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20182026
most citedA very-high-energy component deep in the Gamma-ray Burst afterglow

274 citations · 1.5k across the 51 of their papers we have counts for

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54 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Evidence for a spectral steepening of the gamma-ray emission from the Galactic Center ridge

A. Acharyya, F. Aharonian, H. Ashkar +130

Very-high-energy (VHE) -ray emission detected from the central molecular zone (CMZ) hints at diffusive propagation of cosmic rays (CRs) injected continuously near the Galactic c…

astro-ph.HE2026

Broadband multiwavelength properties of the archetypal blazar 3C 279 during the 2017 Event Horizon Telescope campaign

G. Principe, J. C. Algaba, E. Aviano +529

The archetypal blazar 3C 279 hosts a prominent relativistic jet and exhibits strong broadband variability across the electromagnetic spectrum. In April 2017, the Event Horizon Tele…

astro-ph.HE2026

Gamma-Ray Constraints on Heavy Axion-Like-Particle Decays from Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. Blazar Spectra

A. Acharyya, F. Aharonian, M. Backes +117

The propagation of very-high-energy (VHE; GeV) gamma rays from extragalactic sources is affected by interactions with photons of the extragalactic background light (…

astro-ph.HE2026

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 referre…

astro-ph.HE2025

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…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 20 cited

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…

hep-ph2024★ 18 cited

Dark Matter Line Searches with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

S. Abe, J. Abhir, A. Abhishek +562

Monochromatic gamma-ray signals constitute a potential smoking gun signature for annihilating or decaying dark matter particles that could relatively easily be distinguished from a…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 15 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2024

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 or…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 31 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 14 cited

Prospects for a survey of the Galactic plane with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

CTA Consortium

Approximately one hundred sources of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays are known in the Milky Way. A survey of the entire Galactic Plane in the energy range from a few tens of GeV…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 3 cited

Joint searches by FACT, H.E.S.S., MAGIC and VERITAS for VHE gamma-ray emission associated with neutrinos detected by IceCube

Fabian Schüssler, Halim Ashkar, Elisa Bernardini +11

The sources of the astrophysical flux of high-energy neutrinos detected by IceCube are still largely unknown, but searches for temporal and spatial correlation between neutrinos an…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 3 cited

tilepy: rapid tiling strategies in mid/small FoV observatories

Fabian Schüssler, Halim Ashkar, Mathieu de Bony de Lavergne +1

The challenges inherent to time-domain multi-messenger astronomy require strategic actions so that adapted, optimized follow-up observations are performed efficiently. In particula…

astro-ph.HE2023

Joint H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT analysis of the region around PSR J1813-1749

T. Wach, A. M. W. Mitchell, V. Joshi +1

HESS J1813-178 is one of the brightest sources detected during the first HESS Galactic Plane survey. The compact source, also detected by MAGIC, is believed to be a pulsar wind neb…

astro-ph.HE2023

Modelling of highly extended Gamma-ray emission around the Geminga Pulsar as detected with H.E.S.S

A. M. W. Mitchell, S. Caroff

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 has been detected…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 52 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 9 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2023

Sensitivity to point-like sources of the ALTO atmospheric particle detector array, designed for -- -ray astronomy

M. Punch, M. Senniappan, Y. Becherini +4

In the context of atmospheric shower arrays designed for -ray astronomy and in the context of the ALTO project, we present: a study of the impact of heavier nuclei in the cosmic…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 23 cited

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 J1…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 12 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 15 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 13 cited

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…

hep-ex2021★ 1 cited

Combined dark matter searches towards dwarf spheroidal galaxies with Fermi-LAT, HAWC, H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS

Celine Armand, Eric Charles, Mattia di Mauro +13

Cosmological and astrophysical observations suggest that 85\% of the total matter of the Universe is made of Dark Matter (DM). However, its nature remains one of the most challengi…