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Upper Limits from HESS Observations of AGN in 2005-2007

Very high energy (VHE; >100 GeV) observations of a sample of selected active galactic nuclei (AGN) were performed between January 2005 and April 2007 with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS), an array of imaging atmospheric-Cherenkov…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-01 HESS Collaboration , W. Benbow , R. Buehler

H.E.S.S. discovery of very-high-energy emission from the blazar PKS 0736+017: on the location of the $\gamma$-ray emitting region in FSRQs

With the installation of a new 28-m diameter imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope in the middle of the array, the H.E.S.S. instrument has entered since 2012 into its Phase II. The fifth large-size telescope is particularly important to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Matteo Cerruti , Jean-Philippe Lenain , Heike Prokoph

The H.E.S.S. Galactic plane survey

We present the results of the most comprehensive survey of the Galactic plane in very high-energy (VHE) gamma-rays, including a public release of Galactic sky maps, a catalog of VHE sources, and the discovery of 16 new sources of VHE…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-18 H. E. S. S. Collaboration

Very-high-energy gamma radiation from supernova remnants as seen with H.E.S.S

Very-high-energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) gamma radiation has already been detected from several supernova remnants (SNRs). These objects, which are well-studied in radio, optical and X-ray wavelengths, constitute one of the most intriguing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Anne Bochow , Svenja Carrigan , Henning Gast , Vincent Marandon , Matthieu Renaud , Werner Hofmann

An elastic lidar system for the H.E.S.S. Experiment

The H.E.S.S. experiment in Namibia, Africa, is a high energy gamma ray tele- scope sensitive in the energy range from 100 Gev to a few tens of TeV, via the use of the atmospheric Cherenkov technique. To minimize the systematic errors on the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-04 J. Bregeon , M. Compin , S. Rivoire , M. Sanguillon , G. Vasileiadis

The very-high-energy gamma-ray view of the Galactic Centre as of early 2010

Progress in the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique has enabled first sensitive observations of the innermost few 100 pc of the Milky Way in Very High Energy (VHE; >100 GeV) gamma rays. Observations by the H.E.S.S. instrument deliver…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Christopher van Eldik

The H.E.S.S. central data acquisition system

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is a system of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) located in the Khomas Highland in Namibia. It measures cosmic gamma rays of very high energies (VHE; >100 GeV) using the Earth's…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-18 A. Balzer , M. Füßling , M. Gajdus , D. Göring , A. Lopatin , M. de Naurois , S. Schlenker , U. Schwanke , C. Stegmann

Multi-wavelength observations of H.E.S.S. AGN

Multi-frequency observations are a powerful tool of astrophysical investigation. Not only is data in each wavelength band providing different clues to the objects nature, but taken simultaneously, these data can reveal the mechanisms at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Martin Tluczykont

H.E.S.S. observations of gamma-ray bursts in 2003-2007

Very-high-energy (VHE; >~100 GeV) gamma-rays are expected from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in some scenarios. Exploring this photon energy regime is necessary for understanding the energetics and properties of GRBs. GRBs have been one of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-02-27 F. Aharonian

The upgraded Data Acquisition System of the H.E.S.S. telescope array

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is an array of five Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located in the Khomas Highland of Namibia. H.E.S.S. observes gamma rays above tens of GeV by detecting the Cherenkov light that is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-06 Sylvia J. Zhu , Tim Lukas Holch , Thomas Murach , Stefan Ohm , Matthias Fuessling , Mathieu de Naurois , Fabian Krack , Klemens Mosshammer , Rico Lindemann

New unidentified H.E.S.S. Galactic sources

H.E.S.S. is one of the most sensitive instruments in the very high energy (VHE; > 100 GeV) gamma-ray domain and has revealed many new sources along the Galactic Plane. After the successful first VHE Galactic Plane Survey of 2004, H.E.S.S.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-07-13 O. Tibolla , R. C. G. Chaves , O. de Jager , W. Domainko , A. Fiasson , N. Komin , K. Kosack

The Status of the H.E.S.S. Project

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) - is a system of four, 107 m^2 mirror area, imaging Cherenkov telescopes under construction in the Khomas Highland of Namibia (1800 m asl). The H.E.S.S. system is characterised by a low…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 J. A. Hinton

New unidentified Galactic H.E.S.S. sources

H.E.S.S. is one of the most sensitive instruments in the very high energy (VHE; > 100 GeV) gamma-ray domain and has revealed many new sources along the Galactic Plane. After the successful first VHE Galactic Plane Survey of 2004, H.E.S.S.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 O. Tibolla , R. C. G. Chaves , W. Domainko , O. de Jager , S. Kaufmann , S. Wagner , N. Komin , K. Kosack , A. Fiasson , M. Renaud

First ground based measurement of atmospheric Cherenkov light from cosmic rays

A recently proposed novel technique for the detection of cosmic rays with arrays of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes is applied to data from the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). The method relies on the ground based…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 HESS Collaboration , F. A. Aharonian

Diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission with H.E.S.S

Diffuse $\gamma$-ray emission is the most prominent observable signature of celestial cosmic-ray interactions at high energies. While already being investigated at GeV energies over several decades, assessments of diffuse $\gamma$-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-10 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , : , A. Abramowski , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , A. G. Akhperjanian , E. O. Angüner , M. Backes , S. Balenderan , A. Balzer , A. Barnacka , Y. Becherini , J. Becker Tjus , D. Berge , S. Bernhard , K. Bernlöhr , E. Birsin , J. Biteau , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , P. Bordas , J. Bregeon , F. Brun , P. Brun , M. Bryan , T. Bulik , S. Carrigan , S. Casanova , P. M. Chadwick , N. Chakraborty , R. Chalme-Calvet , R. C. G. Chaves , M. Chrétien , S. Colafrancesco , G. Cologna , J. Conrad , C. Couturier , Y. Cui , I. D. Davids , B. Degrange , C. Deil , P. deWilt , A. Djannati-Ataï , W. Domainko , A. Donath , L. O'C. Drury , G. Dubus , K. Dutson , J. Dyks , M. Dyrda , T. Edwards , K. Egberts , P. Eger , P. Espigat , C. Farnier , S. Fegan , F. Feinstein , M. V. Fernandes , D. Fernandez , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , A. Förster , M. Füßling , S. Gabici , M. Gajdus , Y. A. Gallant , T. Garrigoux , G. Giavitto , B. Giebels , J. F. Glicenstein , D. Gottschall , M. -H. Grondin , M. Grudzińska , D. Hadasch , S. Häffner , J. Hahn , J. Harris , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , O. Hervet , A. Hillert , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , P. Hofverberg , M. Holler , D. Horns , A. Ivascenko , A. Jacholkowska , C. Jahn , M. Jamrozy , M. Janiak , F. Jankowsky , I. Jung-Richardt , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzyński , U. Katz , S. Kaufmann , B. Khélifi , M. Kieffer , S. Klepser , D. Klochkov , W. Kluźniak , D. Kolitzus , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , S. Krakau , F. Krayzel , P. P. Krüger , H. Laffon , G. Lamanna , J. Lefaucheur , V. Lefranc , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , T. Lohse , A. Lopatin , C. -C. Lu , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , R. Marx , G. Maurin , N. Maxted , M. Mayer , T. J. L. McComb , J. Méhault , P. J. Meintjes , U. Menzler , M. Meyer , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. Moderski , M. Mohamed , K. Morå , E. Moulin , T. Murach , M. de Naurois , J. Niemiec , S. J. Nolan , L. Oakes , H. Odaka , S. Ohm , B. Opitz , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , M. Paz Arribas , N. W. Pekeur , G. Pelletier , P. -O. Petrucci , B. Peyaud , S. Pita , H. Poon , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , I. Reichardt , 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 , R. Schlickeiser , F. Schüssler , A. Schulz , U. Schwanke , S. Schwarzburg , S. Schwemmer , H. Sol , F. Spanier , G. Spengler , F. Spies , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , F. Stinzing , K. Stycz , I. Sushch , J. -P. Tavernet , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , M. Tluczykont , C. Trichard , K. Valerius , C. van Eldik , B. van Soelen , G. Vasileiadis , J. Veh , C. Venter , A. Viana , P. Vincent , J. Vink , H. J. Völk , F. Volpe , M. Vorster , T. Vuillaume , S. J. Wagner , P. Wagner , R. M. Wagner , M. Ward , M. Weidinger , Q. Weitzel , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , P. Willmann , A. Wörnlein , D. Wouters , R. Yang , V. Zabalza , D. Zaborov , M. Zacharias , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , H. -S. Zechlin , Y. Fukui

Flux upper limits for 47 AGN observed with H.E.S.S. in 2004-2011

About 40% of the observation time of the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is dedicated to studying active galactic nuclei (AGN), with the aim of increasing the sample of known extragalactic very-high-energy (VHE, E>100 GeV)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , A. Abramowski , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , A. G. Akhperjanian , E. Angüner , G. Anton , S. Balenderan , A. Balzer , A. Barnacka , Y. Becherini , J. Becker Tjus , K. Bernlöhr , E. Birsin , E. Bissaldi , J. Biteau , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , P. Bordas , J. Brucker , F. Brun , P. Brun , T. Bulik , S. Carrigan , S. Casanova , M. Cerruti , P. M. Chadwick , R. Chalme-Calvet , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Cheesebrough , M. Chrétien , S. Colafrancesco , G. Cologna , J. Conrad , C. Couturier , Y. Cui , M. Dalton , M. K. Daniel , I. D. Davids , B. Degrange , C. Deil , P. deWilt , H. J. Dickinson , A. Djannati-Ataï , W. Domainko , L. O'C. Drury , G. Dubus , K. Dutson , J. Dyks , M. Dyrda , T. Edwards , K. Egberts , P. Eger , P. Espigat , C. Farnier , S. Fegan , F. Feinstein , M. V. Fernandes , D. Fernandez , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , A. Förster , M. Füßling , M. Gajdus , Y. A. Gallant , T. Garrigoux , G. Giavitto , B. Giebels , J. F. Glicenstein , M. -H. Grondin , M. Grudzińska , S. Häffner , J. Hahn , J. Harris , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , O. Hervet , A. Hillert , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , P. Hofverberg , M. Holler , D. Horns , A. Jacholkowska , C. Jahn , M. Jamrozy , M. Janiak , F. Jankowsky , I. Jung , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzyński , U. Katz , S. Kaufmann , B. Khélifi , M. Kieffer , S. Klepser , D. Klochkov , W. Kluźniak , T. Kneiske , D. Kolitzus , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , S. Krakau , F. Krayzel , P. P. Krüger , H. Laffon , G. Lamanna , J. Lefaucheur , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , D. Lennarz , T. Lohse , A. Lopatin , C. -C. Lu , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , R. Marx , G. Maurin , N. Maxted , M. Mayer , T. J. L. McComb , J. Méhault , P. J. Meintjes , U. Menzler , M. Meyer , R. Moderski , M. Mohamed , E. Moulin , T. Murach , C. L. Naumann , M. de Naurois , J. Niemiec , S. J. Nolan , L. Oakes , S. Ohm , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , B. Opitz , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , M. Paz Arribas , N. W. Pekeur , G. Pelletier , J. Perez , P. -O. Petrucci , B. Peyaud , S. Pita , H. Poon , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , M. Raue , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , R. de los Reyes , F. Rieger , L. Rob , C. Romoli , S. Rosier-Lees , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , C. B. Rulten , V. Sahakian , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , R. Schlickeiser , F. Schüssler , A. Schulz , U. Schwanke , S. Schwarzburg , S. Schwemmer , H. Sol , G. Spengler , F. Spies , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , F. Stinzing , K. Stycz , I. Sushch , A. Szostek , J. -P. Tavernet , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , M. Tluczykont , C. Trichard , K. Valerius , C. van Eldik , B. van Soelen , G. Vasileiadis , C. Venter , A. Viana , P. Vincent , H. J. Völk , F. Volpe , M. Vorster , T. Vuillaume , S. J. Wagner , P. Wagner , M. Ward , M. Weidinger , Q. Weitzel , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , P. Willmann , A. Wörnlein , D. Wouters , V. Zabalza , M. Zacharias , A. Zajczyk , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , H. -S. Zechlin

H.E.S.S. Observations of LS 5039

Recent observations of the binary system LS5039 with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) revealed that its Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission is modulated at the 3.9 days orbital period of the system. The bulk of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Mathieu De Naurois , the H. E. S. S. Collaboration Collaboration

The H.E.S.S. extragalactic sky survey with the first decade of observations

The results of the first extragalactic gamma-ray survey by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) are presented. The survey comprises 2720 hours of very high-energy gamma-ray observations of the extragalactic sky, recorded with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-01 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , 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 , M. Bouyahiaoui , F. Bradascio , R. Brose , A. Brown , F. Brun , B. Bruno , T. Bulik , C. Burger-Scheidlin , T. Bylund , S. Casanova , J. Celic , M. Cerruti , T. Chand , S. Chandra , A. Chen , J. Chibueze , O. Chibueze , G. Cotter , P. Cristofari , J. Damascene Mbarubucyeye , I. D. Davids , J. Devin , J. Djuvsland , A. Dmytriiev , K. Egberts , S. Einecke , S. Fegan , G. Fontaine , S. Funk , S. Gabici , J. F. Glicenstein , J. Glombitza , P. Goswami , G. Grolleron , L. Haerer , B. Heß , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , Zhiqiu Huang , M. Jamrozy , F. Jankowsky , A. Jardin-Blicq , E. Kasai , K. Katarzyński , R. Khatoon , B. Khélifi , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , A. Kundu , R. G. Lang , S. Le Stum , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , F. Leuschner , A. Luashvili , J. Mackey , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , G. Martí-Devesa , R. Marx , A. Mehta , A. Mitchell , R. Moderski , L. Mohrmann , A. Montanari , M. de Naurois , J. Niemiec , P. O'Brien , L. Olivera-Nieto , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , M. Ostrowski , S. Panny , M. Panter , U. Pensec , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Ravikularaman , M. Regeard , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , I. Reis , H. Ren , B. Reville , F. Rieger , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , E. Ruiz-Velasco , V. Sahakian , H. Salzmann , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , J. Schäfer , F. Schüssler , J. N. S. Shapopi , A. Sharma , H. Sol , S. Spencer , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , S. Steinmassl , C. Steppa , H. Suzuki , T. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , A. Thakur , M. Tsirou , C. van Eldik , M. Vecchi , C. Venter , J. Vink , H. J. Völk , T. Wach , S. J. Wagner , A. Wierzcholska , M. Zacharias , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , N. Żywucka

H.E.S.S. observations of composite Seyfert-starburst galaxies

Context: Composite galaxies that contain both Seyfert and starburst components may produce very high-energy (VHE; >100 GeV) gamma-ray emission at a wide range of spatial scales, from a few Schwarzschild radii of a supermassive black hole to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-24 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , A. Acharyya , F. Aharonian , H. Ashkar , M. Backes , V. Barbosa Martins , R. Batzofin , Y. Becherini , D. Berge , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , J. Borowska , F. Brun , B. Bruno , C. Burger-Scheidlin , S. Casanova , J. Celic , M. Cerruti , S. Chandra , A. Chen , M. Chernyakova , J. O. Chibueze , O. Chibueze , S. Colafrancesco , T. Collins , B. Cornejo , G. Cotter , J. Damascene Mbarubucyeye , J. de Assis Scarpin , M. de Bony de Lavergne , M. de Naurois , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , A. G. Delgado Giler , A. Djannati-Ataï , J. Djuvsland , A. Dmytriiev , R. Ebrahim , K. Egg , C. Escañuela Nieves , K. Feijen , M. D. Filipovic , G. Fontaine , S. Funk , S. Gabici , J. F. Glicenstein , J. Glombitza , P. Goswami , M. -H. Grondin , B. Hess , J. A. Hinton , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , M. Jamrozy , F. Jankowsky , I. Jung-Richardt , E. Kasai , K. Kasprzak , K. Katarzyński , D. Kerszberg , B. Khélifi , N. Komin , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , R. G. Lang , S. Lazarević , V. Lefranc , J. -P. Lenain , P. Liniewicz , A. Luashvili , J. Mackey , D. Malyshev , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , P. Marchegiani , M. Mayer , A. Mehta , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. Moderski , M. O. Moghadam , L. Mohrmann , E. Moulin , J. Niemiec , P. O'Brien , L. Olivera-Nieto , S. Panny , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , U. Pensec , D. A. Prokhorov , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , M. Regeard , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , H. Ren , F. Rieger , B. Rudak , K. Sabri , V. Sahakian , H. Salzmann , M. Sasaki , F. Schüssler , J. N. S. Shapopi , W. Si Said , S. Spencer , Ł. Stawarz , S. Steinmassl , T. Tanaka , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , M. Tsirou , T. Unbehaun , C. van Eldik , M. Vecchi , C. Venter , J. Vink , T. Wach , A. Wierzcholska , A. Zech , W. Zhong

Cherenkov Telescope results on gamma-ray binaries

In the past ten years of regular operations, a new generation of Cherenkov telescopes have established binary systems as a new class of Very High Energy gamma-ray (VHE) emitters. Particle acceleration in these systems may occur either in an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-07-16 Juan Cortina