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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…
Contributions of the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) to the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), Busan, Korea
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +256
Index of H.E.S.S. conference proceedings to the 35th ICRC, Busan, Korea
Characterising the VHE diffuse emission in the central 200 parsecs of our Galaxy with H.E.S.S
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +256
The diffuse very high-energy (VHE, > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission observed in the central 200 pc of the Milky Way by H.E.S.S. was found to follow the dense matter distribution in th…
A polarized fast radio burst at low Galactic latitude
E. Petroff, S. Burke-Spolaor, E. F. Keane +35
We report on the discovery of a new fast radio burst, FRB 150215, with the Parkes radio telescope on 2015 February 15. The burst was detected in real time with a dispersion measure…
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…
The population of TeV pulsar wind nebulae in the H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +255
The nine-year H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey (HGPS) yielded the most uniform observation scan of the inner Milky Way in the TeV gamma-ray band to date. The sky maps and source cata…
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…
First limits on the very-high energy gamma-ray afterglow emission of a fast radio burst: H.E.S.S. observations of FRB 150418
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, H. Abdalla +265
Aims: Following the detection of the fast radio burst FRB150418 by the SUPERB project at the Parkes radio telescope, we aim to search for very-high energy gamma-ray afterglow emiss…
The Exceptional Flare of Mrk 501 in 2014: Combined Observations with H.E.S.S. and FACT
Gabriele Cologna, Nachiketa Chakraborty, Agnieszka Jacholkowska +8
The BL Lac type object Mrk 501 was observed at very high energies (E > 100 GeV) in 2014 with the upgraded H.E.S.S. (High Energy Stereoscopic System) phase 2 array. The data collect…
The Complex VHE And Multiwavelength Flaring Activity Of The FSRQ PKS 1510-089 In May 2015
Michael Zacharias, Markus Böttcher, Nachiketa Chakraborty +8
The blazar PKS 1510-089 was the first of the flat spectrum radio quasar type, which had been detected simultaneously by a ground based Cherenkov telescope (H.E.S.S.) and the LAT in…
Deeper H.E.S.S. observations of Vela Junior (RX J0852.04622): Morphology studies and resolved spectroscopy
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski +260
Aims. We study gamma-ray emission from the shell-type supernova remnant (SNR) RX J0852.04622 to better characterize its spectral properties and its distribution over the SNR. Me…
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…
The supernova remnant W49B as seen with H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, A. Abramowski +253
The supernova remnant (SNR) W49B originated from a core-collapse supernova that occurred between one and four thousand years ago, and subsequently evolved into a mixed-morphology r…
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…
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…
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…
Acceleration of petaelectronvolt protons in the Galactic Centre
H. E. S. S. collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +229
Galactic cosmic rays reach energies of at least a few Peta-electronvolts (1 PeV = electron volts). This implies our Galaxy contains PeV accelerators (PeVatrons), bu…
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…
Rapid variability at very high energies in Mrk 501
Nachiketa Chakraborty, Gabriele Cologna, Max Anton Kastendieck +5
A major flaring state of the BL Lac object Mrk 501 was observed by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) in June, 2014. Flux levels higher than one Crab unit were recorded…
Long term lightcurve of the BL Lac object 1ES 0229+200 at TeV energies
Gabriele Cologna, Mahmoud Mohamed, Stefan J. Wagner +3
The high-frequency peaked BL Lac object 1ES 0229+200 (z = 0.14) was first detected in very high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) -rays by the H.E.S.S. (High Energy Stereoscopic System)…
Spectral characteristics of Mrk 501 during the 2012 and 2014 flaring states
Gabriele Cologna, Nachiketa Chakraborty, Mahmoud Mohamed +6
Observations at Very High Energies (VHE, E > 100 GeV) of the BL Lac object Mrk 501 taken with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) in four distinct periods between 2004 a…