Publications (73)
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…
Detection of extended gamma-ray emission around the Geminga pulsar with H.E.S.S
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian +165
Geminga is an enigmatic radio-quiet gamma-ray pulsar located at a mere 250 pc distance from Earth. Extended very-high-energy gamma-ray emission around the pulsar was discovered by…
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
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…
Constraining the nature of the most extreme Galactic particle accelerator. H.E.S.S. observations of the microquasar V4641 Sgr
A. Acharyya, F. Aharonian, H. Ashkar +131
Microquasars have emerged as promising candidates to explain the cosmic-ray flux at petaelectronvolt energies. LHAASO observations revealed V4641~Sgr as the most extreme example so…
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…
Evidence for gamma-ray emission from the remnant of Kepler's supernova based on deep H.E.S.S. observations
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali +157
Observations with imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) have enhanced our knowledge of nearby supernova (SN) remnants with ages younger than 500 years by establishing Ca…
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…
A MeerKAT, e-MERLIN, H.E.S.S. and Swift search for persistent and transient emission associated with three localised FRBs
James O. Chibueze, M. Caleb, L. Spitler +156
We report on a search for persistent radio emission from the one-off Fast Radio Burst (FRB) 20190714A, as well as from two repeating FRBs, 20190711A and 20171019A, using the MeerKA…
Scrutinizing the 2020 multiwavelength outburst of PKS 0903-57 through observations with H.E.S.S
A. Acharyya, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali +138
The blazar PKS 0903-57 has recently been classified as a flat spectrum radio quasar at a redshift of . In March and April 2020, Fermi-LAT and AGILE reported tremendous ac…
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…
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…
The PeV Frontier: Status of Gamma-ray astronomy after two decades with H.E.S.S., MAGIC, VERITAS and the new window recently opened by HAWC and LHAASO
J. Devin
One of the main purposes in -ray astronomy is linked to the origin of Galactic cosmic rays. Unlike cosmic rays, rays can be used to probe their production sites in the Gal…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Gamma-ray observations of MAXI J1820+070 during the 2018 outburst
H. Abe, S. Abe, V. A. Acciari +439
MAXI J1820+070 is a low-mass X-ray binary with a black hole as a compact object. This binary underwent an exceptionally bright X-ray outburst from March to October 2018, showing ev…
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…
H.E.S.S. observations of the 2021 periastron passage of PSR B1259-63/LS 2883
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali +141
PSR B1259-63 is a gamma-ray binary system that hosts a pulsar in an eccentric orbit, with a 3.4 year period, around an O9.5Ve star. At orbital phases close to periastron passages,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Constraining the origin of the puzzling source HESS J1640-465 and the PeVatron candidate HESS J1641-463 using Fermi-LAT observations
A. Mares, M. Lemoine-Goumard, F. Acero +6
There are only few very-high-energy sources in our Galaxy which might accelerate particles up to the knee of the cosmic-ray spectrum. To understand the mechanisms of particle accel…
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…
Impact of H.E.S.S. Lidar profiles on Crab Nebula data
J. Devin, J. Bregeon, G. Vasileiadis +1
The H.E.S.S. experiment in Namibia is a high-energy gamma-ray telescope sensitive in the energy range from 30 GeV to a several tens of TeV, that uses the atmospheric Cherenkov tech…
Search for long-term variability of HESS J1745-290
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Acharyya +116
At the center of our Galaxy lies the bright γ-ray point-like source HESS J1745-290, which is compatible in position with Sgr A star, although an association between the two remain…
Spectrum and extension of the inverse-Compton emission of the Crab Nebula from a combined Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. analysis
F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali, J. Aschersleben +158
The Crab Nebula is a unique laboratory for studying the acceleration of electrons and positrons through their non-thermal radiation. Observations of very-high-energy rays from…
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…
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…
The second H.E.S.S. gamma-ray burst catalogue: 15 years of observations with the H.E.S.S. telescopes
A. Acharyya, F. Aharonian, C. Arcaro +143
Recent observational efforts using imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) have led to firm detections of very-high-energy (VHE) signals from bright gamma-ray bursts (GRBs…
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…
Very-high-energy -ray emission from young massive star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud
F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali, J. Aschersleben +129
The Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud is known for its high star formation activity. At its center lies the young massive star cluster R136, providing a significant am…
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…
Resolving acceleration to very high energies along the Jet of Centaurus A
The H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +224
The nearby radio galaxy Centaurus A belongs to a class of Active Galaxies that are very luminous at radio wavelengths. The majority of these galaxies show collimated relativistic o…
Search for dark matter annihilation in the dwarf irregular galaxy WLM with H.E.S.S
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdallah, R. Adam +232
We search for an indirect signal of dark matter through very high-energy gamma rays from the Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM) dwarf irregular galaxy. The pair annihilation of dark matte…
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…
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…
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…
High-Statistics Measurement of the Cosmic-Ray Electron Spectrum with H.E.S.S
F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali, J. Aschersleben +144
Owing to their rapid cooling rate and hence loss-limited propagation distance, cosmic-ray electrons and positrons (CRe) at very high energies probe local cosmic-ray accelerators an…
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…
On the cosmic-ray distribution in the Galactic Center region: New insights from H.E.S.S
J. Devin, A. Lemière, K. Streil +2
We performed a spectro-morphological analysis of the diffuse emission in the Galactic center region with H.E.S.S. gamma-ray data. We relied on templates to model the diffuse emissi…
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…
Detection of very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from Eta Carinae during its 2020 periastron passage
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali +137
The colliding-wind binary system Carinae has been identified as a source of high-energy (HE, below 100\,GeV) and very-high-energy (VHE, above 100\,GeV) gamma rays…
Disentangling hadronic from leptonic emission in the composite SNR G326.31.8
J. Devin, F. Acero, J. Ballet +1
G326.31.8 (also known as MSH 1556) has been detected in radio as a middle-aged composite supernova remnant (SNR) consisting of an SNR shell and a pulsar wind nebula (PWN), wh…
H.E.S.S. follow-up observations of Binary Black Hole Coalescence events during the second and third Gravitational Waves observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo
H. E. S. S. collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +151
We report on the observations of four well-localized binary black hole (BBH) mergers by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) during the second and third observing runs of…
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…
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,…
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…
Evidence of 100 TeV -ray emission from HESS J1702-420: A new PeVatron candidate
H. Abdalla, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali +232
The identification of PeVatrons, hadronic particle accelerators reaching the knee of the cosmic ray spectrum (few eV), is crucial to understand the origin of cosmic rays…
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…
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…
The H.E.S.S. extragalactic sky survey with the first decade of observations
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali +140
The results of the first extragalactic gamma-ray survey by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) are presented. The survey comprises 2720 hours of very high-energy gamma-r…
H.E.S.S. follow-up observations of GRB221009A
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian +159
GRB221009A is the brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected. To probe the very-high-energy (VHE, \!100 GeV) emission, the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) began observat…
H.E.S.S. detection of very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from the quasar PKS 0736+017
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +225
Flat-spectrum radio-quasars (FSRQs) are rarely detected at very-high-energies (VHE; E>100 GeV) due to their low-frequency-peaked SEDs. At present, only 6 FSRQs are known to emit VH…
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…
H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT observations of PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 during its 2014 and 2017 periastron passages
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, R. Adam +222
PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 is a gamma-ray binary system consisting of a pulsar in an eccentric orbit around a bright Oe stellar-type companion star that features a dense circumstellar di…
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…
Observation of the gamma-ray binary HESS J0632+057 with the H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS telescopes
C. B. Adams, W. Benbow, A. Brill +409
The results of gamma-ray observations of the binary system HESS J0632+057 collected during 450 hours over 15 years, between 2004 and 2019, are presented. Data taken with the atmosp…
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…
H.E.S.S. detection of the PSR J0855-4644 nebula
F. Aharonian, H. Ashkar, M. Backes +131
HESS J0852-463 is a TeV γ-ray source located in the Galactic plane. The region consists of a supernova remnant (SNR, RX J0852.0-4622) with a shell-like morphology, commonly referr…
H.E.S.S. observations of the flaring gravitationally lensed galaxy PKS 1830-211
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +224
PKS 1830-211 is a known macrolensed quasar located at a redshift of z=2.5. Its high-energy gamma-ray emission has been detected with the Fermi-LAT instrument and evidence for lensi…