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20192026
most citedSearch for dark matter annihilation signals in the H.E.S.S. Inner Galaxy Survey

98 citations · 687 across the 49 of their papers we have counts for

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53 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 (…

hep-ex2026

Testing Heavy Dark Matter Decay as the Origin of KM3-230213A

KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, J. A. Aguilar +287

This work explores the hypothesis that the ultra-high-energy neutrino event KM3-230213A originates from the decay of a heavy dark matter particle with a mass above PeV scale. The a…

astro-ph.HE2026

H.E.S.S. observations of composite Seyfert-starburst galaxies

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, A. Acharyya, F. Aharonian +119

Context: Composite galaxies that contain both Seyfert and starburst components may produce very high-energy (VHE; >100 GeV) gamma-ray emission at a wide range of spatial scales, fr…

astro-ph.HE2026

The second H.E.S.S. gamma-ray burst catalogue: 15 years of observations with the H.E.S.S. telescopes

A. Acharyya, F. Aharonian, C. Arcaro +143

Recent observational efforts using imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) have led to firm detections of very-high-energy (VHE) signals from bright gamma-ray bursts (GRBs…

astro-ph.HE2026

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…

hep-ex2026

Atmospheric neutrino constraints on Lorentz invariance violation with the first six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA

KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, A. Albert +294

Lorentz invariance is a fundamental symmetry underlying both the Standard Model of particle physics and General Relativity. Testing its validity provides a direct means of searchin…

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★ 1 cited

Prompt Searches for Very-High-Energy γ-Ray Counterparts to IceCube Astrophysical Neutrino Alerts

J. Abhir, A. Biland, K. Brand +817

The search for sources of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos can be significantly advanced through a multi-messenger approach, which seeks to detect the gamma rays that accompany…

astro-ph.HE2025

Blazars as a Potential Origin of the KM3-230213A Event

The KM3NeT Collaboration

The KM3NeT collaboration has reported the detection of the highest energy neutrino event observed to date. The energy of the event is of the order of 220 PeV hinting towards a neut…

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★ 5 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

H.E.S.S. programme searching for VHE gamma rays associated with FRBs

F. Aharonian, A. Archaryya, J. Aschersleben +127

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are highly energetic, extremely short-lived bursts of radio flashes. Despite extensive research, the exact cause of these outbursts remains speculative. Th…

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.HE2025★ 3 cited

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 i…

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…

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★ 60 cited

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…

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.EP2023★ 4 cited

Planetary system architectures with low-mass inner planets: Direct imaging exploration of mature systems beyond 1 au

Celia Desgrange, Julien Milli, Gael Chauvin +20

The discovery of planets orbiting at less than 1 au from their host star and less massive than Saturn in various exoplanetary systems revolutionized our theories of planetary forma…

astro-ph.HE2023

Target of Opportunity observations of flaring blazars with H.E.S.S.

M. Cerruti, C. Boisson, M. Böttcher +8

Blazars are the most common class of TeV extragalactic emitters. In the framework of the AGN unified model, they are understood as AGNs with a relativistic jet pointing close the l…

astro-ph.HE2023

The peculiar new state of the blazar PKS 1510-089

H. M. Schutte, M. Zacharias, M. Böttcher +4

Contemporaneous multiwavelength observations with H.E.S.S., SALT, Fermi-LAT, Swift, and ATOM show that the blazar PKS 1510-089 suffered a significant decrease in its optical flux,…