High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Abstract

The physics results of high energy gamma-ray astronomy are reported, emphasizing recent achievements with ground-based detectors. This includes some of the instrumental developments and latest projects. The fundamental contribution of the field to the question of Cosmic Ray origin is highlighted.

10 pages, 12 figures, to appear as Plenary Paper, Proceedings of the Eigth International Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP2003), University of Washington, Seattle, USA, 5-9 September 2003. High quality versions of the manuscript (ps-file) and of figures 2 and 12 can be found at http://edoc.mpg.de/60181. Replacement corrects typos, adds reference

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• Variable Very High Energy Gamma-ray Emission from the Microquasar LS I +61 303
• On the magnetic fields and particle acceleration in Cas A
• Discovery of the Binary Pulsar PSR B1259-63 in Very-High-Energy Gamma Rays around Periastron with H.E.S.S
• Fast variability of TeV gamma-rays from the radio galaxy M 87
• Primary particle acceleration above 100 TeV in the shell-type Supernova Remnant RX J1713.7-3946 with deep H.E.S.S. observations
• 3.9 day orbital modulation in the TeV gamma-ray flux and spectrum from the X-ray binary LS 5039
• First detection of a VHE gamma-ray spectral maximum from a Cosmic source: H.E.S.S. discovery of the Vela X nebula
• H.E.S.S. observations of the supernova remnant RX J0852.0-4622: shell-type morphology and spectrum of a widely extended VHE gamma-ray source
• Energy dependent gamma-ray morphology in the Pulsar wind nebula HESSJ1825-137
• HESS Observations and VLT Spectroscopy of PG 1553+113
• An unidentified TeV source in the vicinity of Cygnus OB2
• Limits on diffusive shock acceleration in supernova remnants in the presence of cosmic-ray streaming instability and wave dissipation
• Is the Giant Radio Galaxy M87 a TeV Gamma-Ray Emitter?
• Confirmation of strong magnetic field amplification and nuclear cosmic ray acceleration in SN 1006
• Theory of cosmic ray production in the supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946
• The unidentified TeV source (TeVJ2032+4130) and surrounding field: Final HEGRA IACT-System results
• TeV Gamma-Rays from Old Supernova Remnants
• Numerical Modeling of Gamma Radiation from Galaxy Clusters
• Discovery of Very High Energy $\gamma$-Rays from Markarian~180 Triggered by an Optical Outburst
• Variation of cosmic ray injection across supernova shocks
• Gamma-ray emission from Cassiopeia A produced by accelerated cosmic rays
• Observations of H1426+428 with HEGRA -- Observations in 2002 and reanalysis of 1999&2000 data
• CHANDRA/VLA Follow-up of TeV J2032+4131, the Only Unidentified TeV Gamma-ray Source
• The gamma ray background from large scale structure formation
• Probing the Cosmic Ray Population of the Giant Elliptical Galaxy M 87 with Observed TeV Gamma-Rays
• CANGAROO-III Observations of the supernova remnant RX J0852.0$-$4622
• Detection of diffuse TeV gamma-ray emission from the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253

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• Optical Intraday Variability Studies of Ten Low Energy Peaked Blazars
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• The imaging properties of the Gas Pixel Detector as a focal plane polarimeter
• On proton synchrotron blazar models: the case of quasar 3C 279
• Discovery of very high energy gamma-rays from the flat spectrum radio quasar 3C 279 with the MAGIC telescope
• Neutrinos from Pulsar Wind Bubbles as Precursors to Gamma-Ray Bursts
• A stacking method to study the gamma-ray emission of source samples based on the co-adding of Fermi LAT count maps
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• A Clustering Analysis of the Morphology of the 130 GeV Gamma-Ray Feature
• Possible TeV Source Candidates In The Unidentified EGRET Sources
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