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most citedEmission of Single and Few Electrons in XENON1T and Limits on Light Dark Matter

113 citations · 580 across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

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22 papers

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★ 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.HE2023★ 29 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 14 cited

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}-…

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.HE2022★ 98 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 50 cited

A deep spectromorphological study of the -ray emission surrounding the young massive stellar cluster Westerlund 1

F. Aharonian, H. Ashkar, M. Backes +156

Young massive stellar clusters are extreme environments and potentially provide the means for efficient particle acceleration. Indeed, they are increasingly considered as being res…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 92 cited

Time-resolved hadronic particle acceleration in the recurrent Nova RS Ophiuchi

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali +171

Recurrent Novae are repeating thermonuclear explosions in the outer layers of white dwarfs, due to the accretion of fresh material from a binary companion. The shock generated by e…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 13 cited

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…

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…

hep-ex2021★ 113 cited

Emission of Single and Few Electrons in XENON1T and Limits on Light Dark Matter

E. Aprile, K. Abe, F. Agostini +152

Delayed single- and few-electron emissions plague dual-phase time projection chambers, limiting their potential to search for light-mass dark matter. This paper examines the origin…

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…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 2 cited

Search for dark matter annihilation signals from the Galactic Center with the H.E.S.S. Inner Galaxy Survey

A. Montanari, E. Moulin, D. Malyshev

The presence of dark matter (DM) is suggested by a wealth of astrophysical and cosmological measurements. However, its underlying nature is yet unknown. Among the most promising ca…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 2 cited

The young massive stellar cluster Westerlund 1 in rays as seen with H.E.S.S

Lars Mohrmann, Andreas Specovius, Romed Rauth +2

Massive stellar clusters have recently been hypothesised as candidates for the acceleration of hadronic cosmic rays up to PeV energies. Previously, the H.E.S.S. Collaboration has r…

astro-ph.IM2021

Science verification of the new FlashCam-based camera in the 28m telescope of H.E.S.S

Gerd Pühlhofer, Konrad Bernlöhr, Baiyang Bi +13

In October 2019 the central 28m telescope of the H.E.S.S. experiment has been upgraded with a new camera. The camera is based on the FlashCam design which has been developed in vie…

astro-ph.HE2021

Detection of extended TeV emission around the Geminga pulsar with H.E.S.S

A. M. W. Mitchell, S. Caroff, J. Hinton +1

Highly extended gamma-ray emission around the Geminga pulsar was discovered by Milagro and verified by HAWC. Despite many observations with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 3 cited

Detection of new Extreme BL Lac objects with H.E.S.S. and Swift XRT

Mathieu de Bony de Lavergne, Tomas Bylund, Manuel Meyer +2

Extreme high synchrotron peaked blazars (EHBLs) are amongst the most powerful accelerators found in nature. Usually the synchrotron peak frequency of an EHBL is above Hz…

astro-ph.IM2021

Astronomy outreach in Namibia: H.E.S.S. and beyond

Hannah Dalgleish, Heike Prokoph, Sylvia Zhu +6

Astronomy plays a major role in the scientific landscape of Namibia. Because of its excellent sky conditions, Namibia is home to ground-based observatories like the High Energy Spe…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 18 cited

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 merg…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 3 cited

Combined Dark Matter searches towards dwarf spheroidal galaxies with Fermi-LAT, HAWC, HESS, MAGIC and VERITAS

Louise Oakes, Celine Armand, Eric Charles +13

The search for Dark Matter (DM) has great potential to reveal physics beyond the Standard Model. As such, searches for evidence of DM particles are being carried out using a wide r…