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astro-ph2003

Ground-Based Gamma-Ray Detection of High Energy Galactic Sources: An Update

G. P. Rowell

I review the present status of ground-based gamma-ray astronomy, concentrating on the population of galactic TeV sources. A number of new telescope systems are now being completed,…

astro-ph2003★ 43 cited

A new template background estimate for source searching in TeV gamma-ray astronomy

G. P. Rowell

A new method is described that permits quickly and easily, a 2-dimensional search for TeV gamma-ray sources over large fields of view ~6deg with instruments utilising the imaging a…

astro-ph2003★ 67 cited

The optical system of the H.E.S.S. imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Part II: mirror alignment and point spread function

R. Cornils, S. Gillessen, I. Jung. +16

Mirror facets of the H.E.S.S. imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes are aligned using stars imaged onto the closed lid of the PMT camera, viewed by a CCD camera. The alignment p…

astro-ph2003★ 166 cited

The optical system of the H.E.S.S. imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Part I: layout and components of the system

K. Bernloehr, O. Carrol, R. Cornils +18

H.E.S.S. -- the High Energy Stereoscopic System -- is a new system of large imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, with about 100 m^2 mirror area for each of four telescopes, an…

astro-ph2003★ 3 cited

HEGRA Contributions to the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference

HEGRA Collaboration, in particular, : +10

This preprint encompasses thirteen individual contributions of the HEGRA collaboration to the 28th International Cosmic Ray conference in Tsukuba, Japan. The papers report on resul…

astro-ph2003★ 60 cited

The Technical Performance of the HEGRA System of Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes

G. Puehlhofer, O. Bolz, N. Goetting +1

Between early 1997 and late 2002, the HEGRA collaboration operated a stereoscopic system of 4 (later 5) imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. In this paper we present the calib…