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most citedSearch for dark matter annihilations towards the inner Galactic halo from 10 years of observations with H.E.S.S

314 citations · 1.1k across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

astro-ph.IM2019

Calibration and operation of SiPM-based cameras for gamma-ray astronomy in presence of high night-sky light

Imen Al Samarai, Cyril Martin Alispach, Matteo Balbo +56

The next generation of Cherenkov telescope cameras feature Silicon Photo Multipliers (SiPM), which can guarantee excellent performance and allow for observation also under moonligh…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 1 cited

Contributions of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to the 6th International Symposium on High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy (Gamma 2016)

The CTA Consortium, :, A. Abchiche +1387

List of contributions from the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Consortium presented at the 6th International Symposium on High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy (Gamma 2016), July 11-15,…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 3 cited

The Single Mirror Small Sized Telescope For The Cherenkov Telescope Array

M. Heller, E. jr Schioppa, A. Porcelli +46

The Small Size Telescope with Single Mirror (SST-1M) is one of the proposed types of Small Size Telescopes (SST) for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). About 70 SST telescopes wi…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 57 cited

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.HE2016★ 314 cited

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.IM2016★ 52 cited

An innovative silicon photomultiplier digitizing camera for gamma-ray astronomy

Matthieu Heller, Enrico Junior Schioppa, Alessio Porcelli +44

The single-mirror small-size telescope (SST-1M) is one of the three proposed designs for the small-size telescopes (SSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project. The SST-1M…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 20 cited

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.HE2016★ 30 cited

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.HE2015★ 2 cited

CTA Contributions to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015)

The CTA Consortium, :, A. Abchiche +1305

List of contributions from the CTA Consortium presented at the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 30 July - 6 August 2015, The Hague, The Netherlands.

astro-ph.IM2015★ 5 cited

The SST-1M camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

E. J. Schioppa, F. Cadoux, A. Christov +48

The prototype camera of the single-mirror Small Size Telescopes (SST-1M) proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project has been designed to be very compact and to delive…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 34 cited

On the formation and evolution of the first Be star in a black hole binary MWC 656

M. Grudzinska, K. Belczynski, J. Casares +8

We find that the formation of MWC 656 (the first Be binary containing a black hole) involves a common envelope phase and a supernova explosion. This result supports the idea that a…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 50 cited

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.HE2014★ 30 cited

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.HE2014★ 33 cited

The high-energy -ray emission of AP Librae

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, Fermi-LAT collaborations

The -ray spectrum of the low-frequency-peaked BL Lac (LBL) object AP Librae is studied, following the discovery of very-high-energy (VHE; ) -ray emission up…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 112 cited

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.HE2014★ 31 cited

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 w…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 36 cited

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★ 50 cited

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.HE2013★ 165 cited

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.HE2013★ 32 cited

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.HE2013★ 7 cited

CTA contributions to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013)

The CTA Consortium, :, O. Abril +1102

Compilation of CTA contributions to the proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013), which took place in 2-9 July, 2013, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil