3 papers
astro-ph2008
GRB observations with HESS
P. H. Tam, S. J. Wagner, G. Pühlhofer +1
H.E.S.S. (High Energy Stereoscopic System), which is designed to detect TeV gamma-rays, is a system of four Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes situated in Namibia. The system…
astro-ph2007
Simultaneous H.E.S.S. and Chandra observations of Sgr A* during an X-ray flare
Jim Hinton, Matthieu Vivier, Rolf Bühler +2
The rapidly varying non-thermal X-ray emission observed from Sgr A* points to particle acceleration taking place close to the supermassive black hole. The TeV gamma-ray source HESS…
astro-ph2007
Theory of cosmic ray and -ray production in the supernova remnant RX J0852.0-4622 (Vela Jr.)
E. G. Berezhko, G. Pühlhofer, H. J. Völk
Explicitly time-dependent, nonlinear kinetic theory of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) has been used to investigate the properties of the very large SNR R…