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We report on new Suzaku and XMM-Newton results concerning HESS J1614-518, which is one of the brightest extended TeV gamma-ray sources and has two regions with intense gamma-ray emission. We newly observed the south and center regions of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Michito Sakai , Yukie Yajima , Hironori Matsumoto

The recent results from ground based $\gamma$-ray detectors (HESS, MAGIC, VERITAS) provide a population of TeV galactic $\gamma$-ray sources which are potential sources of High Energy (HE) neutrinos. Since the $\gamma$-rays and $\nu$ -s are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-20 N. Sahakyan

HESS J1943+213 is a very high energy (VHE; 100 GeV) {\gamma}-ray source in the direction of the Galactic plane. 38 hours of deep VERITAS observations taken over two seasons detect the source with ~20 {\sigma} significance. Monitoring…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-09 Karlen Shahinyan , the VERITAS Collaboration

Thanks to the use of advanced analysis techniques, the H.E.S.S. imaging Cherenkov telescope array has now reached a sensitivity level allowing the detection of sources with fluxes around 1% of the Crab with a limited observation time (less…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Hélène Laffon , Fabio Acero , Francois Brun , Bruno Khélifi , Gerd Pühlhofer , Régis Terrier

The source HESS J1809-193 was discovered in 2006 in data of the Galactic Plane survey, followed by several re-observations. It shows a hard gamma-ray spectrum and the emission is clearly extended. Its vicinity to PSR J1809-1917, a high…

The bright gamma-ray quasar 4C +55.17 is a distant source ($z = 0.896$) with a hard spectrum at GeV energies as observed by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the {{\it Fermi}} satellite. This source is identified as a good source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Aleksić , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , A. Babic , P. Bangale , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , K. Berger , E. Bernardini , A. Biland , O. Blanch , R. K. Bock , S. Bonnefoy , G. Bonnoli , F. Borracci , T. Bretz , E. Carmona , A. Carosi , D. Carreto Fidalgo , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , G. De Caneva , B. De Lotto , C. Delgado Mendez , M. Doert , A. Domínguez , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Eisenacher , D. Elsaesser , E. Farina , D. Ferenc , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , K. Frantzen , C. Fruck , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , D. Garrido Terrats , M. Gaug , G. Giavitto , N. Godinović , A. González Mu\ noz , S. R. Gozzini , D. Hadasch , M. Hayashida , A. Herrero , D. Hildebrand , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , W. Idec , V. Kadenius , H. Kellermann , M. L. Knoetig , K. Kodani , Y. Konno , J. Krause , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , D. Lelas , N. Lewandowska , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , E. Lorenz , I. Lozano , M. Makariev , K. Mallot , G. Maneva , N. Mankuzhiyil , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , B. Marcote , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , U. Menzel , M. Meucci , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , A. Moralejo , P. Munar-Adrover , D. Nakajima , A. Niedzwiecki , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , N. Nowak , R. Orito , A. Overkemping , S. Paiano , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , X. Paredes-Fortuny , S. Partini , M. Persic , F. Prada , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , S. Preziuso , I. Puljak , R. Reinthal , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , J. Rodriguez Garcia , S. Rügamer , A. Saggion , T. Saito , K. Saito , M. Salvati , K. Satalecka , V. Scalzotto , V. Scapin , C. Schultz , T. Schweizer , S. N. Shore , A. Sillanpää , J. Sitarek , I. Snidaric , D. Sobczynska , F. Spanier , V. Stamatescu , A. Stamerra , T. Steinbring , J. Storz , S. Sun , T. Surić , L. Takalo , H. Takami , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , J. Thaele , O. Tibolla , D. F. Torres , T. Toyama , A. Treves , P. Vogler , R. M. Wagner , F. Zandanel , R. Zanin

The gamma-ray binary HESS J0632+057 has been observed at very-high energies (E $>$ 100 GeV) for more than ten years by the major systems of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. We present a summary of results obtained with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 G. Maier , O. Blanch , D. Hadasch , A. López-Oramas , N. Komin , M. Lundy , D. Malyshev , J. Moepi , S. Ohm , G. Pühlhofer , R. Prado , S. Schlenstedt , D. F. Torres , B. Zitzer

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

Suzaku observations of a TeV unidentified (unID) source, HESS J1745-303, are presented. A possible excess of neutral iron line emission is discovered, and is likely associated with the main part of HESS J1745-303, named "region A". It may…

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

The energetic pulsar PSR B1706-44 and the adjacent supernova remnant (SNR) candidate G 343.1-2.3 were observed by H.E.S.S. during a dedicated observational campaign in 2007. A new source of very-high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 S. Hoppe , E. de Oña-Wilhemi , B. Khélifi , R. C. G. Chaves , O. C. de Jager , C. Stegmann , R. Terrier

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

To understand Galactic objects that emits GeV-TeV emission, a spatial correlation study between the Fermi bright source catalog and TeV source population was carried out in Tam et al. (2010), finding that a significant number of very…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-11-07 P. Tam , S. Wagner

A number of Galactic sources emit GeV-TeV gamma rays that are produced through leptonic and/or hadronic mechanisms. Spectral analysis in this energy range is crucial in order to understand the emission mechanisms. The HAWC Gamma-Ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Hao Zhou , C. Michelle Hui , Petra Huentemeyer

The field of the extended TeV source HESS J1804-216 was serendipitously observed with the Chandra ACIS detector. The data reveal several X-ray sources within the bright part of HESS J1804-216. The brightest of these objects, CXOU…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 O. Kargaltsev , G. G. Pavlov , G. P. Garmire

The main goal of this paper is to provide new insights on the origin of the observable flux of gamma rays from HESS J1809-193 using new high-quality observations in the radio domain. We used the Expanded Very Large Array (now known as the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-24 G. Castelletti , E. Giacani , A. Petriella

Gamma-ray emission in the TeV range has been detected by HESS from two X-ray binaries: PSR B1259-63 and LS 5039. In both, the early-type star provides large numbers of target photons for pair-production with TeV gamma-rays. This results in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Guillaume Dubus

We present a multi-epoch, multi-observatory X-ray analysis for 2FHL J1745.1-3035, a newly discovered very high energy Galactic source detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) located in close proximity to the Galactic Center…

Diffuse gamma-ray emission has long been established as the most prominent feature in the GeV sky. Although the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique has been successful in revealing a large population of discrete TeV gamma-ray sources, a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 K. Egberts , F. Brun , S. Casanova , W. Hofmann , M. de Naurois , O. Reimer , Q. Weitzel , Y. Fukui

We present a Chandra X-ray observation of G12.82-0.02, a shell-like radio supernova remnant coincident with the TeV gamma-ray source HESS J1813-178. We resolve the X-ray emission from the co-located ASCA source into a compact object…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 E. V. Gotthelf , D. J. Helfand