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Discovery and follow-up studies of the extended, off-plane, VHE gamma-ray source HESS J1507-622

Context: The detection of gamma-rays in the very-high-energy (VHE) range (100 GeV-100 TeV) offers the possibility of studying the parent population of ultrarelativistic particles found in astrophysical sources, so it is useful for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , F. Acero , F. Aharonian , A. G. Akhperjanian , G. Anton , U. Barres de Almeida , A. R. Bazer-Bachi , Y. Becherini , B. Behera , K. Bernlöhr , A. Bochow , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , V. Borrel , J. Brucker , F. Brun , P. Brun , R. Bühler , T. Bulik , I. Büsching , T. Boutelier , P. M. Chadwick , A. Charbonnier , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Cheesebrough , L. -M. Chounet , A. C. Clapson , G. Coignet , M. Dalton , M. K. Daniel , I. D. Davids , B. Degrange , C. Deil , H. J. Dickinson , A. Djannati-Ataï , W. Domainko , L. O'C. Drury , F. Dubois , G. Dubus , J. Dyks , M. Dyrda , K. Egberts , D. Emmanoulopoulos , P. Espigat , C. Farnier , F. Feinstein , A. Fiasson , A. Förster , G. Fontaine , M. Füssling , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , L. Gérard , D. Gerbig , B. Giebels , J. F. Glicenstein , B. Glück16 , P. Goret , D. Göring , D. Hauser , M. Hauser , S. Heinz , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , J. A. Hinton , A. Hoffmann , W. Hofmann , M. Holleran , S. Hoppe , D. Horns , A. Jacholkowska , O. C. de Jager , C. Jahn , I. Jung , K. Katarzyński , U. Katz , S. Kaufmann , M. Kerschhaggl , D. Khangulyan , B. Khélifi , D. Keogh , D. Klochkov , W. Kluźniak , T. Kneiske , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , R. Kossakowski , G. Lamanna , J. -P. Lenain , T. Lohse , V. Marandon , O. Martineau-Huynh , A. Marcowith , J. Masbou , D. Maurin , T. J. L. McComb , M. C. Medina , J. Méhault , R. Moderski , E. Moulin , M. Naumann-Godo , M. de Naurois , D. Nedbal , D. Nekrassov , B. Nicholas , J. Niemiec , S. J. Nolan , S. Ohm , J-F. Olive , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , K. J. Orford , M. Ostrowski , M. Panter , M. Paz Arribas , G. Pedaletti , G. Pelletier , P. -O. Petrucci , S. Pita , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , B. C. Raubenheimer , M. Raue , S. M. Rayner , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , F. Rieger , J. Ripken , L. Rob , S. Rosier-Lees , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , C. B. Rulten , J. Ruppel , V. Sahakian , A. Santangelo , R. Schlickeiser , F. M. Schöck , U. Schwanke , S. Schwarzburg , S. Schwemmer , A. Shalchi , M. Sikora , J. L. Skilton , H. Sol , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , F. Stinzing , G. Superina , A. Szostek , P. H. Tam , J. -P. Tavernet , R. Terrier , O. Tibolla , M. Tluczykont , C. van Eldik , G. Vasileiadis , C. Venter , L. Venter , J. P. Vialle , P. Vincent , M. Vivier , H. J. Völk , F. Volpe , S. J. Wagner , M. Ward , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech

Search for Pulsed VHE Gamma-Ray Emission from Young Pulsars with H.E.S.S

We present the results of a search for pulsed very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from young pulsars using data taken with the H.E.S.S. imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope system. Data on eleven pulsars, selected according to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 The HESS Collaboration , F. Aharonian

PSR J1838-0537: Discovery of a young, energetic gamma-ray pulsar

We report the discovery of PSR J1838-0537, a gamma-ray pulsar found through a blind search of data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). The pulsar has a spin frequency of 6.9 Hz and a frequency derivative of -2.2e-11 Hz/s, implying a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-07-31 H. J. Pletsch , L. Guillemot , B. Allen , M. Kramer , C. Aulbert , H. Fehrmann , M. G. Baring , F. Camilo , P. A. Caraveo , J. E. Grove , M. Kerr , M. Marelli , S. M. Ransom , P. S. Ray , P. M. Saz Parkinson

Observations of three young gamma-ray pulsars with the Gran Telescopio Canarias

We report the analysis of the first deep optical observations of three isolated $\gamma$-ray pulsars detected by the {\em Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope}: the radio-loud PSR\, J0248+6021 and PSR\, J0631+1036, and the radio-quiet PSR\,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-07 R. P. Mignani , N. Rea , V. Testa , M. Marelli , A. De Luca , M. Pierbattista , A. Shearer , D. F. Torres , E. De Ona Wilhelmi

XMM-Newton sets the record straight: No X-ray emission detected from PSR J0631+1036

The pulsar PSR J0631+1036 was discovered during a radio search of Einstein X-ray source error circles. A detection of a 288ms sinusoidal modulation in the ASCA lightcurve, the same period as the radio pulsar, appeared to confirm the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Kennea , F. Cordova , S. Chatterjee , J. Cordes , C. Ho , R. Much , T. Oosterbroek , A. Parmar

Discovery of a faint X-ray counterpart and of a parsec-long X-ray tail for the middle-aged, gamma-ray only pulsar PSR J0357+3205

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi satellite opened a new era for pulsar astronomy, detecting gamma-ray pulsations from more than 60 pulsars, ~40% of which are not seen at radio wavelengths. One of the most interesting sources…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 A. De Luca , M. Marelli , R. P. Mignani , P. A. Caraveo , W. Hummel , S. Collins , A. Shearer , P. M. Saz Parkinson , A. Belfiore , G. F. Bignami

Observation of the Galactic Center PeVatron Beyond 100 TeV with HAWC

We report an observation of ultra-high energy (UHE) gamma rays from the Galactic Center region, using seven years of data collected by the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory. The HAWC data are best described as a point-like…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-06 A. Albert , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , A. Andrés , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , R. Babu , E. Belmont-Moreno , A. Bernal , 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 , D. Depaoli , N. Di Lalla , N. Di Lalla , R. Diaz Hernandez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , K. Engel , T. Ergin , C. Espinoza , K. L. Fan , K. Fang , N. Fraija , S. Fraija , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , H. Goksu , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , S. Groetsch , J. P. Harding , S. Hernández-Cadena , I. Herzog , J. Hinton , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , T. B. Humensky , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , S. Kaufmann , D. Kieda , A. Lara , W. H. Lee , J. Lee , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , K. Malone , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , J. A. Montes , J. A. Morales-Soto , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , M. Najafi , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , L. Olivera-Nieto , N. Omodei , M. Osorio-Archila , Y. Pérez Araujo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , C. D. Rho , D. Rosa-González , E. Ruiz-Velasco , H. Salazar , D. Salazar-Gallegos , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , G. Schwefer , J. Serna-Franco , A. J. Smith , Y. Son , R. W. Springer , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , R. Turner , F. Ureña-Mena , E. Varela , X. Wang , Z. Wang , I. J. Watson , E. Willox , H. Wu , S. Yu , S. Yun-Cárcamo , H. Zhou

Radio continuum and near-infrared study of the MGRO J2019+37 region

(abridged) MGRO J2019+37 is an unidentified extended source of VHE gamma-rays originally reported by the Milagro Collaboration as the brightest TeV source in the Cygnus region. Its extended emission could be powered by either a single or…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 J. M. Paredes , J. Marti , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , J. R. Sanchez-Sutil , A. J. Munoz-Arjonilla , J. Moldon , M. Peracaula , P. L. Luque-Escamilla , V. Zabalza , V. Bosch-Ramon , P. Bordas , G. E. Romero , M. Ribo

Unveiling extended gamma-ray emission around HESS J1813-178

HESS J1813$-$178 is a very-high-energy $\gamma$-ray source spatially coincident with the young and energetic pulsar PSR J1813$-$1749 and thought to be associated with its pulsar wind nebula (PWN). Recently, evidence for extended high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-12 F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , J. Aschersleben , H. Ashkar , M. Backes , A. Baktash , V. Barbosa Martins , J. Barnard , R. Batzofin , Y. Becherini , D. Berge , K. Bernlöhr , B. Bi , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , M. de Bony de Lavergne , J. Borowska , M. Bouyahiaoui , M. Breuhaus , R. Brose , F. Brun , B. Bruno , T. Bulik , C. Burger-Scheidlin , S. Caroff , S. Casanova , R. Cecil , J. Celic , M. Cerruti , P. Chambery , T. Chand , A. Chen , J. Chibueze , O. Chibueze , G. Cotter , J. Damascene Mbarubucyeye , A. Djannati-Ataï , A. Dmytriiev , V. Doroshenko , S. Einecke , J. -P. Ernenwein , K. Feijen , M. Filipovic , G. Fontaine , M. Füßling , S. Funk , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , S. Ghafourizadeh , G. Giavitt , D. Glawion , J. F. Glicenstein , P. Goswami , G. Grolleron , M. -H. Grondin , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , M. Jamrozy , F. Jankowsky , V. Joshi , I. Jung-Richardt , 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 , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , F. Leuschner , J. Mackey , D. Malyshev , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , P. Marinos , G. Martí-Devesa , R. Marx , A. Mehta , A. Mitchell , R. Moderski , L. Mohrmann , A. Montanari , E. Moulin , T. Murach , M. de Naurois , J. Niemiec , A. Priyana Noel , P. O'Brien , S. Ohm , L. Olivera-Nieto , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , M. Ostrowski , S. Panny , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , D. A. Prokhorov , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , M. Regeard , P. Reichherzer , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , H. Ren , M. Renaud , B. Reville , F. Rieger , G. Roellinghoff , B. Rudak , V. Sahakian , H. Salzmann , M. Sasaki , F. Schüssler , H. M. Schutte , J. N. S. Shapopi , A. Specovius , S. Spencer , R. Steenkamp , S. Steinmassl , C. Steppa , I. Sushch , H. Suzuki , T. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , R. Terrier , M. Tluczykont , N. Tsuji , T. Unbehaun , C. van Eldik , M. Vecchi , J. Veh , C. Venter , J. Vink , T. Wach , S. J. Wagner , A. Wierzcholska , M. Zacharias , D. Zargaryan , A. A. Zdziarski , S. Zouari , N. Żywucka

Joint H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT analysis of the region around PSR J1813-1749

HESS J1813-178 is one of the brightest sources detected during the first HESS Galactic Plane survey. The compact source, also detected by MAGIC, is believed to be a pulsar wind nebula powered by one of the most powerful pulsars known in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-01 T. Wach , A. M. W. Mitchell , V. Joshi , S. Funk

HAWC Search for High-Mass Microquasars

Microquasars with high-mass companion stars are promising very-high-energy (VHE; 0.1-100 TeV) gamma-ray emitters, but their behaviors above 10 TeV are poorly known. Using the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory, we search for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-29 HAWC Collaboration , A. Albert , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. R. Angeles Camacho , J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez , 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. Capistran , A. Carraminana , S. Casanova , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , E. De la Fuente , C. de Leon , R. Diaz Hernandez , J. C. Diaz-Velez , B. L. Dingus , M. Durocher , M. A. DuVernois , R. W. Ellsworth , C. Espinoza , K. L. Fan , K. Fang , N. Fraija , A. Galvan-Gamez , J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez , F. Garfias , M. M. Gonzalez , J. A. Goodman , J. P. Harding , S. Hernandez , B. Hona , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , P. Huntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , D. Kieda , A. Lara , J. Lee , W. H. Lee , H. Leon Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , J. Lundeen , K. Malone , O. Martinez , J. Martinez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , J. A. Morales-Soto , E. Moreno , M. Mostafa , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , L. Olivera-Nieto , N. Omodei , A. Peisker , Y. Perez Araujo , C. D. Rho , Y. J. Roh , D. Rosa-Gonzalez , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , J. Serna-Franco , A. J. Smith , R. W. Springer , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , R. Turner , F. Urena-Mena , L. Villasenor , I. J. Watson , T. Weisgarber , E. Willox , H. Zhou

Detection of extended gamma-ray emission around the Geminga pulsar with H.E.S.S

Geminga is an enigmatic radio-quiet gamma-ray pulsar located at a mere 250 pc distance from Earth. Extended very-high-energy gamma-ray emission around the pulsar was discovered by Milagro and later confirmed by HAWC, which are both water…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-24 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 , B. Bi , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , J. Borowska , M. Bouyahiaoui , F. Bradascio , R. Brose , F. Brun , B. Bruno , T. Bulik , C. Burger Scheidlin , F. Cangemi , S. Caroff , S. Casanova , J. Celic , M. Cerruti , P. Chambery , T. Chand , S. Chandra , A. Chen , J. Chibueze , O. Chibueze , G. Cotter , J. Damascene Mbarubucyeye , J. Devin , A. Djannati-Ataï , A. Dmytriiev , K. Egberts , S. Einecke , J. P. Ernenwein , K. Feijen , G. Fichet de Clairfontaine , M. Filipovic , G. Fontaine , M. Füssling , S. Funk , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , S. Ghafourizadeh , G. Giavitto , L. Giunti , D. Glawion , J. F. Glicenstein , P. Goswami , G. Grolleron , M. -H. Grondin , L. Haerer , M. Haupt , G. Hermann , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , Zhiqiu Huang , M. Jamrozy , F. Jankowsky , V. Joshi , I. Jung-Richardt , E. Kasai , K. Katarzyński , B. Khélifi , W. Kluźniak , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , R. G. Lang , S. Le Stum , F. Leitl , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , F. Leuschner , T. Lohse , A. Luashvili , I. Lypova , J. Mackey , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , P. Marchegiani , A. Marcowith , P. Marinos , G. Martí-Devesa , R. Marx , G. Maurin , P. J. Meintjes , M. Meyer , A. Mitchell , R. Moderski , L. Mohrmann , A. Montanari , E. Moulin , J. Muller , K. Nakashima , M. de Naurois , J. Niemiec , A. Priyana Noel , P. O'Brien , 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 , A. Quirrenbach , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , B. Reville , F. Rieger , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , H. Rueda Ricarte , E. Ruiz-Velasco , V. Sahakian , H. Salzmann , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , F. Schüssler , H. M. Schutte , U. Schwanke , J. N. S. Shapopi , A. Sinha , H. Sol , A. Specovius , S. Spencer , Ł. Stawarz , S. Steinmassl , I. Sushch , H. Suzuki , T. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , C. Thorpe-Morgan , M. Tsirou , N. Tsuji , M. Vecchi , C. Venter , J. Vink , S. J. Wagner , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , Yu Wun Wong , M. Zacharias , D. Zargaryan , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , S. Zouari , N. Żywucka

Young energetic PSR J1617-5055, its underluminous nebula and unidentified TeV source HESS J1616-508

We observed the young energetic pulsar J1617-5055 with the Chandra ACIS detector for 60 ks. In addition to the pulsar, the X-ray images show a faint pulsar-wind nebula (PWN) seen up to ~1' from the pulsar. Deconvolution and reconstruction…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 O. Kargaltsev , G. G. Pavlov , J. A. Wong

Resolving the origin of the unidentified TeV source HESS J1626-490 as a relic of the ancient cosmic-ray factory SNR G335.2+0.1

While decades of observations in the TeV gamma-ray band have revealed more than 200~sources with radio or X-ray counterparts, there remain dozens of unidentified TeV sources, which may provide crucial information of cosmic ray (CR)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-08 Tomohiko Oka , Wataru Ishizaki , Masaki Mori , Hidetoshi Sano , Hiromasa Suzuki , Takaaki Tanaka

Discovery of an Energetic 38.5 ms Pulsar Powering the Gamma-ray Source IGR J18490-0000/HESS J1849-000

We report the discovery of a 38.5 ms X-ray pulsar in observations of the soft gamma-ray source IGR J18490-0000 with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). PSR J1849-0001 is spinning down rapidly with period derivative 1.42E-14 s/s,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 E. V. Gotthelf , J. P. Halpern , R. Terrier , F. Mattana

A Survey of TeV emission from Galactic Supernova Remnants with HAWC

Supernova remnants (SNRs) have long been hypothesized as the main source of Galactic Cosmic Rays up to PeV energies. Some of them have indeed been shown to accelerate protons to TeV energies and above. But which of them are indeed efficient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-22 Henrike Fleischhack

Origin of TeV Galactic Cosmic Rays

We consider a possibility of identification of sources of cosmic rays (CR) of the energy above 1 TeV via observation of degree-scale extended gamma-ray emission which traces the locations of recent sources in the Galaxy. Such emission in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-05-30 A. Neronov , D. V. Semikoz

On the TeV Halo Fraction in gamma-ray bright Pulsar Wind Nebulae

The discovery of extended TeV emission around the Geminga and PSR B0656+14 pulsars, with properties consistent with free particle propagation in the interstellar medium (ISM), has sparked considerable discussion on the possible presence of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-29 G. Giacinti , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. López-Coto , V. Joshi , R. D. Parsons , J. A. Hinton

Radio Observations of the Pulsar Wind Nebula HESS J1303-631 Field of View with ATCA

Based on its energy-dependent morphology the initially unidentified very high energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma-ray source HESS J1303-631 was recently associated with the pulsar PSR J1301-6305. Subsequent detection of X-ray and GeV counterparts…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-07 Iurii Sushch , Igor Oya , Ullrich Schwanke , Simon Johnston , Matthew Dalton

Discovery of a highly energetic pulsar associated with IGR J14003-6326 in a young uncataloged Galactic supernova remnant G310.6-1.6

We report the discovery of 31.18 ms pulsations from the INTEGRAL source IGR J14003-6326 using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). This pulsar is most likely associated with the bright Chandra X-ray point source lying at the center of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 M. Renaud , V. Marandon , E. V. Gotthelf , J. Rodriguez , R. Terrier , F. Mattana , F. Lebrun , J. A. Tomsick , R. N. Manchester