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The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation ground-based observatory for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy, with the deployment of tens of highly sensitive and fast-reacting Cherenkov telescopes. It will cover a…

We present eight epochs of 43 GHz, dual-polarisation VLBA observations of the gravitational lens system PKS 1830-211, made over fourteen weeks. A bright, compact ``core'' and a faint extended ``jet'' are clearly seen in maps of both lensed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Jin , M. A. Garrett , S. Nair , R. W. Porcas , A. R. Patnaik , R. Nan

We present observations of the SS 433 jets using the Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer with contemporaneous optical and VLBA observations. The X-ray and optical emission line regions are found to be related but not…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is about to enter construction phase and one of its main key science projects is to perform an unbiased survey in search of extragalactic sources. We make use of both the latest blazar gamma--ray…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-04 Andrea De Franco , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde , Garret Cotter

Ground-based arrays of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes have emerged as the most sensitive gamma-ray detectors in the energy range of about 100 GeV and above. The strengths of these arrays are a very large effective collection area…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 H. Krawczynski , D. A. Carter-Lewis , C. Duke , J. Holder , G. Maier , S. Le Bohec , G. Sembroski

We present an $r$--band photometric monitoring of the two images A and B of the gravitationally lensed quasar SDSS J1442+4055 using the Liverpool Telescope (LT). From the LT light curves between 2015 December and 2018 August, we derive at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-18 Vyacheslav N. Shalyapin , Luis J. Goicoechea

Sub-milliarcsecond imaging of nearby main sequence stars and binary systems can provide critical information on stellar phenomena such as rotational deformation, accretion effects, and the universality of starspot (sunspot) cycles.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-22 Dave Kieda , Nolan Matthews

The recently identified source class of pulsar halos may be populated and bright enough at TeV energies to constitute a large fraction of the sources that will be observed with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), especially in the context…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-03 Christopher Eckner

Context. Blazars are the most numerous class of High Energy (HE; E about 50 MeV - few 100 GeV) and Very High Energy (VHE; E about 100 GeV - 10 TeV) gamma-ray emitters. As of today, a measured spectroscopic redshift is available for only…

Four mosaics of deep, continuum-subtracted, CCD images have been obtained over the extensive galactic radio continuum shell, W 50, which surrounds the remarkable stellar system SS 433. Two of these mosaics in the Halpha+[N II] and [O III]…

Around 160 gamma-ray pulsars were discovered by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) since 2008. The most energetic of them, 12 objects with emission above 25 GeV, are suitable candidates for the detection with the current and future…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-09 A. Burtovoi , T. Y. Saito , L. Zampieri , T. Hassan

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

ABRIDGED We present new results on the variations in speed and direction of the jet bolides in the Galactic microquasar SS433, from high resolution spectra, taken with the ESO 3.6-m New Technology Telescope almost nightly over 0.4 of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Katherine Blundell , Michael Bowler , Linda Schmidtobreick

SS 433 is a microquasar, a stellar binary system with collimated relativistic jets. We observed SS 433 in gamma rays using the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), finding an energy-dependent shift in the apparent position of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-30 F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , J. Aschersleben , H. Ashkar , M. Backes , V. Barbosa Martins , R. Batzofin , Y. Becherini , D. Berge , K. Bernlöhr , B. Bi , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , M. de Bony de Lavergne , J. Borowska , M. Bouyahiaou , M. Breuhau , R. Brose , A. M. Brown , F. Brun , B. Bruno , T. Bulik , C. Burger-Scheidlin , S. Caroff , S. Casanova , R. Cecil , J. Celic , M. Cerruti , T. Chand , S. Chandra , A. Chen , J. Chibueze , O. Chibueze , G. Cotter , S. Dai , J. Damascene Mbarubucyeye , A. Djannati-Ataï , A. Dmytriiev , V. Doroshenko , K. Egberts , S. Einecke , J. -P. Ernenwein , M. Filipovic , G. Fontaine , S. Funk , S. Gabici , S. Ghafourizadeh , G. Giavitto , D. Glawion , J. F. Glicenstein , G. Grolleron , L. Haerer , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , M. Jamrozy , F. Jankowsky , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , I. Jung-Richardt , E. Kasai , K. Katarzyński , R. Khatoon , B. Khélifi , S. Klepser , W. Kluźniak , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , A. Kundu , R. G. Lang , S. Le Stum , F. Leitl , A. Lemière , J. -P. Lenain , F. Leuschner , T. Lohse , A. Luashvili , J. Mackey , D. Malyshev , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , P. Marchegiani , A. Marcowith , G. Martí-Devesa , R. Marx , A. Mehta , A. Mitchell , R. Moderski , L. Mohrmann , A. Montanari , E. Moulin , T. Murach , K. Nakashima , M. de Naurois , J. Niemiec , A. Priyana Noel , S. Ohm , L. Olivera-Nieto , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , M. Ostrowski , S. Panny , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , G. Peron , D. A. Prokhorov , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , P. Reichherzer , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , H. Ren , M. Renaud , B. Reville , F. Rieger , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , H. Rueda Ricarte , E. Ruiz-Velasco , V. Sahakian , H. Salzman , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , J. Schäfer , F. Schüssler , U. Schwanke , J. N. S. Shapopi , H. Sol , A. Specovius , S. Spencer , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , S. Steinmassl , C. Steppa , K. Streil , I. Sushch , H. Suzuki , T. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , M. Tsirou , N. Tsuji , T. Unbehaun , C. van Eldik , M. Vecchi , J. Veh , C. Venter , J. Vink , T. Wach , S. J. Wagner , F. Werner , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , Yu Wun Wong , M. Zacharias , D. Zargaryan , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , S. Zouari , N. Żywucka

We carry out a shape and weak lensing analysis of Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio sources and Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) optical sources within the European Large Area Infrared Space Observatory Survey-North 1 (ELAIS-N1) field. Using HSC…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-27 Jinyi Liu , Reinout van Weeren , Huub Rottgering , Konrad Kuijken

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), is an international project for the next generation ground- based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy in the energy range from 20 GeV to 300 TeV. The sensitivity in the core energy range will be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-07 Markus Garczarczyk , Stefan Schlenstedt , Louise Oakes , Ullrich Schwanke , the MST Team

SS 433, located at the center of the W 50 radio nebula, is a binary system that ejects jets oriented east-west with precessional motion. X-ray lobes, containing compact "knots" labeled as head (e1), lenticular (e2), and ring (e3) in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-19 Kazuho Kayama , Takaaki Tanaka , Hiroyuki Uchida , Takeshi Go Tsuru , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Dmitry Khangulyan , Naomi Tsuji , Hiroaki Yamamoto

The water Cherenkov detector array (WCDA) is one of the key detectors in the large high altitude air shower observatory (LHAASO), which is proposed for very high gamma ray source survey. In WCDA, there are more than 3000 photomultiplier…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-06-26 Shengzhi Zhou , Lei Zhao , Yuxiang Guo , Ruoshi Dong , Boyu Cheng , Jiajun Qin , Sifan Qian , Shubin Liu , Qi An

Pachmarhi Array of \v{C}erenkov Telescopes (PACT) has been designed to search for celestial TeV $\gamma-$rays using the wavefront sampling technique. PACT, located at Pachmarhi, (latitude 22$^\circ$ 28$^\prime$ N, longitude 76$^\circ$…

For studying variable sources like blazars, it is crucial to achieve unbiased monitoring, either with dedicated telescopes in pointing mode or survey instruments. At TeV energies, the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory…