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Dark matter searches toward the Galactic Centre halo with H.E.S.S

The presence of dark matter in the Universe is nowadays widely supported by a large body of astronomical and cosmological observations. The central region of the Milky Way is expected to harbor a large amount of dark matter.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Lucia Rinchiuso , Emmanuel Moulin

Diffuse TeV Gamma-Ray Emission in the H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey

Diffuse gamma-ray emission has long been established as the most prominent feature in the GeV sky. Although the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique has been successful in revealing a large population of discrete TeV gamma-ray sources, a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 K. Egberts , F. Brun , S. Casanova , W. Hofmann , M. de Naurois , O. Reimer , Q. Weitzel , Y. Fukui

H.E.S.S. programme searching for VHE gamma rays associated with FRBs

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are highly energetic, extremely short-lived bursts of radio flashes. Despite extensive research, the exact cause of these outbursts remains speculative. The high luminosity, short duration, and high dispersion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-26 F. Aharonian , A. Archaryya , J. Aschersleben , H. Ashkar , M. Backes , V. Barbosa. Martins , R. Batzofin , Y. Becherini , D. Berge , K. Bernlöhr , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , M. de. Bony. de. Lavergne , J. Borowska , F. Bradascio , R. Brose , A. Brown , F. Brun , B. Bruno , C. Burger-Scheidlin , S. Casanova , J. Celic , M. Cerruti , T. Chand , S. Chandra , A. Chen , J. Chibueze , O. Chibueze , J. Damascene. Mbarubucyeye , J. de. Assis. Scarpin , A. Djannati-Ataï , J. Djuvsland , A. Dmytriiev , K. Egberts , S. Einecke , J. -P. Ernenwein , C. Escañuela. Nieves , M. Filipovic , G. Fontaine , S. Funk , S. Gabici , J. F. Glicenstein , J. Glombitza , G. Grolleron , B. Heß , W. Hofmann , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , Zhiqiu. Huang , A. Jaitly , M. Jamrozy , F. Jankowsky , I. Jung-Richardt , E. Kasai , K. Katarzyński , D. Kerszberg , R. Khatoon , B. Khélifi , W. Kluźniak , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , A. Kundu , R. G. Lang , S. Le. Stum , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , A. Luashvili , J. Mackey , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , R. Marx , A. Mehta , M. Meyer , A. Mitchell , R. Moderski , M. O. Moghadam , E. Moulin , M. de. Naurois , J. Niemiec , P. O'Brien , L. Olivera-Nieto , E. de. Ona. Wilhelmi , M. Ostrowski , S. Panny , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , U. Pensec , S. Pita , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Ravikularaman , M. Regeard , O. Reimer , H. Ren , B. Reville , F. Rieger , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , K. Sabri , V. Sahakian , H. Salzmann , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , J. Schäfer , F. Schüssler , H. M. Schutte , J. N. S. Shapopi , A. Sharma , S. Spencer , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , S. Steinmassl , C. Steppa , T. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , M. Tsirou , C. van. Eldik , M. Vecchi , C. Venter , T. Wach , S. J. Wagner , A. Wierzcholska , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , N. Żywucka

VHE observations of the gamma-ray binary system LS 5039 with H.E.S.S

LS 5039 is a gamma-ray binary system observed in a broad energy range, from radio to TeV energies. The binary system exhibits both flux and spectral modulation as a function of its orbital period. The X-ray and very-high-energy (VHE, E >…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 C. Mariaud , P. Bordas , F. Aharonian , M. Boettcher , G. Dubus , M. de Naurois , C. Romoli , V. Zabalza

Intrinsic spectra of H.E.S.S. blazars : what would we see without EBL absorption

The vast majority of extragalactic sources detected in the very high energy (E> 100 GeV) domaine are active galactic nuclei (AGN) located at cosmological distances. During their travel towards Earth, the emitted gamma-rays suffer from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 C. Romoli , D. A. Sanchez , M. Lorentz , P. Brun

First Intensity Interferometry Measurements with the H.E.S.S. Telescopes

Intensity interferometry for astrophysical observations has gained increasing interest in the last decade. The method of correlating photon fluxes at different telescopes for high resolution astronomy without access to the phase of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-14 Andreas Zmija , Naomi Vogel , Frederik Wohlleben , Gisela Anton , Adrian Zink , Stefan Funk

Detection of VHE gamma-ray emission from the distant blazar 1ES 1101-232 with H.E.S.S. and broadband characterisation

The blazar 1ES 1101-232 was observed with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) of Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (ACT) in 2004 and 2005, for a live time of 43 hours. VHE (E > 10^11 eV) gamma-rays were detected for the first time…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , : , F. Aharonian

A synchrotron self-Compton model for the VHE gamma-ray emission from Cen A

The H.E.S.S. experiment has reported the detection of very high energy (VHE: E>100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from the well-known radio-galaxy Cen A. Following this discovery, we refine the previous multi-blob synchrotron self-Compton (SSC)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-07-15 J. -P. Lenain , M. C. Medina , C. Boisson , G. E. Romero , H. Sol , A. Zech

The Effelsberg-Bonn HI Survey (EBHIS)

The new L-band 7-feed-array at the 100-m telescope in Effelsberg will be used to perform an unbiased fully sampled HI survey of the entire northern hemisphere observing the galactic and extragalactic sky using simultaneously two different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 B. Winkel , J. Kerp , P. Kalberla , R. Keller

TeV emission of Galactic plane sources with HAWC and H.E.S.S

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory and the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) are two leading instruments in the ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray domain. HAWC employs the water Cherenkov detection (WCD)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-09 H. Abdalla , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , E. O. Angüner , C. Arcaro , C. Armand , T. Armstrong , H. Ashkar , M. Backes , V. Baghmanyan , V. Barbosa Martins , A. Barnacka , M. Barnard , Y. Becherini , D. Berge , K. Bernlöhr , B. Bi , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , M. de Bony de Lavergne , M. Breuhaus , R. Brose , F. Brun , P. Brun , M. Bryan , M. Büchele , T. Bulik , T. Bylund , S. Caroff , A. Carosi , T. Chand , S. Chandra , A. Chen , G. Cotter , M. Curyło , J. Damascene Mbarubucyeye , I. D. Davids , J. Davies , C. Deil , J. Devin , L. Dirson , A. Djannati-Ataï , A. Dmytriiev , A. Donath , V. Doroshenko , L. Dreyer , C. Duffy , J. Dyks , K. Egberts , F. Eichhorn , S. Einecke , G. Emery , J. -P. Ernenwein , K. Feijen , S. Fegan , A. Fiasson , G. Fichet de Clairfontaine , G. Fontaine , S. Funk , M. Füßling , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , G. Giavitto , L. Giunti , D. Glawion , J. F. Glicenstein , D. Gottschall , M. -H. Grondin , J. Hahn , M. Haupt , G. Hermann , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , C. Hoischen , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , M. Hörbe , D. Horns , D. Huber , M. Jamrozy , D. Jankowsky , F. Jankowsky , I. Jung-Richardt , E. Kasai , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzyński , U. Katz , D. Khangulyan , B. Khélifi , S. Klepser , W. Kluźniak , Nu. Komin , R. Konno , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , M. Kreter , G. Lamanna , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , F. Leuschner , C. Levy , T. Lohse , I. Lypova , J. Mackey , J. Majumdar , D. Malyshev , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , P. Marchegiani , A. Marcowith , A. Mares , G. Martí-Devesa , R. Marx , G. Maurin , P. J. Meintjes , M. Meyer , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. Moderski , L. Mohrmann , A. Montanari , C. Moore , P. Morris , E. Moulin , J. Muller , T. Murach , K. Nakashima , A. Nayerhoda , M. de Naurois , H. Ndiyavala , J. Niemiec , L. Oakes , P. O Brien , H. Odaka , S. Ohm , L. Olivera-Nieto , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , M. Ostrowski , S. Panny , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , G. Peron , B. Peyaud , Q. Piel , S. Pita , V. Poireau , A. Priyana Noel , D. A. Prokhorov , H. Prokoph , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , R. Rauth , P. Reichherzer , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , Q. Remy , M. Renaud , F. Rieger , L. Rinchiuso , C. Romoli , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , V. Sahakian , S. Sailer , H. Salzmann , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , J. Schäfer , F. Schüssler , H. M. Schutte , U. Schwanke , M. Seglar-Arroyo , M. Senniappan , A. S. Seyffert , N. Shafi , J. N. S. Shapopi , K. Shiningayamwe , R. Simoni , A. Sinha , H. Sol , A. Specovius , S. Spencer , M. Spir-Jacob , Ł. Stawarz , L. Sun , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , S. Steinmassl , C. Steppa , T. Takahashi , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , J. H. E. Thiersen , D. Tiziani , M. Tluczykont , L. Tomankova , C. Trichard , M. Tsirou , R. Tuffs , Y. Uchiyama , D. J. van der Walt , C. van Eldik , C. van Rensburg , B. van Soelen , G. Vasileiadis , J. Veh , C. Venter , P. Vincent , J. Vink , H. J. Völk , Z. Wadiasingh , S. J. Wagner , J. Watson , F. Werner , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , Yu Wun Wong , A. Yusafzai , M. Zacharias , R. Zanin , D. Zargaryan , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , S. J. Zhu , A. Zmija , J. Zorn , S. Zouari , N. Żywucka , A. Albert , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , K. P. Arunbabu , D. Avila Rojas , V. Baghmanyan , E. Belmont-Moreno , S. Y. BenZvi , C. Brisbois , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , S. Coutiño de León , E. De la Fuente , C. de León , R. Diaz Hernandez , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , M. Durocher , R. W. Ellsworth , K. Engel , C. Espinoza , K. L. Fan , M. Fernández Alonso , N. Fraija , A. Galván-Gámez , D. Garcia , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , G. Giacinti , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , J. P. Harding , S. Hernandez , B. Hona , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , D. Kieda , W. H. Lee , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , R. López-Coto , K. Malone , O. Martinez , I. Martinez-Castellanos , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , J. A. Morales-Soto , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , N. Omodei , A. Peisker , Y. Pérez Araujo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , C. D. Rho , D. Rosa-González , E. Ruiz-Velasco , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , H. Schoorlemmer , J. Serna-Franco , A. J. Smith , R. W. Springer , P. Surajbali , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , R. Turner , F. Ureña-Mena , L. Villaseñor , T. Weisgarber , E. Willox , H. Zhou

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

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 likelihood analysis was developed to improve the sensitivity to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-04 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , H. Abdalla , A. Abramowski , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , A. G. Akhperjanian , T. Andersson , E. O. Angüner , M. Arrieta , P. Aubert , M. Backes , A. Balzer , M. Barnard , Y. Becherini , J. Becker Tjus , D. Berge , S. Bernhard , K. Bernlöhr , E. Birsin , R. Blackwell , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , P. Bordas , J. Bregeon , F. Brun , P. Brun , M. Bryan , T. Bulik , M. Capasso , J. Carr , S. Casanova , N. Chakraborty , R. Chalme-Calvet , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Chen , J. Chevalier , M. Chrétien , S. Colafrancesco , G. Cologna , B. Condon , J. Conrad , C. Couturier , Y. Cui , I. D. Davids , B. Degrange , C. Deil , J. Devin , P. deWilt , A. Djannati-Ata\" , W. Domainko , A. Donath , L. O'C. Drury , G. Dubus , K. Dutson , J. Dyks , M. Dyrda , T. Edwards , K. Egberts , P. Eger , J. -P. Ernenwein , S. Eschbach , C. Farnier , S. Fegan , M. V. Fernandes , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , A. Förster , S. Funk , M. Füßling , S. Gabici , M. Gajdus , Y. A. Gallant , T. Garrigoux , G. Giavitto , B. Giebels , J. F. Glicenstein , D. Gottschall , 18 A. Goyal , M. -H. Grondin , M. Grudzińska , D. Hadasch , J. Hahn , J. Hawkes , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , O. Hervet , A. Hillert , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , C. Hoischen , M. Holler , D. Horns , A. Ivascenko , A. Jacholkowska , M. Jamrozy , M. Janiak , D. Jankowsky , F. Jankowsky , M. Jingo , T. Jogler , L. Jouvin , I. Jung-Richardt , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzyński , U. Katz , D. Kerszberg , B. Khélifi , M. Kieffer , J. King , S. Klepser , D. Klochkov , W. Kluźniak , D. Kolitzus , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , S. Krakau , M. Kraus , F. Krayzel , P. P. Krüger , H. Laffon , G. Lamanna , J. Lau , J. -P. Lees , J. Lefaucheur , V. Lefranc , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , E. Leser , R. Liu , T. Lohse , M. Lorentz , I. Lypova , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , C. Mariaud , R. Marx , G. Maurin , N. Maxted , M. Mayer , P. J. Meintjes , M. Meyer , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. Moderski , M. Mohamed , K. Morå , E. Moulin , T. Murach , M. de Naurois , F. Niederwanger , J. Niemiec , L. Oakes , P. O'Brien , H. Odaka , S. Ohm , M. Ostrowski , S. Öttl , I. Oya , M. Padovani , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , M. Paz Arribas , N. W. Pekeur , G. Pelletier , C. Perennes , P. -O. Petrucci , B. Peyaud , S. Pita , H. Poon , D. Prokhorov , H. Prokoph , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , R. de los Reyes , F. Rieger , C. Romoli , S. Rosier-Lees , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , C. B. Rulten , V. Sahakian , D. Salek , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , R. Schlickeiser , F. Schüssler , A. Schulz , U. Schwanke , S. Schwemmer , M. Settimo , A. S. Seyffert , N. Shafi , I. Shilon , R. Simoni , H. Sol , F. Spanier , G. Spengler , F. Spies , L. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , F. Stinzing , K. Stycz , I. Sushch , J. -P. Tavernet , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , L. Tibaldo , M. Tluczykont , C. Trichard , R. Tuffs , J. van der Walt , C. van Eldik , B. van Soelen , G. Vasileiadis , J. Veh , C. Venter , A. Viana , P. Vincent , J. Vink , F. Voisin , H. J. Völk. T. Vuillaume , Z. Wadiasingh , S. J. Wagner , P. Wagner , R. M. Wagner , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , P. Willmann , A. Wörnlein , D. Wouters , R. Yang , V. Zabalza , D. Zaborov , M. Zacharias , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , F. Zefi , A. Ziegler , N. Żywucka

The Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey: Precursor Observations of the NGC 628 group

The Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey (AGES) is one of several HI surveys utilising the new Arecibo L-band Feed Array (ALFA) fitted to the 305m radio telescope at Arecibo. The survey is specifically designed to investigate various galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Auld , R. F. Minchin , J. I. Davies , B. Catinella , W. vanDriel , P. A. Henning , S. Linder , E. Momjian , E. Muller , K. O'Neil , S. Sabatini , S. Schneider , G. Bothun , L. Cortese , M. Disney , G. L. Hoffman , M. Putman , J. L. Rosenberg , M. Baes , W. J. G. deBlok , A. Boselli , E. Brinks , N. Brosch , J. Irwin , I. D. Karachentsev , V. A. Kilborn , B. Koribalski , K. Spekkens

The LHAASO experiment: from Gamma-Ray Astronomy to Cosmic Rays

LHAASO is expected to be the most sensitive project to face the open problems in Galactic cosmic ray physics through a combined study of photon- and charged particle-induced extensive air showers in the energy range 10$^{11}$ - 10$^{17}$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 G. Di Sciascio

On the nature of HESS J1503-582 revealed by the H.E.S.S. experiment: Coincidence with a FVW?

The H.E.S.S. survey of the inner Galaxy in the very-high-energy gamma-ray domain has led to the discovery of many extended sources, some of which do not appear to be associated with any obvious counterpart at traditional wavelengths (radio,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Renaud , P. Goret , R. C. G. Chaves

Revisiting HESS J1809$-$193 -- a very-high-energy gamma-ray source in a fascinating environment

HESS J1809$-$193 is one of the unidentified very-high-energy gamma-ray sources in the H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey (HGPS). It is located in a rich environment, with an energetic pulsar and associated X-ray pulsar wind nebula, several…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-19 Lars Mohrmann , Vikas Joshi , Jim Hinton , Stefan Funk

Chandra Observation of the Unidentified TeV Gamma-Ray Source HESS J1303-631 in the Galactic Plane

The imaging atmospheric Cherenkov array H.E.S.S. recently discovered an extended source in the 0.4$-$10 TeV energy range, HESS J1303-631. We obtained a 5 ks observation with the ACIS-I array on the Chandra X-ray observatory that does not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Mukherjee , J. P. Halpern

H.E.S.S. multi-messenger observations

The H.E.S.S. Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope system is very well suited to perform follow-up observations of detections at other wavelengths or messengers due to its fast reaction and its comparably low energy threshold. These advantages…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 F. Schüssler

Observations of Galactic Gamma-Ray Sources with H.E.S.S

H.E.S.S. results from the first three years of nominal operation are presented. Among the many exciting measurements that have been made, most gamma-ray sources are of Galactic origin. I will concentrate here on an overview of Galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-09 D. Berge

Modelling of highly extended Gamma-ray emission around the Geminga Pulsar as detected with H.E.S.S

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 by multiple water Cherenkov detector based instruments.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-01 A. M. W. Mitchell , S. Caroff

Exploring a SNR/Molecular Cloud Association Within HESS J1745-303

HESS J1745-303 is an extended, unidentified VHE (very high energy) gamma-ray source discovered using HESS in the Galactic Plane Survey. Since no obvious counterpart has previously been found in longer-wavelength data, the processes that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-05-15 HESS Collaboration , F. Aharonian