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Observations of Binary Systems with the H.E.S.S. Telescopes

Observations of binary systems obtained recently with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S) of Cherenkov telescopes are reported. The outcomes of a detailed observation campaign on PSR B1259-63 during its periastron passage in 2014…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 P. Bordas , G. Dubus , P. Eger , J. -P. Ernenwein , H. Laffon , C. Mariaud , T. Murach , M. de Naurois , C. Romoli , F. Schüssler , R. Zanin

H.E.S.S. II observations of the 2014 periastron passage of PSR B1259-63/LS 2883

PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 is a gamma-ray binary system composed of an O9.5Ve main sequence star, LS 2883, and a 47.8 ms spinning neutron star in a highly eccentric 3.4 yr orbit (eccentricity e = 0.87). PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 is so far the only…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 C. Romoli , P. Bordas , C. Mariaud , T. Murach

H.E.S.S. Observations of the Binary System PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around the 2010/2011 Periastron Passage

Aim. In this paper we present very high energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) data from the \gamma-ray binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 taken around its periastron passage (15th of December 2010) with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , : , A. Abramowski , F. Acero , F. Aharonian , A. G. Akhperjanian , G. Anton , S. Balenderan , A. Balzer , A. Barnacka , Y. Becherini , J. Becker Tjus , K. Bernlöhr , E. Birsin , J. Biteau , A. Bochow , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , P. Bordas , J. Brucker , F. Brun , P. Brun , T. Bulik , S. Carrigan , S. Casanova , M. Cerruti , P. M. Chadwick , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Cheesebrough , S. Colafrancesco , G. Cologna , J. Conrad , C. Couturier , 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 , K. Egberts , P. Eger , P. Espigat , L. Fallon , 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 , H. Gast , B. Giebels , J. F. Glicenstein , B. Glück , D. Göring , M. -H. Grondin , M. Grudzińska , S. Häffner , J. D. Hague , J. Hahn , D. Hampf , J. Harris , S. Heinz , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , A. Hillert , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , P. Hofverberg , M. Holler , D. Horns , A. Jacholkowska , C. Jahn , M. Jamrozy , I. Jung , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzyński , U. Katz , S. Kaufmann , B. Khélifi , S. Klepser , D. Klochkov , W. Kluźniak , T. Kneiske , D. Kolitzus , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , R. Kossakowski , F. Krayzel , P. P. Krüger , H. Laffon , G. Lamanna , J. Lefaucheur , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , D. Lennarz , T. Lohse , A. Lopatin , C. -C. Lu , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , J. Masbou , G. Maurin , N. Maxted , M. Mayer , T. J. L. McComb , M. C. Medina , J. Méhault , U. Menzler , R. Moderski , M. Mohamed , E. Moulin , C. L. Naumann , M. Naumann-Godo , M. de Naurois , D. Nedbal , N. Nguyen , J. Niemiec , S. J. Nolan , 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 , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , M. Raue , 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 , V. Sahakian , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , R. Schlickeiser , 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 , C. Trichard , K. Valerius , C. van Eldik , G. Vasileiadis , C. Venter , A. Viana , P. Vincent , H. J. Völk , F. Volpe , S. Vorobiov , M. Vorster , S. J. Wagner , M. Ward , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , D. Wouters , M. Zacharias , A. Zajczyk , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , H. -S. Zechlin

Discovery of the Binary Pulsar PSR B1259-63 in Very-High-Energy Gamma Rays around Periastron with H.E.S.S

We report the discovery of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission of the binary system PSR B1259-63/SS 2883 of a radio pulsar orbiting a massive, luminous Be star in a highly eccentric orbit. The observations around the 2004 periastron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Aharonian

H.E.S.S. observations of the 2021 periastron passage of PSR B1259-63/LS 2883

PSR B1259-63 is a gamma-ray binary system that hosts a pulsar in an eccentric orbit, with a 3.4 year period, around an O9.5Ve star. At orbital phases close to periastron passages, the system radiates bright and variable non-thermal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-27 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 , R. Brose , A. Brown , F. Brun , B. Bruno , T. Bulik , C. Burger-Scheidlin , S. Caroff , S. Casanova , J. Celic , M. Cerruti , T. Chand , S. Chandra , A. Chen , J. Chibueze , O. Chibueze , G. Cotter , J. Damascene Mbarubucyeye , J. Devin , J. Djuvsland , A. Dmytriiev , K. Egberts , S. Einecke , J. -P. Ernenwein , G. Fontaine , S. Funk , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , D. Glawion , J. F. Glicenstein , P. Goswami , G. Grolleron , L. Haerer , B. Heß , W. Hofmann , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , Zhiqiu Huang , M. Jamrozy , F. Jankowsky , V. Joshi , I. Jung-Richardt , E. Kasai , K. Katarzyński , D. Khangulyan , R. Khatoon , B. Khélifi , W. Kluźniak , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , A. Kundu , R. G. Lang , S. Le Stum , F. Leitl , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , F. Leuschner , J. Mackey , D. Malyshev , G. Martí-Devesa , R. Marx , A. Mehta , P. J. Meintjes , A. Mitchell , R. Moderski , L. Mohrmann , A. Montanari , E. Moulin , T. Murach , M. de Naurois , J. Niemiec , S. Ohm , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , M. Ostrowski , S. Panny , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , U. Pensec , G. Peron , D. A. Prokhorov , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , M. Regeard , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , I. Reis , H. Ren , F. Rieger , B. Rudak , E. Ruiz-Velasco , V. Sahakian , H. Salzmann , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , J. Schäfer , F. Schüssler , H. M. Schutte , J. N. S. Shapopi , S. Spencer , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , S. Steinmassl , C. Steppa , K. Streil , I. Sushch , T. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , C. Thorpe-Morgan , M. Tluczykont , T. Unbehaun , C. van Eldik , B. van Soelen , M. Vecchi , C. Venter , J. Vink , T. Wach , S. J. Wagner , F. Werner , A. Wierzcholska , M. Zacharias , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , N. Żywucka

H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT observations of PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 during its 2014 and 2017 periastron passages

PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 is a gamma-ray binary system consisting of a pulsar in an eccentric orbit around a bright Oe stellar-type companion star that features a dense circumstellar disc. The high- and very-high-energy (HE, VHE) gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-22 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , H. Abdalla , R. Adam , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , E. O. Angüner , M. Arakawa , C. Arcaro , C. Armand , H. Ashkar , M. Backes , V. Barbosa Martins , M. Barnard , Y. Becherini , D. Berge , K. Bernlöhr , R. Blackwell , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , S. Bonnefoy , J. Bregeon , M. Breuhaus , F. Brun , P. Brun , M. Bryan , M. Büchele , T. Bulik , T. Bylund , S. Caroff , A. Carosi , S. Casanova , M. Cerruti , T. Chand , S. Chandra , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Chen , S. Colafrancesco , M. Curyło , I. D. Davids , C. Deil , J. Devin , P. deWilt , L. Dirson , A. Djannati-Ataï , A. Dmytriiev , A. Donath , V. Doroshenko , J. Dyks , K. Egberts , G. Emery , J. -P. Ernenwein , S. Eschbach , K. Feijen , S. Fegan , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , S. Funk , M. Füßling , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , F. Gaté , G. Giavitto , L. Giunti , D. Glawion , J. F. Glicenstein , D. Gottschall , M. -H. Grondin , J. Hahn , M. Haupt , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , C. Hoischen , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , D. Huber , H. Iwasaki , M. Jamrozy , D. Jankowsky , F. Jankowsky , A. Jardin-Blicq , I. Jung-Richardt , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzyński , M. Katsuragawa , U. Katz , D. Khangulyan , B. Khélifi , J. King , S. Klepser , W. Kluźniak , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , M. Kreter , G. Lamanna , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , E. Leser , C. Levy , T. Lohse , I. Lypova , J. Mackey , J. Majumdar , D. Malyshev , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , A. Mares , C. Mariaud , G. Martí-Devesa , R. Marx , G. Maurin , P. J. Meintjes , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. Moderski , M. Mohamed , L. Mohrmann , C. Moore , E. Moulin , J. Muller , T. Murach , S. Nakashima , M. de Naurois , H. Ndiyavala , F. Niederwanger , J. Niemiec , L. Oakes , P. O'Brien , H. Odaka , S. Ohm , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , C. Perennes , P. -O. Petrucci , B. Peyaud , Q. Piel , S. Pita , V. Poireau , A. Priyana Noel , D. A. Prokhorov , H. Prokoph , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , R. Rauth , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , Q. Remy , M. Renaud , F. Rieger , L. Rinchiuso , C. Romoli , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , E. Ruiz-Velasco , V. Sahakian , S. Sailer , S. Saito , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , R. Schlickeiser , F. Schüssler , A. Schulz , H. M. Schutte , U. Schwanke , S. Schwemmer , M. Seglar-Arroyo , M. Senniappan , A. S. Seyffert , N. Shafi , K. Shiningayamwe , R. Simoni , A. Sinha , H. Sol , A. Specovius , M. Spir-Jacob , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , C. Steppa , T. Takahashi , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , 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 , P. Vincent , J. Vink , H. J. Völk , T. Vuillaume , Z. Wadiasingh , S. J. Wagner , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , R. Yang , H. Yoneda , M. Zacharias , R. Zanin , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , J. Zorn , N. Żywucka , P. Bordas

VHE Emission from PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around 2010/2011 Periastron Passage observed with H.E.S.S

PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 is a binary system consisting of a 48 ms pulsar orbitting around a Be star with an orbital period of ~3.4 years. The system was detected at very high energies (VHE; E > 100 GeV) by the High Energy Stereoscopic System…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-03-07 I. Sushch , M. de Naurois , U. Schwanke , G. Spengler , P. Bordas

Multi-wavelength Observations of the Binary System PSR B1259-63/LS~2883 around the 2014 Periastron Passage

We report on the results of the extensive multi-wavelength campaign from optical to GeV gamma-rays of the 2014 periastron passage of PSR B1259-63, which is a unique high-mass gamma-ray emitting binary system with a young pulsar companion.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-14 M. Chernyakova , A. Neronov , B. van Soelen , P. Callanan , L. O'Shaughnessy , Iu. Babyk , S. Tsygankov , Ie. Vovk , R. Krivonos , J. A. Tomsick , D. Malyshev , J. Li , K. Wood , D. Torres , S. Zhang , P. Kretschmar , M. V. McSwain , D. Buckley , C. Koen

High-energy observations of PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 through the 2014 periastron passage: connecting X-rays to the GeV flare

The binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 is well sampled in radio, X-rays, and TeV gamma-rays, and shows orbital phase-dependent variability in these frequencies. The first detection of GeV gamma-rays from the system was made around the 2010…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 P. H. T. Tam , K. L. Li , J. Takata , A. T. Okazaki , C. Y. Hui , A. K. H. Kong

The radio to GeV picture of PSR B1259-63 during the 2021 periastron passage

PSR B1259-63 is a gamma-ray binary system with a radio pulsar orbiting an O9.5Ve star, LS 2883, with a period of ~3.4 yr. Close to the periastron the system is detected at all wavelengths, from radio to the TeV energies. The emission in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-02 M. Chernyakova , D. Malyshev , B. van Soelen , S. Mc Keague , S. P. O'Sullivan , D. Buckley

High energy $\gamma$-ray emission from PSR B1259$-$63 during 2014 and 2010 periastron passages

PSR B1259$-$63/SS 2883 is a $\gamma$-ray binary system composed of a radio pulsar in a long (1236.7 days) and elliptical ($e\sim0.87$) orbit around a Be star. In its 2010 periastron passage, multiwavelength emission from radio to TeV was…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-27 G. Andrea Caliandro , C. C. Teddy Cheung , Jian Li , Diego F. Torres , Kent Wood

Multi-wavelength properties of the 2021 periastron passage of PSR B1259-63

PSR B1259-63 is a gamma-ray binary system hosting a radio pulsar orbiting around a O9.5Ve star, LS 2883, with a period of ~3.4 years. The interaction of the pulsar wind with the LS 2883 outflow leads to unpulsed broadband emission in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-08 Maria Chernyakova , Denys Malyshev , Brian van Soelen , Shane O'Sullivan , Charlotte Sobey , S. Tsygankov , Samuel Mc. Keague , Jacob Green , Matthew Kirwan , Andrea Santangelo , Gerd Pühlhofer , Itumeleng M. Monageng

Gamma-rays from PSR B1259 -63

The high-energy gamma-ray emission discovered using the H.E.S.S. telescopes from the binary system PSR B1259 -63, is modelled using an extension of the approach that successfully predicted it. We find that the simultaneous INTEGRAL and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 J. G. Kirk , Lewis Ball , S. Johnston

Multi-wavelength observations of the binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around the 2010-2011 periastron passage

We report on broad multi-wavelength observations of the 2010-2011 periastron passage of the gamma-ray loud binary system PSR B1259-63. High resolution interferometric radio observations establish extended radio emission trailing the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-03-05 M. Chernyakova , A. A. Abdo , A. Neronov , M. V. McSwain , J. Moldón , M. Ribó , J. M. Paredes , I. Sushch , M. de Naurois , U. Schwanke , Y. Uchiyama , K. Wood , S. Johnston , S. Chaty , A. Coleiro , D. Malyshev , Iu. Babyk

Gamma-ray flare activity from PSR B1259-63 during 2014 periastron passage and comparison to its 2010 passage

PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 is a gamma-ray binary system containing a radio pulsar in a highly elliptical ~3.4-year orbit around a Be star. In its 2010 periastron passage, multiwavelength emission from radio to TeV was observed, as well as an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-30 G. A. Caliandro , C. C. Cheung , J. Li , J. D. Scargle , D. F. Torres , K. S. Wood , M. Chernyakova

Multiwavelength coverage of the 2024 periastron passage of PSR B1259-63 / LS 2883

PSR B1259-63 is a gamma-ray binary system with a 48 ms radio pulsar orbiting around an O9.5Ve star, LS 2883, in a highly eccentric ~3.4 yr long orbit. Close to the periastron the system is detected from radio up to the TeV energies due to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-27 M. Chernyakova , D. Malyshev , B. van Soelen , A. Finn Gallagher , N. Matchett , T. D. Russell , J. van den Eijnden , M. E. Lower , S. Johnston , S. Tsygankov , A. Salganik , Iu. Shebalkova

GRB Observations with H.E.S.S. II

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) has been searching for counterparts of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) for many years. In 2012 the system was upgraded with a fifth $28$ m diameter telescope (CT5) which is equipped with faster motors…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 C. Hoischen , A. Blazer , E. Bissaldi , M. Füßling , T. Garrigoux , D. Gottschall , M. Holler , A. Mitchell , P. O'Brien , R. Parsons , G. Pühlhofer , G. Rowell , F. Schüssler , P. H. T. Tam , S. Wagner

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

Discovery of High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from the Binary System PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 Around Periastron with Fermi

We report on the discovery of \geq 100 MeV {\gamma} rays from the binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 using the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board Fermi. The system comprises a radio pulsar in orbit around a Be star. We report on LAT…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-06-30 A. A. Abdo , Fermi LAT Collaboration , M. Chernyakova , A. Neronov , E. Grundstrom , the Fermi Pulsar Timing Consortium

The GeV emission of PSR B1259-63 during its last three periastron passages observed by Fermi-LAT

PSR B1259-63 is a $\gamma$-ray emitting high mass X-ray binary system, in which the compact object is a millisecond pulsar. The system has an orbital period of 1236.7 d and shows peculiar $\gamma$-ray flares when the neutron star moves out…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-16 Zhi Chang , Shu Zhang , Yu-Peng Chen , Long Ji , Ling-Da Kong , Cong-Zhan Liu