma-ray emission from the shell-type supernova remnant (SNR) RX J0852.04622 to better characterize its spectral properties and its distribution over the SNR. Me…

astro-ph.HE2015

CTA Contributions to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015)

The CTA Consortium, :, A. Abchiche +1305

List of contributions from the CTA Consortium presented at the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 30 July - 6 August 2015, The Hague, The Netherlands.

astro-ph.HE2017

The population of TeV pulsar wind nebulae in the H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +255

The nine-year H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey (HGPS) yielded the most uniform observation scan of the inner Milky Way in the TeV gamma-ray band to date. The sky maps and source cata…

astro-ph.HE2012

Discovery of gamma-ray emission from the extragalactic pulsar wind nebula N157B with the High Energy Stereoscopic System

HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +195

We present the significant detection of the first extragalactic pulsar wind nebula (PWN) detected in gamma rays, N157B, located in the large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Pulsars with hi…

astro-ph.HE2012

Identification of HESS J1303-631 as a Pulsar Wind Nebula through gamma-ray, X-ray and radio observations

The H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +196

The previously unidentified very high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) γ-ray source HESS J1303-631, discovered in 2004, is re-examined including new data from the H.E.S.S. Cherenkov tele…

astro-ph.HE2012

Measurement of the extragalactic background light imprint on the spectra of the brightest blazars observed with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +195

The extragalactic background light (EBL) is the diffuse radiation with the second highest energy density in the Universe after the cosmic microwave background. The aim of this stud…

astro-ph.HE2015

The H.E.S.S. multi-messenger program

F. Schüssler, A. Balzer, F. Brun +7

Based on fundamental particle physics processes like the production and subsequent decay of pions in interactions of high-energy particles, close connections exist between the acce…

astro-ph.HE2014

HESS J1818-154, a new composite supernova remnant discovered in TeV gamma rays and X-rays

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian +217

Composite supernova remnants (SNRs) constitute a small subclass of the remnants of massive stellar explosions where non-thermal radiation is observed from both the expanding shell-…

astro-ph.HE2016

Contributions of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to the 6th International Symposium on High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy (Gamma 2016)

The CTA Consortium, :, A. Abchiche +1387

List of contributions from the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Consortium presented at the 6th International Symposium on High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy (Gamma 2016), July 11-15,…

astro-ph.HE2013

Discovery of TeV gamma-ray emission from PKS 0447-439 and derivation of an upper limit on its redshift

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +204

Very high-energy gamma-ray emission from PKS 0447-439 was detected with the H.E.S.S. Cherenkov telescope array in December 2009. This blazar is one of the brightest extragalactic o…

astro-ph.HE2015

Discovery of variable VHE gamma-ray emission from the binary system 1FGL J1018.6-5856

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +230

Re-observations with the H.E.S.S. telescope array of the very-high-energy (VHE) source HESS J1018-589 A coincident with the Fermi-LAT -ray binary 1FGL J1018.6-5856 have resulte…

astro-ph.HE2017

Measurement of the EBL spectral energy distribution using the VHE gamma-ray spectra of H.E.S.S. blazars

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +256

Very high-energy gamma-rays (VHE, E>100 GeV) propagating over cosmological distances can interact with the low-energy photons of the extragalactic background light (EBL) and produc…

astro-ph.HE2016

Search for dark matter annihilations towards the inner Galactic halo from 10 years of observations with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdallah +245

The inner region of the Milky Way halo harbors a large amount of dark matter (DM). Given its proximity, it is one of the most promising targets to look for DM. We report on a searc…

astro-ph.HE2016

H.E.S.S. limits on line-like dark matter signatures in the 100 GeV to 2 TeV energy range close to the Galactic Centre

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski +246

A search for dark matter line-like signals was performed in the vicinity of the Galactic Centre by the H.E.S.S. experiment on observational data taken in 2014. An unbinned likeliho…

astro-ph.CO2012

Constraints on the gamma-ray emission from the cluster-scale AGN outburst in the Hydra A galaxy cluster

HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +193

In some galaxy clusters powerful AGN have blown bubbles with cluster scale extent into the ambient medium. The main pressure support of these bubbles is not known to date, but cosm…

astro-ph.HE2017

Systematic search for very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from bow shocks of runaway stars

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +260

Runaway stars form bow shocks by ploughing through the interstellar medium at supersonic speeds and are promising sources of non-thermal emission of photons. One of these objects h…

astro-ph.IM2016

Inauguration and First Light of the GCT-M Prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

J. J. Watson, A. De Franco, A. Abchiche +66

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is a candidate for the Small Size Telescopes (SSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). Its purpose is to extend the sensitivity of CTA…

astro-ph.CO2012

The 2010 very high energy gamma-ray flare & 10 years of multi-wavelength observations of M 87

The H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +442

Abridged: The giant radio galaxy M 87 with its proximity, famous jet, and very massive black hole provides a unique opportunity to investigate the origin of very high energy (VHE;…

astro-ph.HE2014

TeV γ-ray observations of the young synchrotron-dominated SNRs G1.9+0.3 and G330.2+1.0 with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Aharonian +217

The non-thermal nature of the X-ray emission from the shell-type supernova remnants (SNRs) G1.9+0.3 and G330.2+1.0 is an indication of intense particle acceleration in the shock fr…

astro-ph.HE2013

Status of the Monoscopic Analysis Chains for H.E.S.S. II

M. Holler, A. Balzer, Y. Becherini +4

H.E.S.S. is a system of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) measuring cosmic gamma-rays with very high energies in Namibia. Extending the array with a fifth telescope…

astro-ph.HE2011

Discovery of the source HESS J1356-645 associated with the young and energetic PSR J1357-6429

HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +195

Several newly discovered very-high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray sources in the Galaxy are thought to be associated with energetic pulsars. Among them, middle-aged (> 1E+4 yr…

astro-ph.HE2014

Search for dark matter annihilation signatures in H.E.S.S. observations of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +229

Dwarf spheroidal galaxies of the Local Group are close satellites of the Milky Way characterized by a large mass-to-light ratio and are not expected to be the site of non-thermal h…

astro-ph.HE2013

Long-term TeV and X-ray Observations of the Gamma-ray Binary HESS J0632+057

VERITAS Collaboration, E. Aliu, S. Archambault +297

HESS J0632+057 is the only gamma-ray binary known so far whose position in the sky allows observations with ground-based observatories both in the northern and southern hemispheres…