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Observations with H.E.S.S. revealed a new source of very high-energy (VHE) gamma-rays above 100 GeV - HESS J1825-137 - extending mainly to the south of the energetic pulsar PSR B1823-13. A detailed spectral and morphological analysis of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 S Collaboration , S. Funk , J. A. Hinton , O. C. deJager

We report on the investigation of a very high energy (VHE), Galactic gamma-ray source recently discovered at >50GeV using the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. This object, 2FHL J1703.4-4145, displays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-02 J. Eagle , S. Marchesi , M. Ajello , D. Castro , A. Vendrasco

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

Aims: We provide new insights into the gamma-ray emission from HESS J1912+101, a TeV supernova remnant candidate probably associated with the radio pulsar PSR J1913+1011. Methods: We obtained new observations at 1.5 GHz using the VLA in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-26 Laura Duvidovich , Alberto Petriella

We investigate the nature of the unidentified very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray object, HESS J1832-093, in a multi-wavelength context. Based on X-ray variability and spectral index ($\Gamma_X\sim\,1.5$), and its broad-band spectrum (which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-19 Pak-Hin Thomas Tam , K. K. Lee , Yudong Cui , A. K. H. Kong , K. L. Li , Vlad Tudor , Xinbo He , C. P. Hu , Partha S. Pal

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

The MAGIC collaboration observed BL Lacertae for 22.2 hr during 2005 August to December and for 26 hr during 2006 July to September. The source is the historical prototype and eponym of a class of low-frequency peaked BL Lacertae (LBL)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Albert

The unidentified EGRET source 3EG J1828+0142, located at (l,b) ~ (31.9,5.8) (Hartman et al. 1999), is particularly enigmatic since it displays very high variability over timescales of months (Torres et al. 2000, Tompkins 1999) yet no blazar…

We report the discovery of a giant radio halo in the galaxy cluster RXC J1514.9-1523 at z=0.22 with a relatively low X-ray luminosity, $L_{X \, [0.1-2.4 \rm \, kev]} \sim 7 \times 10^{44}$ erg s$^{-1}$. This faint, diffuse radio source is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Simona Giacintucci , Daniele Dallacasa , Tiziana Venturi , Gianfranco Brunetti , Rossella Cassano , Maxim Markevitch , Ramana M. Athreya

We present a multiwavelength analysis of the high-energy gamma-ray source 3EG J2006-2321. The flux of this source above 100 MeV is shown to be variable on time scales of days and months. Optical observations and careful examination of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. M. Wallace , J. P. Halpern , A. M. Magalhaes , D. J. Thompson

The observational coverage with HESS of the Carina region in VHE gamma-rays benefits from deep exposure (40 h) of the neighboring open cluster Westerlund 2. The observations have revealed a new extended region of VHE gamma-ray emission. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 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 , 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 , G. Dubus , K. Dutson , J. Dyks , M. Dyrda , K. Egberts , P. Eger , P. Espigat , L. Fallon , C. Farnier , S. Fegan , 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. Katarzyński , 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 Oña Wilhelmi , B. Opitz , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , M. Panter , M. Paz Arribas , G. Pedaletti1 , 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 , J. L. Skilton , H. Sol , G. Spengler , Ł. 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

HESS J1825-137 is a bright very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray source that has been firmly established as a pulsar wind nebula (PWN), and one of the most extended gamma-ray objects within this category. The progenitor supernova remnant (SNR)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-06 M. Araya , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. D. Parsons

We present deep radio images at 1.4 GHz of a large and complete sample of BL Lacertae objects (BL Lacs) selected from the Deep X-ray Radio Blazar Survey (DXRBS). We have observed 24 northern sources with the Very Large Array (VLA) in both…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hermine Landt , Hayley E. Bignall

In February 2017 the blazar OJ287, one of the best super-massive binary-black-hole-system candidates, was detected for the first time at very high energies (VHEs; E>100GeV) with the ground-based gamma-ray observatory VERITAS. Very high…

H.E.S.S. is currently the most sensitive instrument in the very-high-energy gamma-ray domain and has revealed many new sources along the Galactic Plane, a significant fraction of which seems to be associated with energetic pulsars. HESS…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Renaud , S. Hoppe , N. Komin , E. Moulin , V. Marandon , A. -C. Clapson

We report on an unidentified gamma-ray signal found in the region around the BL Lac object 1ES 0229+200. It was recognized serendipitously in our analysis of 6.2 years of Fermi-LAT data at a distance less than 3{\deg} away from the blazar.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-02 Stanislav Stefanik , Dalibor Nosek

VERITAS is an array of four 12-m atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, designed to observe the very-high-energy (VHE; E $\geq$100 GeV) sky. Since 2007, it has detected more than 20 extra-galactic sources, the majority of which are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Matteo Cerruti

HESS J0632+057 is the only gamma-ray binary that has been detected at TeV energies, but not at GeV energies yet. Based on nearly nine years of Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) Pass 8 data, we report here on a deep search for the gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-20 Jian Li , Diego F. Torres , K. -S. Cheng , Emma de Ona Wilhelmi , Peter Kretschmar , Xian Hou , Jumpei Takata

Motivated by recent detections of pulsar wind nebulae in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays, a systematic search for VHE gamma-ray sources associated with energetic pulsars was performed, using data obtained with the H.E.S.S. (High Energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 S Collaboration , S. Carrigan , Y. A. Gallant , J. A. Hinton , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , C. Stegmann

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