Publications (129)
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…
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…
Discovery of the candidate pulsar wind nebula HESS J1718-385 in very-high-energy gamma-rays
S Collaboration, S. Carrigan, Y. A. Gallant +4
Motivated by recent detections of pulsar wind nebulae in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays, a systematic search for VHE gamma-ray sources associated with energetic pulsars was perf…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
Revisiting the Westerlund 2 Field with the H.E.S.S. Telescope Array
The HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +194
Aims. Previous observations with the H.E.S.S. telescope array revealed the existence of extended very-high-energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) γ-ray emission, HESS J1023-575, coincident with…
Resolving the Crab pulsar wind nebula at teraelectronvolt energies
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, F. Aharonian +221
The Crab nebula is one of the most studied cosmic particle accelerators, shining brightly across the entire electromagnetic spectrum up to very high-energy gamma rays. It is known…
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…
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…
A very-high-energy component deep in the Gamma-ray Burst afterglow
H. Abdalla R. Adam F. Aharonian F. Ait Benkhali E. O. Anguener M. Arakawa, C. Arcaro, C. Armand +219
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are brief flashes of gamma rays, considered to be the most energetic explosive phenomena in the Universe. The emission from GRBs comprises a short (typicall…
Observation of a sudden cessation of a very-high-energy gamma-ray flare in PKS 1510-089 with H.E.S.S. and MAGIC in May 2016
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, R. Adam +430
The flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) PKS 1510-089 is known for its complex multiwavelength behavior, and is one of only a few FSRQs detected at very high energy (VHE, GeV…
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…
Simultaneous multi-wavelength campaign on PKS 2005-489 in a high state
The H. E. S. S. Collaboration, the Fermi LAT Collaboration, : +345
The high-frequency peaked BL Lac object PKS 2005-489 was the target of a multi-wavelength campaign with simultaneous observations in the TeV gamma-ray (H.E.S.S.), GeV gamma-ray (Fe…
The 2014 TeV Gamma-ray Flare of Mrk 501 Seen with H.E.S.S.: Temporal and Spectral Constraints on Lorentz Invariance Violation
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +232
The blazar Mrk 501 (z=0.034) was observed at very-high-energy (VHE, ~GeV) gamma-ray wavelengths during a bright flare on the night of 2014 June 23-24 (MJD 56832) with…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
Cherenkov Telescope Array Contributions to the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2017)
F. Acero, B. S. Acharya, V. AcÃn 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.
Constraints on the emission region of 3C 279 during strong flares in 2014 and 2015 through VHE gamma-ray observations with H.E.S.S
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, R. Adam +224
The flat spectrum radio quasar 3C 279 is known to exhibit pronounced variability in the high-energy (MeVGeV) -ray band, which is continuously monitored with Fe…
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…
Spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy and modeling of the nonthermal emission of the PWN in G0.9+0.1
M. Holler, F. M. Schöck, P. Eger +3
We performed a spatially resolved spectral X-ray study of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) in the supernova remnant G0.9+0.1. Furthermore we modeled its nonthermal emission in the X-ra…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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; )…
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…
The H.E.S.S. transients follow-up system
C. Hoischen, M. FüÃling, 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…
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…
Discovery of VHE gamma-rays from the BL Lac object PKS 0548-322
H. E. S. S. collaboration, :, F. Aharonian +168
PKS 0548-322 (z=0.069) is a ``high-frequency-peaked'' BL Lac object and a candidate very high energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-ray emitter, due to its high X-ray and radio flux. Obser…
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…
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…
Predicting the X-ray flux of evolved pulsar wind nebulae based on VHE gamma-ray observations
M. Mayer, J. Brucker, M. Holler +3
Energetic pulsars power winds of relativistic leptons which produce photon nebulae (so- called pulsar wind nebulae, PWNe). Their spectral energy distribution has a double-humped st…
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…
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…
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…
Search for dark matter signals towards a selection of recently-detected DES dwarf galaxy satellites of the Milky Way with H.E.S.S
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdallah +227
Dwarf spheroidal galaxy satellites of the Milky Way are prime targets for indirect detection of dark matter with gamma rays due to their proximity, high dark matter content and abs…
Particle Transport within the Pulsar Wind Nebula HESS J1825-137
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, F. Aharonian +225
Aims: We present a detailed view of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) HESS J1825-137. We aim to constrain the mechanisms dominating the particle transport within the nebula, accounting…
Search for Lorentz Invariance breaking with a likelihood fit of the PKS 2155-304 flare data taken on MJD 53944
HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +193
Several models of Quantum Gravity predict Lorentz Symmetry breaking at energy scales approaching the Planck scale (10^{19} GeV). With present photon data from the observations of d…
First Ground-based Measurement of Sub-20 GeV to 100 GeV -rays from the Vela Pulsar with H.E.S.S. II
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, F. Aharonian +230
We report on the measurement and investigation of pulsed high-energy -ray emission from the Vela pulsar, PSR B083345, based on 40.3 hours of observations with the largest te…
Search for dark matter annihilation signals in the H.E.S.S. Inner Galaxy Survey
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, F. Aharonian +137
The central region of the Milky Way is one of the foremost locations to look for dark matter (DM) signatures. We report the first results on a search for DM particle annihilation s…
Very high energy -ray emission from two blazars of unknown redshift and upper limits on their distance
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, R. Adam +225
We report on the detection of very-high-energy (VHE; GeV) -ray emission from the BL Lac objects KUV 00311-1938 and PKS 1440-389 with the High Energy Stereoscopic Syst…
TeV emission of Galactic plane sources with HAWC and H.E.S.S
H. Abdalla, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali +318
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory and the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) are two leading instruments in the ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray d…
Searching for TeV gamma-ray emission from SGR\,1935+2154 during its 2020 X-ray and radio bursting phase
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +251
Magnetar hyperflares are the most plausible explanation for fast radio bursts (FRB) -- enigmatic powerful radio pulses with durations of several milliseconds and high brightness te…
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…
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…
Upper Limits on Very-High-Energy Gamma-ray Emission from Core-Collapse Supernovae Observed with H.E.S.S
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +225
Young core-collapse supernovae with dense-wind progenitors may be able to accelerate cosmic-ray hadrons beyond the knee of the cosmic-ray spectrum, and this may result in measurabl…
LMC N132D: A mature supernova remnant with a power-law gamma-ray spectrum extending beyond 8 TeV
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +233
We analyzed 252 hours of High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) observations towards the supernova remnant (SNR) LMC N132D that were accumulated between December 2004 and March…
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…
Search for dark matter annihilation signals from unidentified Fermi-LAT objects with H.E.S.S
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdallah, F. Aharonian +226
Cosmological -body simulations show that Milky Way-sized galaxies harbor a population of unmerged dark matter subhalos. These subhalos could shine in gamma-rays and be eventuall…
An extreme particle accelerator in the Galactic plane: HESS J1826130
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, R. Adam +236
The unidentified very-high-energy (VHE; E 0.1 TeV) -ray source, HESS J1826130, was discovered with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) in the Galactic plane. The…
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…
A multi-wavelength study of the unidentified TeV gamma-ray source HESS J1626-490
P. Eger, G. Rowell, A. Kawamura +3
HESS J1626-490, so far only detected with the H.E.S.S. array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, could not be unambiguously identified with any source seen at lower energi…
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…
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…
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…
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…
H.E.S.S. constraints on Dark Matter annihilations towards the Sculptor and Carina Dwarf Galaxies
HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +192
The Sculptor and Carina Dwarf spheroidal galaxies were observed with the H.E.S.S. Cherenkov telescope array between January 2008 and December 2009. The data sets consist of a total…
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…
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…
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…
A Multi-Wavelength Study of the Unidentified TeV Gamma-ray Source HESS J1626-490
P. Eger, G. Rowell, A. Kawamura +3
HESS J1626-490, so far only detected with the H.E.S.S. array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, could not be unambiguously identified with any source seen at lower energi…
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…
The H.E.S.S. central data acquisition system
A. Balzer, M. FüÃling, 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…
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…
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…
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)…
Search for a Dark Matter annihilation signal from the Galactic Center halo with H.E.S.S
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +193
A search for a very-high-energy (VHE; >= 100 GeV) gamma-ray signal from self-annihilating particle Dark Matter (DM) is performed towards a region of projected distance r ~ 45-150 p…
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…
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…
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…
First detection of VHE gamma-rays from SN 1006 by H.E.S.S
HESS Collaboration, F. Acero, F. Aharonian +175
Recent theoretical predictions of the lowest very high energy (VHE) luminosity of SN 1006 are only a factor 5 below the previously published H.E.S.S. upper limit, thus motivating f…
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…
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…
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…
The starburst galaxy NGC 253 revisited by H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, F. Aharonian +231
(Abridged) Context. NGC 253 is one of only two starburst galaxies found to emit -rays from hundreds of MeV to multi-TeV energies. Accurate measurements of the very-high-energy…
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…
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…
Searches for gamma-ray lines and `pure WIMP' spectra from Dark Matter annihilations in dwarf galaxies with H.E.S.S
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +234
Dwarf spheroidal galaxies are among the most promising targets for detecting signals of Dark Matter (DM) annihilations. The H.E.S.S. experiment has observed five of these systems f…
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…
VHE -ray discovery and multi-wavelength study of the blazar 1ES 2322-409
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +232
A hotspot at a position compatible with the BL Lac object 1ES 2322-409 was serendipitously detected with H.E.S.S. during observations performed in 2004 and 2006 on the blazar PKS 2…
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…
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…
Probing the magnetic field in the GW170817 outflow using H.E.S.S. observations
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +230
The detection of the first electromagnetic counterpart to the binary neutron star (BNS) merger remnant GW170817 established the connection between short -ray bursts and BNS mer…
Detection of very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from the vicinity of PSR B1706-44 with H.E.S.S
S. Hoppe, E. de Oña-Wilhemi, B. Khélifi +4
The energetic pulsar PSR B1706-44 and the adjacent supernova remnant (SNR) candidate G 343.1-2.3 were observed by H.E.S.S. during a dedicated observational campaign in 2007. A new…
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…
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…
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…
Morphometric analysis in gamma-ray astronomy using Minkowski functionals - Source detection via structure quantification
D. Göring, M. A. Klatt, C. Stegmann +1
Aims. H.E.S.S. observes an increasing number of large extended sources. A new technique based on the structure of the sky map is developed to account for these additional structure…
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…
Detection of very-high-energy γ-ray emission from the colliding wind binary η Car with H.E.S.S
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, R. Adam +231
Aims. Colliding wind binary systems have long been suspected to be high-energy (HE; 100 MeV < E < 100 GeV) γ-ray emitters. η Car is the most prominent member of this object class…
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…