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We investigate the physical mechanisms of high-energy gamma-ray emission from the TeV-emitting misaligned active galactic nucleus IC 310. Eight years of data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT) between 100 MeV and 500 GeV are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-20 Jamie Graham , Anthony Brown , Paula Chadwick

Recently, detections of a high-energy gamma-ray source at the position of the Galactic center have been reported by multiple gamma-ray telescopes, spanning the energy range between 100 MeV and 100 TeV. Analysis of these signals strongly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Tim Linden , Elizabeth Lovegrove , Stefano Profumo

The galactic center (GC) has long been a region of interest for high-energy and very-high-energy observations. Many potential sources of GeV/TeV gamma-ray emission are located in the GC region, e.g. the accretion of matter onto the central…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 M. Beilicke , the VERITAS Collaboration

Centaurus A (Cen A) is the nearest radio galaxy discovered as a very-high-energy (VHE; 100 GeV-100 TeV) $\gamma$-ray source by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). It is a faint VHE $\gamma$-ray emitter, though its VHE flux…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-14 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , H. Abdalla , A. Abramowski , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , E. O. Angüner , M. Arakawa , C. Armand , M. Arrieta , M. Backes , A. Balzer , M. Barnard , Y. Becherini , J. Becker Tjus , D. Berge , S. Bernhard , K. Bernlöhr , R. Blackwell , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , S. Bonnefoy , P. Bordas , J. Bregeon , F. Brun , P. Brun , M. Bryan , M. Büchele , T. Bulik , M. Capasso , S. Caroff , A. Carosi , S. Casanova , M. Cerruti , N. Chakraborty , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Chen , J. Chevalier , S. Colafrancesco , B. Condon , J. Conrad , I. D. Davids , J. Decock , C. Deil , J. Devin , P. deWilt , L. Dirson , A. Djannati-Ataï , A. Donath , L. O'C. Drury , J. Dyks , T. Edwards , K. Egberts , G. Emery , J. -P. Ernenwein , S. Eschbach , C. Farnier , S. Fegan , M. V. Fernandes , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , S. Funk , M. Füßling , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , T. Garrigoux , F. Gaté , G. Giavitto , D. Glawion , J. F. Glicenstein , D. Gottschall , M. -H. Grondin , J. Hahn , M. Haupt , J. Hawkes , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , C. Hoischen , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , A. Ivascenko , H. Iwasaki , A. Jacholkowska , M. Jamrozy , D. Jankowsky , F. Jankowsky , M. Jingo , L. Jouvin , I. Jung-Richardt , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzyński , M. Katsuragawa , U. Katz , D. Kerszberg , D. Khangulyan , B. Khélifi , J. King , S. Klepser , D. Klochkov , W. Kluźniak , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , S. Krakau , M. Kraus , P. P. Krüger , H. Laffon , G. Lamanna , J. Lau , J. Lefaucheur , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , E. Leser , T. Lohse , M. Lorentz , R. Liu , R. López-Coto , I. Lypova , D. Malyshev , 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 , L. Mohrmann , K. Morå , E. Moulin , T. Murach , S. Nakashima , M. de Naurois , H. Ndiyavala , F. Niederwanger , J. Niemiec , L. Oakes , P. O'Brien , H. Odaka , S. Ohm , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , M. Padovani , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , N. W. Pekeur , G. Pelletier , C. Perennes , P. -O. Petrucci , B. Peyaud , Q. Piel , S. Pita , V. Poireau , D. A. Prokhorov , H. Prokoph , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , R. Rauth , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , R. de los Reyes , F. Rieger , L. Rinchiuso , C. Romoli , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , C. B. Rulten , V. Sahakian , S. Saito , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , R. Schlickeiser , F. Schüssler , A. Schulz , U. Schwanke , S. Schwemmer , M. Seglar-Arroyo , A. S. Seyffert , N. Shafi , I. Shilon , K. Shiningayamwe. R. Simoni , H. Sol , F. Spanier , M. Spir-Jacob , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , C. Steppa , I. Sushch , T. Takahashi , J. -P. Tavernet , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , L. Tibaldo , D. Tiziani , M. Tluczykont , C. Trichard , M. Tsirou , N. Tsuji , R. Tuffs , Y. Uchiyama , D. J. van der Walt , C. van Eldik , C. van Rensburg , 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 , D. Zaborov , M. Zacharias , R. Zanin , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , F. Zefi , A. Ziegler , J. Zorn , N. Żywucka , Fermi-LAT collaboration , J. D. Magill , S. Buson , C. C. Cheung , J. S. Perkins , Y. Tanaka

Several groups have recently claimed evidence for an unaccounted gamma-ray excess over {the} diffuse backgrounds at few GeV in {the} Fermi-LAT data in a region around the Galactic Center, consistent with a dark matter annihilation origin.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Jovana Petrovic , Pasquale Dario Serpico , Gabrijela Zaharijas

1ES 0414+009 (z = 0.287) is a distant high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object, and has long been considered a likely emitter of very-high energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-rays due to its high X-ray and radio flux. Observations in the VHE gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 The HESS Collaboration , A. Abramowski , F. Acero , F. Aharonian , A. G. Akhperjanian , G. Anton , A. Balzer , A. Barnacka , U. Barres de Almeida , Y. Becherini , J. Becker , B. Behera , K. Bernlöhr , E. Birsin , J. Biteau , A. Bochow , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , P. Bordas , J. Brucker , F. Brun , P. Brun , T. Bulik , I. Büsching , S. Carrigan , S. Casanova , M. Cerruti , P. M. Chadwick , A. Charbonnier , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Cheesebrough , L. -M. Chounet , A. C. Clapson , G. Coignet , G. Cologna , J. Conrad , M. Dalton , M. K. Daniel , I. D. Davids , B. Degrange , C. Deil , H. J. Dickinson , A. Djannati-Ataï , W. Domainko , L. O'C. Drury , F. Dubois , G. Dubus , K. Dutson , J. Dyks , M. Dyrda , K. Egberts , P. Eger , P. Espigat , L. Fallon , C. Farnier , F. Feinstein , M. V. Fernandes , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , A. Förster , M. Füßling , Y. A. Gallant , H. Gast , L. Gérard , D. Gerbig , B. Giebels , J. F. Glicenstein , B. Glück , P. Goret , D. Göring , S. Häffner , J. D. Hague , D. Hampf , M. Hauser , S. Heinz , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , J. A. Hinton , A. Hoffmann , W. Hofmann , P. Hofverberg , M. Holler , D. Horns , A. Jacholkowska , O. C. de Jager , C. Jahn , M. Jamrozy , I. Jung , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzynski , U. Katz , S. Kaufmann , D. Keogh , D. Khangulyan , B. Khélifi , D. Klochkov W. Kluźniak , T. Kneiske , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , R. Kossakowski , H. Laffon , G. Lamanna , D. Lennarz , T. Lohse , A. Lopatin , C. -C. Lu , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , J. Masbou , D. Maurin , N. Maxted , M. Mayer , T. J. L. McComb , M. C. Medina , J. Méhault , R. Moderski , E. Moulin , C. L. Naumann , M. Naumann-Godo , M. de Naurois , D. Nedbal , D. Nekrassov , N. Nguyen , B. Nicholas , J. Niemiec , S. J. Nolan , S. Ohm , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , B. Opitz , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , M. Panter , M. Paz Arribas , G. Pedaletti , G. Pelletier , P. -O. Petrucci , S. Pita , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , M. Raue , S. M. Rayner , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , R. de los Reyes , F. Rieger , J. Ripken , L. Rob , S. Rosier-Lees , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , C. B. Rulten , J. Ruppel , V. Sahakian , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , R. Schlickeiser , F. M. Schöck , A. Schulz , U. Schwanke , S. Schwarzburg , S. Schwemmer , F. Sheidaei , M. Sikora , J. L. Skilton , H. Sol , G. Spengler , L. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , F. Stinzing , K. Stycz , I. Sushch , A. Szostek , J. -P. Tavernet , R. Terrier , M. Tluczykont , K. Valerius , C. van Eldik , G. Vasileiadis , C. Venter , J. P. Vialle , A. Viana , P. Vincent , H. J. Völk , F. Volpe , S. Vorobiov , M. Vorster , S. J. Wagner , M. Ward , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , M. Zacharias , A. Zajczyk , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , H. -S. Zechlin , L. Costamante , S. Fegan , M. Ajello

We report on a detailed investigation of the high-energy gamma-ray emission from NGC\,1275, a well-known radio galaxy hosted by a giant elliptical located at the center of the nearby Perseus cluster. With the increased photon statistics,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 J. Kataoka , L. Stawarz , C. C. Cheung , G. Tosti , E. Cavazzuti , A. Celotti , S. Nishino , Y. Fukazawa , D. J. Thompson , W. F. McConville

An excess of gamma rays at GeV energies has been detected in the Fermi-LAT data. This signal comes from a narrow region around the Galactic Center and has been interpreted as possible evidence for light (30 GeV) dark matter particles.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-01-30 Thomas Lacroix

Since its launch, the Fermi satellite has firmly identified 5 pulsar wind nebulae plus a large number of candidates, all powered by young and energetic pulsars. HESS J1857+026 is a spatially extended gamma-ray source detected by H.E.S.S.…

We present a catalog of sources of very high energy (E>100 GeV) gamma-rays detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope at Galactic latitudes |b|>=10 degrees. We cross-correlate the directions of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 A. Neronov , D. V. Semikoz , Ie. Vovk

The inner 10 pc of our galaxy contains many counterpart candidates of the very high energy (VHE; > 100 GeV) gamma-ray point source HESS J1745-290. Within the point spread function of the H.E.S.S. measurement, at least three objects are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 The HESS Collaboration , F. Acero

The HESS Galactic Plane Survey (HGPS), published in 2018, presented a decade of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations along the Galactic plane. This study was accompanied by the release of several maps in FITS format, offering a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-19 François Brun , Baptiste Le Nagat-Neher , Marianne Lemoine-Goumard , Marie-Hélène Grondin , Paul Fauverge

Excess of gamma rays with a spherical morphology around the Galactic center (GC) observed in the Fermi large area telescope (LAT) data is one of the most intriguing features in the gamma-ray sky. The excess has been interpreted by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-07 Dmitry V. Malyshev

Galaxy clusters could produce gamma-rays from inverse Compton scattering of cosmic ray electrons or hadronic interactions of cosmic ray protons with the intracluster medium. It is still an open question on whether gamma-ray emission ($>$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-12 Siddhant Manna , Shantanu Desai

We discuss the radio {\it arc} at the galactic center to be the counterpart of the high-energy \gr source 2EG J1746-2852. The observed \gr flux is constant within the statistical limits and the spectrum is very hard. The lack of variability…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 Martin Pohl

We present a catalog of high-energy gamma-ray sources detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT), the primary science instrument on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fermi), during the first 11 months of the science phase of the mission,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 LAT Collaboration

The Fermi-LAT \gamma-ray data have been used to study the morphological and spectral features of the so-called GeV excess - a diffuse radiation component recently discovered towards the Galactic centre. We used the likelihood method to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-27 Rui-zhi Yang , Felix Aharonian

We present a new Fermi-LAT analysis of the Galactic-center excess (GCE) designed to substantially reduce the dominant systematic uncertainties associated with interstellar-emission and source modeling in the inner Galaxy. Using an optimized…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-29 Mattia Di Mauro

In this paper we fit the observed galactic cosmic ray electron spectrum from a few MeV to 1 TeV. New data from Voyager from 5-60 MeV beyond the heliopause is used along with high energy data from the PAMELA, FERMI and AMS-2 instruments in…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-08-26 W. R. Webber

The high energy activity in the inner few degrees of the Galactic center is traced by diffuse radio, X-ray and gamma-ray emission. The physical relationship between different components of diffuse gas emitting at multiple wavelengths is a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 F. Yusef-Zadeh , J. W. Hewitt , M. Wardle , V. Tatischeff , D. Roberts , W. Cotton , H. Uchiyama , M. Nobukawa , T. G. Tsuru , C. Heinke , M. Royster