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H.E.S.S. discovery of very high energy gamma-ray emission from PKS 0625-354
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski +253
PKS 0625-354 (z=0.055) was observed with the four H.E.S.S. telescopes in 2012 during 5.5 hours. The source was detected above an energy threshold of 200 GeV at a significance level…
A search for new supernova remnant shells in the Galactic plane with H.E.S.S
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +263
A search for new supernova remnants (SNRs) has been conducted using TeV gamma-ray data from the H.E.S.S. Galactic plane survey. As an identification criterion, shell morphologies t…
Systematic search for very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from bow shocks of runaway stars
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +260
Runaway stars form bow shocks by ploughing through the interstellar medium at supersonic speeds and are promising sources of non-thermal emission of photons. One of these objects h…
Gamma-ray blazar spectra with H.E.S.S. II mono analysis: the case of PKS 2155-304 and PG 1553+113
D. Zaborov, A. M. Taylor, D. A. Sanchez +2
The addition of a 28 m Cherenkov telescope (CT5) to the H.E.S.S. array extended the experiment's sensitivity to lower energies, providing new opportunities for studies of Active Ga…
Gamma-ray blazar spectra with H.E.S.S. II mono analysis: the case of PKS 2155-304 and PG 1553+113
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +332
The addition of a 28 m Cherenkov telescope (CT5) to the H.E.S.S. array extended the experiment's sensitivity to lower energies. The lowest energy threshold is obtained using monosc…
Characterizing the gamma-ray long-term variability of PKS 2155-304 with H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski +244
Studying the temporal variability of BL Lac objects at the highest energies provides unique insights into the extreme physical processes occurring in relativistic jets and in the v…
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…
H.E.S.S. observations of RX J1713.7-3946 with improved angular and spectral resolution; evidence for gamma-ray emission extending beyond the X-ray emitting shell
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +252
Supernova remnants exhibit shock fronts (shells) that can accelerate charged particles up to very high energies. In the past decade, measurements of a handful of shell-type superno…
A search for very high-energy flares from the microquasars GRS 1915+105, Circinus X-1, and V4641 Sgr using contemporaneous H.E.S.S. and RXTE observations
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski +244
Microquasars are potential -ray emitters. Indications of transient episodes of -ray emission were recently reported in at least two systems: Cyg X-1 and Cyg X-3. The identifi…
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…
Discovery of variable VHE gamma-ray emission from the binary system 1FGL J1018.6-5856
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +230
Re-observations with the H.E.S.S. telescope array of the very-high-energy (VHE) source HESS J1018-589 A coincident with the Fermi-LAT -ray binary 1FGL J1018.6-5856 have resulted…
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…
Mirror Development for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
A. Förster, T. Armstrong, H. Baba +53
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a planned observatory for very-high energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will consist of several tens of telescopes of different sizes, with a tota…
Dielectric Coatings for IACT Mirrors
A. Förster, T. Arrmstrong, P. Chadwick +1
Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes for very-high energy gamma-ray astronomy need mirror with high reflectance roughly in the wavelength between 300 and 550 nm. The current st…
HESS J1943+213: a candidate extreme BL Lacertae object
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +200
We report on a newly detected point-like source, HESS J1943+213 located in the Galactic plane. This source coincides with an unidentified hard X-ray source IGR J19443+2117, which w…
Revisiting the Westerlund 2 Field with the H.E.S.S. Telescope Array
The HESS Collaboration, A. Abramowski, F. Acero +194
Aims. Previous observations with the H.E.S.S. telescope array revealed the existence of extended very-high-energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) γ-ray emission, HESS J1023-575, coincident with t…
First detection of VHE gamma-rays from SN 1006 by H.E.S.S
HESS Collaboration, F. Acero, F. Aharonian +175
Recent theoretical predictions of the lowest very high energy (VHE) luminosity of SN 1006 are only a factor 5 below the previously published H.E.S.S. upper limit, thus motivating f…
PKS 2005-489 at VHE: Four Years of Monitoring with HESS and Simultaneous Multi-wavelength Observations
The HESS Collaboration, F. Acero
VHE observations of PKS 2005-489 were made with HESS from 2004 through 2007, together with three simultaneous multi-wavelength campaigns performed with XMM-Newton and RXTE in 2004…
Localising the VHE gamma-ray source at the Galactic Centre
The HESS Collaboration, F. Acero
The inner 10 pc of our galaxy contains many counterpart candidates of the very high energy (VHE; > 100 GeV) gamma-ray point source HESS J1745-290. Within the point spread function…
Simultaneous multiwavelength observations of the second exceptional gamma-ray flare of PKS 2155-304 in July 2006
HESS Collaboration, F. Aharonian
Simultaneous HESS/CHANDRA/optical observations were performed on the BL Lac object PKS 2155-304 in the night of July 29-30 2006, when the source underwent its second major gamma-ra…
Very high energy gamma-ray observations of the galaxy clusters Abell 496 and Abell 85 with H.E.S.S
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian
Aims: The nearby galaxy clusters Abell 496 and Abell 85 are studied in the very high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) band to investigate VHE cosmic rays (CRs) in this class of objects wh…
The energy spectrum of cosmic-ray electrons at TeV energies
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, F. Aharonian
The very large collection area of ground-based gamma-ray telescopes gives them a substantial advantage over balloon/satellite based instruments in the detection of very-high-energy…
Discovery of a VHE gamma-ray source coincident with the supernova remnant CTB 37A
HESS Collaboration, F Aharonian
The supernova remnant (SNR) complex CTB 37 is an interesting candidate for observations with Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray telescopes such as H.E.S.S. In this region, three SNRs…