Publications (19)
Constraints on the intergalactic magnetic field using Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. blazar observations
H. E. S. S., Fermi-LAT Collaborations, : +134
Magnetic fields in galaxies and galaxy clusters are believed to be the result of the amplification of intergalactic seed fields during the formation of large-scale structures 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,…
Acceleration and transport of relativistic electrons in the jets of the microquasar SS 433
F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali, J. Aschersleben +161
SS 433 is a microquasar, a stellar binary system with collimated relativistic jets. We observed SS 433 in gamma rays using the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), finding a…
Curvature in the very-high energy gamma-ray spectrum of M87
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali +132
The radio galaxy M87 is a variable very-high energy (VHE) gamma-ray source, exhibiting three major flares reported in 2005, 2008, and 2010. Despite extensive studies, the origin of…
Search for the evaporation of primordial black holes with H.E.S.S
H. E. S. S. collaboration, :, F. Aharonian +146
Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) are hypothetical black holes predicted to have been formed from density fluctuations in the early Universe. PBHs with an initial mass around $10^{14}-…
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…
Discovery of a Radiation Component from the Vela Pulsar Reaching 20 Teraelectronvolts
The H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian +178
Gamma-ray observations have established energetic isolated pulsars as outstanding particle accelerators and antimatter factories in the Galaxy. There is, however, no consensus rega…
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…
The vanishing of the primary emission region in PKS 1510-089
F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali, J. Aschersleben +152
In July 2021, PKS 1510-089 exhibited a significant flux drop in the high-energy gamma-ray (by a factor 10) and optical (by a factor 5) bands and remained in this low state througho…
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…
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…
TeV flaring activity of the AGN PKS 0625-354 in November 2018
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali +139
Most -ray detected active galactic nuclei are blazars with one of their relativistic jets pointing towards the Earth. Only a few objects belong to the class of radio galaxies o…
Combined dark matter search towards dwarf spheroidal galaxies with Fermi-LAT, HAWC, H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS
LAT Collaboration, S. Abdollahi, L. Baldini +586
Dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are excellent targets for indirect dark matter (DM) searches using gamma-ray telescopes because they are thought to have high DM content and a low…
HESS J1809193: a halo of escaped electrons around a pulsar wind nebula?
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian +151
Context. HESS J1809193 is an unassociated very-high-energy -ray source located on the Galactic plane. While it has been connected to the nebula of the energetic pulsar PSR J…
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…
Deciphering the gamma-ray emission in the Cygnus region
L. Haerer, T. Vieu, F. Schulze +2
The Cygnus region is a vast star-forming complex harbouring a population of powerful objects, including massive star clusters and associations, Wolf-Rayet stars, pulsars, and super…
Multiwavelength Observations of the Blazar PKS 0735+178 in Spatial and Temporal Coincidence with an Astrophysical Neutrino Candidate IceCube-211208A
A. Acharyya, C. B. Adams, A. Archer +207
We report on multiwavelength target-of-opportunity observations of the blazar PKS 0735+178, located 2.2 away from the best-fit position of the IceCube neutrino event IceCub…
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…
Constraining the cosmic-ray pressure in the inner Virgo Cluster using H.E.S.S. observations of M 87
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian +160
The origin of the gamma-ray emission from M87 is currently a matter of debate. This work aims to localize the VHE (100 GeV-100 TeV) gamma-ray emission from M87 and probe a potentia…