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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-09 Jelena Ćelić , Rodrigo Guedes Lang , Simon Steinmassl , Jim Hinton , Stefan Funk

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) experiment is one of the largest observatories for gamma-ray astronomy. It consists of four telescopes with a reflecting dish diameter of 12m (CT1 to CT4) and a newer large telescope (CT5) with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Daniel Gottschall , Andreas Förster , Antonio Bonardi , Andrea Santangelo , Gerd Pühlhofer

H.E.S.S. - the High Energy Stereoscopic System- is a new system of large atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes for GeV/TeV astronomy. Each of the four telescopes of 107 m^2 mirror area is equipped with a 960-pixel photomulitiplier-tube camera.…

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We present a sophisticated gamma-ray likelihood reconstruction technique for Imaging Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescopes. The technique is based on the comparison of the raw Cherenkov camera pixel images of a photon induced atmospheric particle…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Mathieu de Naurois , Loic Rolland

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO), a next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory, will be composed of two arrays of multiple imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) located in both the Northern and Southern…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-19 T. Miener , I. Viale , B. Lacave , A. Cerviño

H.E.S.S. -- the High Energy Stereoscopic System -- is a new system of large imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, with about 100 m^2 mirror area for each of four telescopes, and photomultiplier cameras with a large field of view (5…

In this paper we proposed a joint reconstruction of \gray events using both extensive air array (EAS) and Imaging air Cherenkov Telescope array (IACT). We considered eight Cherenkov telescopes to be built on the LHAASO (Large High Altitude…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-23 Zhipeng Zhang , Ruizhi Yang , Shoushan Zhang , Liqiao Yin , Jiali Liu , Yudong Wang , Lingling Ma , Zhen Cao

The scientific discoveries made by H.E.S.S. during its first year of operation encourage a reexamination of the open problems in high energy astrophysics and of the capabilities of the atmospheric Cherenkov technique, which could be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Vassiliev , S. Fegan

For air showers observed simultaneously by more than two imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, the shower geometry is overconstrained by the images and image information should be combined taking into account the quality of the images.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 W. Hofmann , I. Jung , A. Konopelko , H. Krawczynski , H. Lampeitl , G. Puehlhofer

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) phase I instrument was an array of four $100\,\mathrm{m}^2$ mirror area Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) that has very successfully mapped the sky at photon energies above $\sim…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Holler , D. Berge , C. van Eldik , J. -P. Lenain , V. Marandon , T. Murach , M. de Naurois , R. D. Parsons , H. Prokoph , D. Zaborov

Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) are used to observe very high-energy photons from the ground. Gamma rays are indirectly detected through the Cherenkov light emitted by the air showers they induce. The new generation of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-27 CTA-LST Project , : , K. Abe , S. Abe , A. Abhishek , F. Acero , A. Aguasca-Cabot , I. Agudo , C. Alispach , N. Alvarez Crespo , D. Ambrosino , L. A. Antonelli , C. Aramo , A. Arbet-Engels , C. Arcaro , K. Asano , P. Aubert , A. Baktash , M. Balbo , A. Bamba , A. Baquero Larriva , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , L. Barrios Jiménez , I. Batkovic , J. Baxter , J. Becerra González , E. Bernardini , J. Bernete Medrano , A. Berti , I. Bezshyiko , P. Bhattacharjee , C. Bigongiari , E. Bissaldi , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , P. Bordas , G. Borkowski , G. Brunelli , A. Bulgarelli , I. Burelli , L. Burmistrov , M. Buscemi , M. Cardillo , S. Caroff , A. Carosi , M. S. Carrasco , F. Cassol , N. Castrejón , D. Cauz , D. Cerasole , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , K. Cheng , A. Chiavassa , M. Chikawa , G. Chon , L. Chytka , G. M. Cicciari , A. Cifuentes , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , H. Costantini , P. Da Vela , M. Dalchenko , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , M. de Bony de Lavergne , B. De Lotto , R. de Menezes , R. Del Burgo , L. Del Peral , C. Delgado , J. Delgado Mengual , D. della Volpe , M. Dellaiera , A. Di Piano , F. Di Pierro , R. Di Tria , L. Di Venere , C. Díaz , R. M. Dominik , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , L. Eisenberger , D. Elsässer , G. Emery , J. Escudero , V. Fallah Ramazani , F. Ferrarotto , A. Fiasson , L. Foffano , L. Freixas Coromina , S. Fröse , Y. Fukazawa , R. Garcia López , C. Gasbarra , D. Gasparrini , D. Geyer , J. Giesbrecht Paiva , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , N. Godinovic , R. Grau , D. Green , J. Green , S. Gunji , P. Günther , J. Hackfeld , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , T. Hassan , K. Hayashi , L. Heckmann , M. Heller , J. Herrera Llorente , K. Hirotani , D. Hoffmann , D. Horns , J. Houles , M. Hrabovsky , D. Hrupec , D. Hui , M. Iarlori , R. Imazawa , T. Inada , Y. Inome , S. Inoue , K. Ioka , M. Iori , A. Iuliano , I. Jimenez Martinez , J. Jimenez Quiles , J. Jurysek , M. Kagaya , O. Kalashev , V. Karas , H. Katagiri , J. Kataoka , D. Kerszberg , Y. Kobayashi , K. Kohri , A. Kong , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , M. Lainez , G. Lamanna , A. Lamastra , L. Lemoigne , M. Linhoff , F. Longo , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , A. Lorini , J. Lozano Bahilo , H. Luciani , P. L. Luque-Escamilla , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , D. Mandat , M. Manganaro , G. Manicò , K. Mannheim , S. Marchesi , M. Mariotti , P. Marquez , G. Marsella , J. Martí , O. Martinez , G. Martínez , M. Martínez , A. Mas-Aguilar , G. Maurin , D. Mazin , J. Méndez-Gallego , E. Mestre Guillen , S. Micanovic , D. Miceli , T. Miener , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , T. Mizuno , M. Molero Gonzalez , E. Molina , T. Montaruli , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , A. Morselli , V. Moya , H. Muraishi , S. Nagataki , T. Nakamori , A. Neronov , L. Nickel , M. Nievas Rosillo , L. Nikolic , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , D. Nosek , V. Novotny , S. Nozaki , M. Ohishi , Y. Ohtani , T. Oka , A. Okumura , R. Orito , J. Otero-Santos , P. Ottanelli , E. Owen , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , F. R. Pantaleo , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , M. Pech , M. Pecimotika , M. Peresano , F. Pfeifle , E. Pietropaolo , M. Pihet , G. Pirola , C. Plard , F. Podobnik , E. Pons , E. Prandini , C. Priyadarshi , M. Prouza , S. Rainò , R. Rando , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , C. Righi , V. Rizi , G. Rodriguez Fernandez , M. D. Rodríguez Frías , A. Ruina , E. Ruiz-Velasco , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , D. A. Sanchez , H. Sano , T. Šarić , Y. Sato , F. G. Saturni , V. Savchenko , F. Schiavone , B. Schleicher , F. Schmuckermaier , J. L. Schubert , F. Schussler , T. Schweizer , M. Seglar Arroyo , T. Siegert , J. Sitarek , V. Sliusar , J. Strišković , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , H. Tajima , H. Takahashi , M. Takahashi , J. Takata , R. Takeishi , P. H. T. Tam , S. J. Tanaka , D. Tateishi , T. Tavernier , P. Temnikov , Y. Terada , K. Terauchi , T. Terzic , M. Teshima , M. Tluczykont , F. Tokanai , D. F. Torres , P. Travnicek , A. Tutone , M. Vacula , P. Vallania , J. van Scherpenberg , M. Vázquez Acosta , S. Ventura , G. Verna , I. Viale , A. Vigliano , C. F. Vigorito , E. Visentin , V. Vitale , V. Voitsekhovskyi , G. Voutsinas , I. Vovk , T. Vuillaume , R. Walter , L. Wan , M. Will , J. Wójtowicz , T. Yamamoto , R. Yamazaki , P. K. H. Yeung , T. Yoshida , T. Yoshikoshi , W. Zhang , N. Zywucka

Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy aims at reconstructing the energy and direction of gamma rays from the extensive air showers they initiate in the atmosphere. Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT) collect the Cherenkov light…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Gabriel Emery , Cyril Alispach , Mykhailo Dalchenko , Luca Foffano , Matthieu Heller , Teresa Montaruli

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is an array of five imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes in Namibia observing gamma-rays in the energy range from a few tens of GeV to a few tens of TeV. The Cherenkov signal detected by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 Justus Zorn , H. E. S. S. Collaboration

Arrays of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACT) are superb instruments to probe the very-high-energy gamma-ray sky. This type of telescope focuses the Cherenkov light emitted from air showers, initiated by very-high-energy gamma…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 D. Nieto , T. Miener , A. Brill , J. L. Contreras , T. B. Humensky , R. Mukherjee

The construction of the H.E.S.S. (High Energy Stereoscopic System), a superior system of four 12 m imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, has been completed recently in the Namib desert close to Windhoek, at 1800 m above sea level. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Konopelko

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

We suggest a new approach to study the cosmis ray (CR) mass composition in the energy region from 30 TeV/nucleus up to the "knee" region, i.e. up to a few PeV/nucleus, using an array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. A. Aharonian , V. V. Bugayov , J. Kettler , A. V. Plyasheshnikov , H. J. Voelk

At present, the ground-based astronomy of very high energy (VHE) (E>100 GeV) gamma-rays experiences the challenging transition phase caused by the substantial upgrading of its observational instrumentation. Recently the HEGRA collaboration…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Alexander K Konopelko

In order to better utilize the information contained in the shower images generated by imaging Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) equipped with cameras with small pixels, images are fit to a parametrization of image shapes gained from Monte Carlo…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Ulrich , A. Daum , G. Hermann , W. Hofmann

In July 2012, as the four ground-based gamma-ray telescopes of the H.E.S.S. (High Energy Stereoscopic System) array reached their tenth year of operation in Khomas Highlands, Namibia, a fifth telescope took its first data as part of the…