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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.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.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.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.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.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…

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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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

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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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…