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Radio properties of Very High Energy gamma-ray sources

Radio observations of very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray sources are fundamental to identify and reveal their nature, as well as to understand the physics behind these energetic sources. I will comment on some characteristics of extragalactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-04 Josep M. Paredes

Galactic transient sources with the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

A wide variety of Galactic sources show transient emission at soft and hard X-ray energies: low- and high-mass X-ray binaries containing compact objects, isolated neutron stars exhibiting extreme variability as magnetars as well as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-29 Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory Consortium

Gamma-ray and X-ray Properties of Pulsar Wind Nebulae and Unidentified Galactic TeV Sources

We review properties of Galactic VHE sources detected at TeV energies. The number of associations between the VHE sources and pulsars has grown in recent years, making pulsar-wind nebulae the dominant population, although there is still a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-05-14 Oleg Kargaltsev , Blagoy Rangelov , George G. Pavlov

On the Origin of TeV Gamma-ray Emission from HESS J1834-087

We present an X-ray study of the field containing the extended TeV source HESS J1834-087 using data obtained with the XMM-Newton telescope. Previously, the coincidence of this source with both the shell-type supernova remnant (SNR) W41 and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 R. Mukherjee , E. V. Gotthelf , J. P. Halpern

The TeV gamma-ray luminosity of the Milky-Way and the contribution of H.E.S.S. unresolved sources to VHE diffuse emission

H.E.S.S. has recently completed a systematic survey of the Galactic plane in the TeV energy domain. We analyze the flux, latitude and longitude distributions of $\gamma-$ray sources observed by H.E.S.S. in order to infer the properties of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-02 Maddalena Cataldo , Giulia Pagliaroli , Vittoria Vecchiotti , Francesco Lorenzo Villante

Anisotropic diffusion cannot explain TeV halo observations

TeV halos are regions of enhanced photon emissivity surrounding pulsars. While multiple sources have been discovered, a self-consistent explanation of their radial profile and spherically-symmetric morphology remains elusive due to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-12 Pedro De La Torre Luque , Ottavio Fornieri , Tim Linden

Multiple Galactic Sources with Emission Above 56 TeV Detected by HAWC

We present the first catalog of gamma-ray sources emitting above 56 and 100 TeV with data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory, a wide field-of-view observatory capable of detecting gamma rays up to a few hundred TeV.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-16 HAWC Collaboration , A. U. Abeysekara , A. Albert , R. Alfaro , J. R. Angeles Camacho , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , K. P. Arunbabu , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , V. Baghmanyan , E. Belmont-Moreno , S. Y. BenZvi , C. Brisbois , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , S. Coutiño de León , E. De la Fuente , C. de León , S. Dichiara , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , R. W. Ellsworth , K. Engel , C. Espinoza , H. Fleischhack , N. Fraija , A. Galván-Gámez , D. Garcia , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , J. P. Harding , S. Hernandez , J. Hinton , B. Hona , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , S. Kaufmann , D. Kieda , A. Lara , W. H. Lee , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , J. Lundeen , R. López-Coto , K. Malone , S. S. Marinelli , O. Martinez , I. Martinez-Castellanos , J. Martínez-Castro , H. Martínez-Huerta , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , J. A. Morales-Soto , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , A. Peisker , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , J. Pretz , Z. Ren , C. D. Rho , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , M. Rosenberg , E. Ruiz-Velasco , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , H. Schoorlemmer , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , R. W. Springer , P. Surajbali , E. Tabachnick , M. Tanner , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , L. Villaseñor , T. Weisgarber , J. Wood , T. Yapici , H. Zhang , H. Zhou

TeV Gamma-ray Astronomy: The Story So Far

A snapshot is presented of the present status of our knowledge of the TeV gamma-ray universe. Emphasis is put on observations made using the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique. The capabilities of the present generation of telescopes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Trevor C. Weekes

3HWC: The Third HAWC Catalog of Very-High-Energy Gamma-ray Sources

We present a new catalog of TeV gamma-ray sources using 1523 days of data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory. The catalog represents the most sensitive survey of the Northern gamma-ray sky at energies above several…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-27 A. Albert , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. R. Angeles Camacho , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , K. P. Arunbabu , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , V. Baghmanyan , E. Belmont-Moreno , S. Y. BenZvi , C. Brisbois , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , U. Cotti , S. Coutiño de León , E. De la Fuente , R. Diaz Hernandez , L. Diaz-Cruz , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , M. Durocher , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , R. W. Ellsworth , K. Engel , C. Espinoza , K. L. Fan , K. Fang , M. Fernández Alonso , H. Fleischhack , N. Fraija , A. Galván-Gámez , D. Garcia , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , G. Giacinti , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , J. P. Harding , S. Hernandez , J. Hinton , B. Hona , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , D. Kieda , A. Lara , W. H. Lee , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , J. Lundeen , R. López-Coto , K. Malone , V. Marandon , O. Martinez , I. Martinez-Castellanos , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , J. A. Morales-Soto , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , L. Olivera-Nieto , N. Omodei , A. Peisker , Y. Pérez Araujo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , Z. Ren , C. D. Rho , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , E. Ruiz-Velasco , H. Salazar , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , H. Schoorlemmer , F. Serna , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , R. W. Springer , P. Surajbali , E. Tabachnick , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , T. N. Ukwatta , F. Ureña-Mena , T. Weisgarber , F. Werner , E. Willox , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou , C. de León , J. D. Álvarez

Diffuse TeV Gamma-Ray Emission in the H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey

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

Extended Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission Surrounding PSR J0622 + 3749 Observed by LHAASO-KM2A

We report the discovery of an extended very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray source around the location of the middle-aged (207.8 kyr) pulsar PSR J0622+3749 with the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO). The source is detected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-07 The LHAASO collabration , Zhen Cao , F. Aharonian , Y. X. Bai , Y. W. Bao , D. Bastieri , X. J. Bi , Y. J. Bi , W. Bian , A. V. Bukevich , C. M. Cai , W. Y. Cao , Zhe Cao , J. Chang , J. F. Chang , A. M. Chen , E. S. Chen , G. H. Chen , H. X. Chen , Liang Chen , Long Chen , M. J. Chen , M. L. Chen , Q. H. Chen , S. Chen , S. H. Chen , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , X. B. Chen , X. J. Chen , Y. Chen , N. Cheng , Y. D. Cheng , M. C. Chu , M. Y. Cui , S. W. Cui , X. H. Cui , Y. D. Cui , B. Z. Dai , H. L. Dai , Z. G. Dai , Danzengluobu , Y. X. Diao , X. Q. Dong , K. K. Duan , J. H. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , J. Fang , J. H. Fang , K. Fang , C. F. Feng , H. Feng , L. Feng , S. H. Feng , X. T. Feng , Y. Feng , Y. L. Feng , S. Gabici , B. Gao , C. D. Gao , Q. Gao , W. Gao , W. K. Gao , M. M. Ge , T. T. Ge , L. S. Geng , G. Giacinti , G. H. Gong , Q. B. Gou , M. H. Gu , F. L. Guo , J. Guo , X. L. Guo , Y. Q. Guo , Y. Y. Guo , Y. A. Han , O. A. Hannuksela , M. Hasan , H. H. He , H. N. He , J. Y. He , X. Y. He , Y. He , S. Hernández-Cadena , B. W. Hou , C. Hou , X. Hou , H. B. Hu , S. C. Hu , C. Huang , D. H. Huang , J. J. Huang , T. Q. Huang , W. J. Huang , X. T. Huang , X. Y. Huang , Y. Huang , Y. Y. Huang , X. L. Ji , H. Y. Jia , K. Jia , H. B. Jiang , K. Jiang , X. W. Jiang , Z. J. Jiang , M. Jin , S. Kaci , M. M. Kang , I. Karpikov , D. Khangulyan , D. Kuleshov , K. Kurinov , B. B. Li , Cheng Li , Cong Li , D. Li , F. Li , H. B. Li , H. C. Li , Jian Li , Jie Li , K. Li , L. Li , R. L. Li , S. D. Li , T. Y. Li , W. L. Li , X. R. Li , Xin Li , Y. Li , Y. Z. Li , Zhe Li , Zhuo Li , E. W. Liang , Y. F. Liang , S. J. Lin , B. Liu , C. Liu , D. Liu , D. B. Liu , H. Liu , H. D. Liu , J. Liu , J. L. Liu , J. R. Liu , M. Y. Liu , R. Y. Liu , S. M. Liu , W. Liu , X. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. N. Liu , Y. Q. Lou , Q. Luo , Y. Luo , H. K. Lv , B. Q. Ma , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , J. R. Mao , Z. Min , W. Mitthumsiri , G. B. Mou , H. J. Mu , A. Neronov , K. C. Y. Ng , M. Y. Ni , L. Nie , L. J. Ou , P. Pattarakijwanich , Z. Y. Pei , J. C. Qi , M. Y. Qi , J. J. Qin , A. Raza , C. Y. Ren , D. Ruffolo , A. Sáiz , D. Semikoz , L. Shao , O. Shchegolev , Y. Z. Shen , X. D. Sheng , Z. D. Shi , F. W. Shu , H. C. Song , Yu. V. Stenkin , V. Stepanov , Y. Su , D. X. Sun , H. Sun , Q. N. Sun , X. N. Sun , Z. B. Sun , N. H. Tabasam , J. Takata , P. H. T. Tam , H. B. Tan , Q. W. Tang , R. Tang , Z. B. Tang , W. W. Tian , C. N. Tong , L. H. Wan , C. Wang , G. W. Wang , H. G. Wang , J. C. Wang , K. Wang , Kai Wang , Kai Wang , L. P. Wang , L. Y. Wang , L. Y. Wang , R. Wang , W. Wang , X. G. Wang , X. J. Wang , X. Y. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. D. Wang , Z. H. Wang , Z. X. Wang , Zheng Wang , D. M. Wei , J. J. Wei , Y. J. Wei , T. Wen , S. S. Weng , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , Q. W. Wu , S. Wu , X. F. Wu , Y. S. Wu , S. Q. Xi , J. Xia , J. J. Xia , G. M. Xiang , D. X. Xiao , G. Xiao , Y. L. Xin , Y. Xing , D. R. Xiong , Z. Xiong , D. L. Xu , R. F. Xu , R. X. Xu , W. L. Xu , L. Xue , D. H. Yan , T. Yan , C. W. Yang , C. Y. Yang , F. F. Yang , L. L. Yang , M. J. Yang , R. Z. Yang , W. X. Yang , Z. H. Yang , Z. G. Yao , X. A. Ye , L. Q. Yin , N. Yin , X. H. You , Z. Y. You , Q. Yuan , H. Yue , H. D. Zeng , T. X. Zeng , W. Zeng , X. T. Zeng , M. Zha , B. B. Zhang , B. T. Zhang , C. Zhang , F. Zhang , H. Zhang , H. M. Zhang , H. Y. Zhang , J. L. Zhang , Li Zhang , P. F. Zhang , P. P. Zhang , R. Zhang , S. R. Zhang , S. S. Zhang , W. Y. Zhang , X. Zhang , X. P. Zhang , Yi Zhang , Yong Zhang , Z. P. Zhang , J. Zhao , L. Zhao , L. Z. Zhao , S. P. Zhao , X. H. Zhao , Z. H. Zhao , F. Zheng , W. J. Zhong , B. Zhou , H. Zhou , J. N. Zhou , M. Zhou , P. Zhou , R. Zhou , X. X. Zhou , X. X. Zhou , B. Y. Zhu , C. G. Zhu , F. R. Zhu , H. Zhu , K. J. Zhu , Y. C. Zou , X. Zuo

Hypernova and Gamma-Ray Burst Remnants as TeV Unidentified Sources

We investigate hypernova (hyper-energetic supernova) and gamma-ray burst (GRB) remnants in our Galaxy as TeV gamma-ray sources, particularly in the role of potential TeV unidentified sources, which have no clear counterpart at other…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-23 Kunihito Ioka , Peter Meszaros

Highlights from TeV Extragalactic Sources

The number of discovered TeV sources populating the extragalactic sky in 2017 is nearly 70, mostly blazars located up to a redshift ~1. Ten years ago, in 2007, less than 20 TeV emitters were known, up to a maximum redshift of 0.2. This is a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-06 Elisa Prandini

Chandra Observation of the Unidentified TeV Gamma-Ray Source HESS J1303-631 in the Galactic Plane

The imaging atmospheric Cherenkov array H.E.S.S. recently discovered an extended source in the 0.4$-$10 TeV energy range, HESS J1303-631. We obtained a 5 ks observation with the ACIS-I array on the Chandra X-ray observatory that does not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Mukherjee , J. P. Halpern

The Fourth HAWC Catalog of Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources

We present an updated catalog of TeV gamma-ray sources based on the fifth pass of data from the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory. This release benefits from improved event reconstruction and nearly three additional years of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-03 R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , E. Anita-Rangel , M. Araya , J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , P. Bangale , E. Belmont-Moreno , A. Bernal , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistran , A. Carraminana , F. Carreon , S. Casanova , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , S. Coutino de Leon , E. De la Fuente , P. Desiati , N. Di Lalla , R. Diaz Hernandez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , J. C. Dıaz-Velez , K. Engel , T. Ergin , C. Espinoza , K. Fang , N. Fraija , S. Fraija , J. A. Garcıa-Gonzalez , F. Garfias , N. Ghosh , M. M. Gonzalez , J. A. Gonzalez , J. A. Goodman , S. Groetsch , D. Guevel , S. Hernandez-Cadena , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , P. Huntemeyer , A. Iriarte , S. Kaufmann , D. Kieda , A. Lara , K. Leavitt , T. Lewis , H. Leon Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , O. Martinez , J. Martınez-Castro , H. Martınez-Huerta , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafa , M. Najafi , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , R. Noriega-Papaqui , N. Omodei , M. Osorio-Archila , E. Ponce , Y. Perez Araujo , E. G. Perez-Perez , Q. Remy , A. Rodriguez Parra , D. Rosa-Gonzalez , M. Roth , H. Salazar , A. Sandoval , J. Serna-Franco , Y. Son , R. W. Springer , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , R. Turner , E. Varela , L. Villasenor , I. J. Watson , H. Wu , S. Yu , X. Zhang , H. Zhou , C. de Leon

The PeV Frontier: Status of Gamma-ray astronomy after two decades with H.E.S.S., MAGIC, VERITAS and the new window recently opened by HAWC and LHAASO

One of the main purposes in $\gamma$-ray astronomy is linked to the origin of Galactic cosmic rays. Unlike cosmic rays, $\gamma$ rays can be used to probe their production sites in the Galaxy and to find which type of astrophysical sources…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-18 J. Devin

Insights from LHAASO and IceCube into the origin of the Galactic diffuse TeV--PeV emission

The high-energy diffuse gamma-ray emission and neutrino emission are expected from the Galactic plane, generated by hadronuclear interactions between cosmic rays (CR) and interstellar medium (ISM). Therefore, measurements of these diffuse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-19 Kai Yan , Ruo-Yu Liu , Rui Zhang , Chao-Ming Li , Qiang Yuan , Xiang-Yu Wang

HAWC and Fermi-LAT Detection of Extended Emission from the Unidentified Source 2HWC J2006+341

The discovery of the TeV point source 2HWC J2006+341 was reported in the second HAWC gamma-ray catalog. We present a follow-up study of this source here. The TeV emission is best described by an extended source with a soft spectrum. At GeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-11 A. Albert , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. R. Angeles Camacho , M. Araya , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , K. P. Arunbabu , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , V. Baghmanyan , E. Belmont-Moreno , C. Brisbois , K. S. Caballero-Mora , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , U. Cotti , E. De la Fuente , C. de León , R. Diaz Hernandez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , M. Durocher , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , C. Espinoza , H. Fleischhack , N. Fraija , A. Galván-Gámez , D. Garcia , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , J. P. Harding , B. Hona , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , R. López-Coto , G. Luis-Raya , J. Lundeen , K. Malone , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , L. Nellen , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , N. Omodei , A. Peisker , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , C. D. Rho , D. Rosa-González , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , R. W. Springer , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , F. Ureña-Mena , L. Villaseñor , T. Weisgarber , E. Willox , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

Supernova remnants in the very-high-energy gamma-ray domain: the role of the Cherenkov telescope array

Supernova remnants are often presented as the most probable sources of Galactic cosmic rays. This idea is supported by the accumulation of evidence that particle acceleration is happening at supernova remnant shocks. Observations in the TeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-20 P. Cristofari , S. Gabici , T. B. Humensky , M. Santander , R. Terrier , E. Parizot , S. Casanova

Chandra View of the Unidentified TeV Gamma-ray Source HESS J1804-216

We present high-resolution X-ray images taken with the Chandra X-ray Observatory of the field that contains the unidentified TeV gamma-ray source HESS J1804-216. A total of eleven discrete sources were detected with a posteriori…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Wei Cui , Alexander Konopelko