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Discovery of the two wings of the Kookaburra complex in VHE gamma -rays with H.E.S.S

Aims. Search for Very High Energy gamma-ray emission in the Kookaburra complex through observations with the H.E.S.S. array. Methods. Stereoscopic imaging of Cherenkov light emission of the gamma-ray showers in the atmosphere is used for…

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

Characterising the VHE diffuse emission in the central 200 parsecs of our Galaxy with H.E.S.S

The diffuse very high-energy (VHE, > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission observed in the central 200 pc of the Milky Way by H.E.S.S. was found to follow the dense matter distribution in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) up to a longitudinal distance…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-11 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , : , H. Abdalla , A. Abramowski , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , A. G. Akhperjaniany , T. Andersson , E. O. Angüner , M. Arakawa , M. Arrieta , P. Aubert , 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 , J. Carr , S. Casanova , M. Cerruti , N. Chakraborty , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Chen , J. Chevalier , M. Coffaro , S. Colafrancesco , G. Cologna , B. Condon , J. Conrad , Y. Cui , I. D. Davids , J. Decock , B. Degrange , C. Deil , J. Devin , P. deWilt , L. Dirson , A. Djannati-Ataï , W. Domainko , A. Donath , L. O. C. Drury , K. Dutson , J. Dyks , 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 , Y. A. Gallant , T. Garrigoux , G. Giavitto , B. Giebels , J. F. Glicenstein , D. Gottschall , A. Goyal , 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 , M. Janiak , D. Jankowsky , F. Jankowsky , M. Jingo , T. Jogler , L. Jouvin , I. Jung-Richardt , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzynski , M. Katsuragawa , U. Katz , D. Kerszberg , D. Khangulyan , B. Khélifi , J. King , S. Klepser , D. Klochkov , W. Kluzniak , D. Kolitzus , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , S. Krakau1 , M. Kraus , 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 , T. Lohse , M. Lorentz , R. Liu , R. Lopez-Coto , I. Lypova , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , C. Mariaud , R. Marx , G. Maurin , N. Maxted , M. Mayer , P. J. Meintjes , M. Meyer , A. M. W. Mitchel , R. Moderski , M. Mohamed , L. Mohrmann , K. Morå , E. Moulin , T. Murach , S. Nakashima , M. de Naurois , 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 , H. Poon , D. Prokhorov , H. Prokoph , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , R. Rauth , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , R. de los Reyes , S. Richter , F. Rieger , C. Romoli , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , C. B. Rulten , V. Sahakian , S. Saito , D. Salek , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , R. Schlickeiser , F. Schüssler , A. Schulz , U. Schwanke , S. Schwemmer , M. Seglar-Arroyo , 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 , K. Stycz , I. Sushch , T. Takahashi , J. P. Tavernet , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , L. Tibaldo , D. Tiziani , M. Tluczykont , C. Trichard , 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 , N. Zywucka

Detection of Excess Hard X-ray Emission from the Group of Galaxies HCG62

From the group of galaxies HCG62, we detected an excess hard X-ray emission in energies above $\sim 4$ keV with \A SCA. The excess emission is spatially extended up to $\sim10'$ from the group center, and somewhat enhanced toward north. Its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Yasushi Fukazawa , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Naoki Isobe , Kazuo Makishima , Kyoko Matsushita , Takaya Ohashi , Tsuneyoshi Kamae

High latitude emission from structured jet of Gamma-Ray Bursts observed off-axis

The X-ray emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is often characterized by an initial steep decay, followed by a nearly constant emission phase (so called "plateau") which can extend up to thousands of seconds. While the steep decay is usually…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-27 Stefano Ascenzi , Gor Oganesyan , Om S. Salafia , Marica Branchesi , Giancarlo Ghirlanda , Simone Dall'Osso

Evidence for long-term Gamma-ray and X-ray variability from the unidentified TeV source HESS J0632+057

HESS J0632+057 is one of only two unidentified very-high-energy gamma-ray sources which appear to be point-like within experimental resolution. It is possibly associated with the massive Be star MWC 148 and has been suggested to resemble…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-11 VERITAS Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , E. Aliu , T. Arlen , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , D. Boltuch , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , A. Cannon , A. Cesarini , A. Cesarini , Y. C. Chow , L. Ciupik , P. Cogan , R. Dickherber , C. Duke , T. Ergin , A. Falcone , S. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , P. Fortin , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , K. Gibbs , G. H. Gillanders , J. Grube , R. Guenette , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , D. Horan , C. M. Hui , T. B. Humensky , A. Imran , P. Kaaret , N. Karlsson , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , J. Kildea , A. Konopelko , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , S. LeBohec , G. Maier , A. McCann , M. McCutcheon , J. Millis , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , J. S. Perkins , D. Petry , M. Pohl , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , H. J. Rose , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , A. W. Smith , D. Steele , M. Theiling , J. A. Toner , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , R. G. Wagner , S. P. Wakely , J. E. Ward , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , T. Weisgarber , D. A. Williams , S. Wissel , M. Wood

Hadronic Origin of Sub-PeV Gamma-Ray Emission from LHAASO J0621+3755

Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-rays in pulsars, and their surrounding halos, are interpreted to originate from the leptonic channel, electromagnetic interactions through electron inverse Compton (IC) scattering. In the hadronic scenario,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-18 Sonali Sahoo , Ankan Roy , Kritika Yadav , Reetanjali Moharana

Leptonic and Hadronic Models of High-energy Nebula Around V4641 Sgr

A prominent, 200-pc-scale high-energy nebula surrounding the microquasar V4641~Sgr is the brightest known gamma-ray source in the Southern sky at $E > 100\,\mathrm{TeV}$. In this paper, we develop self-consistent leptonic, hadronic, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-16 Maksim Kleimenov , Andrii Neronov , Foteini Oikonomou , Dmitri Semikoz

HESS J1831$-$098 -- Exploring a pulsar halo scenario with H.E.S.S. data

Pulsar halos are a class of extended very-high-energy (VHE) sources highlighted by the HAWC observatory towards the Geminga pulsar and PSR B0656$+$14. These VHE sources are interpreted as the inverse Compton emission from electrons and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-06 Karim Sabri , Yves Gallant , Justine Devin , Kirsty Feijen

Observation of TeV gamma-rays from the unidentified source HESS J1841-055 with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

We report the observation of a very high energy \gamma-ray source, whose position is coincident with HESS J1841-055. This source has been observed for 4.5 years by the ARGO-YBJ experiment from November 2007 to July 2012. Its emission is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-04-04 YBJ Collaboration , B. Bartoli , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , I. Bolognino , P. Branchini , A. Budano , A. K. Calabrese Melcarne , P. Camarri , Z. Cao , R. Cardarelli , S. Catalanotti , C. Cattaneo , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , Y. Chen , P. Creti , S. W. Cui , B. Z. Dai , G. DAli Staiti , A. DAmone , Danzengluobu , I. De Mitri , B. DEttorre Piazzoli , T. Di Girolamo , X. H. Ding , G. Di Sciascio , C. F. Feng , Zhaoyang Feng , Zhenyong Feng , F. Galeazzi , E. Giroletti , Q. B. Gou , Y. Q. Guo , H. H. He , Haibing Hu , Hongbo Hu , Q. Huang , M. Iacovacci , R. Iuppa , I. James , H. Y. Jia , Labaciren , H. J. Li , J. Y. Li , X. X. Li , G. Liguori , C. Liu , C. Q. Liu , J. Liu , M. Y. Liu , H. Lu , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , G. Mancarella , S. M. Mari , G. Marsella , D. Martello , S. Mastroianni , P. Montini , C. C. Ning , A. Pagliaro , M. Panareo , B. Panico , L. Perrone , P. Pistilli , F. Ruggieri , P. Salvini , R. Santonico , S. N. Sbano , P. R. Shen , X. D. Sheng , F. Shi , A. Surdo , Y. H. Tan , P. Vallania , S. Vernetto , C. Vigorito , B. Wang , H. Wang , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , B. Xu , L. Xue , Q. Y. Yang , X. C. Yang , Z. G. Yao , A. F. Yuan , M. Zha , H. M. Zhang , Jilong Zhang , Jianli Zhang , L. Zhang , P. Zhang , X. Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , J. Zhao , Zhaxiciren , Zhaxisangzhu , X. X. Zhou , F. R. Zhu , Q. Q. Zhu , G. Zizzi

Modelling the Galactic very-high-energy $\gamma$-ray source population

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) Galactic plane survey (HGPS) is to date the most comprehensive census of Galactic $\gamma$-ray sources at very high energies (VHE; $100\,\mathrm{GeV}\leq E\leq 100\,\mathrm{TeV}$). As a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-18 Constantin Steppa , Kathrin Egberts

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

H.E.S.S. discovery of very-high-energy gamma-ray emission of PKS 1440-389

Blazars are the most abundant class of known extragalactic very-high-energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-ray sources. However, one of the biggest difficulties in investigating their VHE emission resides in their limited number, since less than 60…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 H. Prokoph , Y. Becherini , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. -P. Lenain , I. Sushch

The Cosmic Ray Distribution in Sagittarius B

The HESS instrument has observed a diffuse flux of ~ TeV gamma rays from a large solid angle around the Galactic center (GC). This emission is correlated with the distribution of gas in the region suggesting that the gamma rays originate in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-05 Roland M. Crocker , David Jones , Raymond J. Protheroe , Juergen Ott , Ron Ekers , Fulvio Melia , Todor Stanev , Anne Green

Hadronic high-energy gamma-ray emission from the microquasar LS I $+61 303$

We present a hadronic model for gamma-ray production in the microquasar LS I $+61 303$. The system is formed by a neutron star that accretes matter from the dense and slow equatorial wind of the Be primary star. We calculate the gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Gustavo E. Romero , Hugo R. Christiansen , Mariana Orellana

New Results from High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy

High energy gamma-ray astronomy has recently made significant progresss through ground-based instruments like the {\it H.E.S.S.} array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The unprecedented angular resolution and the large field of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Heinrich J. Voelk

Suzaku Observation of HESS J1507-622

HESS J1507-622 is one of the bright unidentified TeV objects. HESS J1507-622 is unique, since the location of the object is off the Galactic disk. We observed the HESS J1507-622 region with the Suzaku XIS, and found no obvious counterpart…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-07-25 H. Matsumoto , Y. Terada , A. Bamba , M. Sakai , O. Tibolla , S. Kaufmann

An interacting molecular cloud scenario for production of gamma-rays and neutrinos from MAGIC J1835-069, and MAGIC J1837-073

Recently the MAGIC telescope observed three TeV gamma-ray extended sources in the galactic plane in the neighborhood of radio SNR G24.7+0.6. Among them, the PWN HESS J1837-069 was detected earlier by the HESS observatory during its first…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-05 Prabir Banik , Arunava Bhadra

Hadronic versus leptonic origin of the gamma-ray emission from Supernova Remnant RX J1713.7-3946

Aims. The hadronic vs. leptonic origin of the gamma-ray emission from the Supernova Remnant RX J1713.7-3946 is discussed both in the light of new observations and from a theoretical point of view. Methods. The existing good spatial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. G. Berezhko , H. J. Völk

HAWC, VERITAS, Fermi-LAT and XMM-Newton follow-up observations of the unidentified ultra-high-energy gamma-ray source LHAASO J2108+5157

We report observations of the ultra-high-energy gamma-ray source LHAASO J2108$+$5157, utilizing VERITAS, HAWC, Fermi-LAT, and XMM-Newton. VERITAS has collected $\sim$ 40 hours of data that we used to set ULs to the emission above 200 GeV.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-27 The VERITAS collaboration , C. B. Adams , P. Bangale , W. Benbow , J. H. Buckley , Y. Chen , J. L. Christiansen , A. J. Chromey , M. Escobar Godoy , S. Feldman , Q. Feng , J. Foote , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , W. Hanlon , O. Hervet , C. E. Hinrichs , J. Holder , Z. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , W. Jin , P. Kaaret , M. Kertzman , M. Kherlakian , D. Kieda , T. K. Kleiner , N. Korzoun , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , M. Lundy , G. Maier , M. J. Millard , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , W. Ning , R. A. Ong , M. Pohl , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , P. L. Rabinowitz , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , D. Ribeiro , E. Roache , I. Sadeh , L. Saha , G. H. Sembroski , R. Shang , D. Tak , A. K. Talluri , J. V. Tucci , J. Valverde , D. A. Williams , S. L. Wong , J. Woo The HAWC collaboration , : , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. C. Arteaga-Vel'azquez , D. Avila Rojas , R. Babu , E. Belmont-Moreno , A. Bernal , K. S. Caballero-Mora , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , E. De la Fuente , C. de León , D. Depaoli , P. Desiati , N. Di Lalla , R. Diaz Hernandez , M. A. DuVernois , K. Engel , T. Ergin , C. Espinoza , K. L. Fan , N. Fraija , S. Fraija , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , A. Gonzalez Muñoz , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , S. Groetsch , J. P. Harding , S. Hernández-Cadena , I. Herzog , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , S. Kaufmann , A. Lara , J. Lee , H. León Vargas , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , K. Malone , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , J. A. Morales-Soto , E. Moreno , M. Araya , M. Mostafá , M. Najafi , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , N. Omodei , E. Ponce , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , C. D. Rho , D. Rosa-González , M. Roth , H. Salazar , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , J. Serna-Franco , A. J. Smith , Y. Son , R. W. Springer , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , R. Turner , F. Ureña-Mena , E. Varela , L. Villaseñor , X. Wang , Z. Wang , I. J. Watson , H. Wu , S. Yu , S. Yun-Cárcamo , H. Zhou , M. Martin The XMM-Newton collaboration , : , Kaya Mori , Charles J. Hailey , Samar Safi-Harb , Shuo Zhang

The gamma-ray emission from 3HWC J1928+178

The gamma-ray source 3HWC J1928+178, discovered by HAWC, is coincident with the 82 kyr pulsar PSR J1928+1746, located 4 kpc away. It has not been reported by any Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT), until the recent detection of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-31 Armelle Jardin-Blicq