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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…
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…
Particle acceleration signatures in the time-dependent one-zone synchrotron self-Compton model of blazar flares
Paloma Thevenet, Andreas Zech, Catherine Boisson +1
The study of multiwavelength flux and spectral variations during rapid flares from blazars provides strong constraints on the physical parameters of the compact emission regions re…
Hunting Star-Forming Galaxies in the Gamma-Ray Domain
P. Kornecki, J. Biteau, C. Boisson +1
Context. Star-forming galaxies emit γrays with relatively low luminosity, but the study of their emission is no less captivating. While it is known that their γ-ray luminosity in t…
Hidden by a star: the redshift and the offset broad line of the Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar PKS 0903-57
P. Goldoni, C. Boisson, S. Pita +5
Context: PKS 0903-57 is a little-studied gamma-ray blazar which has recently attracted considerable interest due to the strong flaring episodes observed since 2020 in HE (100 MeV <…
Distance estimation of gamma-ray emitting BL Lac objects from imaging observations
K. Nilsson, V. Fallah Ramazani, E. Lindfors +13
Direct redshift determination of BL Lac objects is highly challenging as the emission in the optical and near-infrared (NIR) bands is largely dominated by the non-thermal emission…
H.E.S.S. observations of the 2021 periastron passage of PSR B1259-63/LS 2883
H. E. S. S. Collaboration, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali +141
PSR B1259-63 is a gamma-ray binary system that hosts a pulsar in an eccentric orbit, with a 3.4 year period, around an O9.5Ve star. At orbital phases close to periastron passages,…
Unveiling extended gamma-ray emission around HESS J1813-178
F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali, J. Aschersleben +147
HESS J1813178 is a very-high-energy -ray source spatially coincident with the young and energetic pulsar PSR J18131749 and thought to be associated with its pulsar wind ne…
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…
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…
Optical spectroscopy of blazars for the Cherenkov Telescope Array -- III
F. D'Ammando, P. Goldoni, W. Max-Moerbeck +15
Due to their almost featureless optical/UV spectra, it is challenging to measure the redshifts of BL Lacs. As a result, about 50% of gamma-ray BL Lacs lack a firm measurement of th…
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…
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…
Chasing Gravitational Waves with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Jarred Gershon Green, Alessandro Carosi, Lara Nava +563
The detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), along with the discovery of the electromagnetic counterparts…
Joint searches by FACT, H.E.S.S., MAGIC and VERITAS for VHE gamma-ray emission associated with neutrinos detected by IceCube
Fabian Schüssler, Halim Ashkar, Elisa Bernardini +11
The sources of the astrophysical flux of high-energy neutrinos detected by IceCube are still largely unknown, but searches for temporal and spatial correlation between neutrinos an…
Variability studies of active galactic nuclei from the long-term monitoring program with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Guillaume Grolleron, Josefa Becerra González, Jonathan Biteau +13
Blazars are active galactic nuclei (AGN) with a relativistic jet oriented toward the observer. This jet is composed of accelerated particles which can display emission over the ent…
Dark matter searches in dwarf spheroidal galaxies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Francesco Gabriele Saturni, Michele Doro, Aldo Morselli +1
Dark matter (DM) is one of the major components in the Universe. However, at present its existence is still only inferred through indirect astronomical observations. DM particles c…
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…
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,…
Prospects for -ray observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, K. Abe +564
Galaxy clusters are expected to be dark matter (DM) reservoirs and storage rooms for the cosmic-ray protons (CRp) that accumulate along the cluster's formation history. Accordingly…
Joint H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT analysis of the region around PSR J1813-1749
T. Wach, A. M. W. Mitchell, V. Joshi +1
HESS J1813-178 is one of the brightest sources detected during the first HESS Galactic Plane survey. The compact source, also detected by MAGIC, is believed to be a pulsar wind neb…
H.E.S.S. realtime follow-ups of IceCube high-energy neutrino alerts
Federica Bradascio, Halim Ashkar, Jowita Borowska +5
The evidence for multi-messenger photon and neutrino emission from the blazar TXS 0506+056 has demonstrated the importance of realtime follow-up of neutrino events by various groun…
Modelling of highly extended Gamma-ray emission around the Geminga Pulsar as detected with H.E.S.S
A. M. W. Mitchell, S. Caroff
Geminga is an enigmatic radio-quiet gamma-ray pulsar located at a mere 250 pc distance from Earth. Extended very-high-energy gamma-ray emission around the pulsar has been detected…
Multiwavelength Observations of the Blazar PKS~0735+178 in Spatial and Temporal Coincidence with an Astrophysical Neutrino Candidate IceCube-211208A
M. Pohl, K. Mori
We report on multiwavelength target-of-opportunity observations of the blazar PKS 0735+178, located 2.2 degrees away from the best-fit position of the IceCube neutrino event 211208…