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The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) - is a system of four, 107 m^2 mirror area, imaging Cherenkov telescopes under construction in the Khomas Highland of Namibia (1800 m asl). The H.E.S.S. system is characterised by a low…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 J. A. Hinton

Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) are the main technique for detecting gamma rays with energies between tens of GeV and hundreds of TeV. Amongst them, the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) has pioneered the use of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-01 Rodrigo Guedes Lang , Tim Unbehaun , Lars Mohrmann , Simon Steinmassl , Jim Hinton , Stefan Funk

The H.E.S.S. Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope system is, due to its fast reaction time and its comparably low energy threshold, very well suited to perform follow-up observations of detections at other wavelengths or other messengers like…

The H.E.S.S. (High Energy Stereoscopic System) phase I is comprised of four Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, for observation of galactic and cosmic sources of very high energy gamma rays. Its installation in the Khomas highlands,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. Punch , the HESS Collaboration

The H.E.S.S. Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope system is very well suited to perform follow-up observations of detections at other wavelengths or messengers due to its fast reaction and its comparably low energy threshold. These advantages…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 F. Schüssler

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), located in the Khomas Highlands of Namibia, is an array of four imaging atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes designed to detect gamma-rays in the very high energy (VHE; > 100 GeV) domain. Its high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 S. Hoppe

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…

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is a system of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) located in the Khomas Highland in Namibia. It measures cosmic gamma rays of very high energies (VHE; >100 GeV) using the Earth's…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-18 A. Balzer , M. Füßling , M. Gajdus , D. Göring , A. Lopatin , M. de Naurois , S. Schlenker , U. Schwanke , C. Stegmann

Recent observational efforts using imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) have led to firm detections of very-high-energy (VHE) signals from bright gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), often at moderate redshifts. This work presents 15 years…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-24 A. Acharyya , F. Aharonian , C. Arcaro , H. Ashkar , M. Backes , V. Barbosa Martins , R. Batzofin , Y. Becherini , D. Berge , K. Bernlöhr , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , J. Borowska , F. Brun , B. Bruno , C. Burger-Scheidlin , S. Casanova , J. Celic , M. Cerruti , S. Chandra , A. Chen , M. Chernyakova , J. O. Chibueze , O. Chibueze , T. Collins , B. Cornejo , G. Cotter , J. Damascene Mbarubucyeye , I. D. Davids , J. de Assis Scarpin , M. de Bony de Lavergne , M. de Naurois , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , A. G. Delgado Giler , J. Devin , A. Djannati-Ataï , J. Djuvsland , A. Dmytriiev , K. Egberts , K. Egg , J. -P. Ernenwein , C. Escañuela Nieves , M. D. Filipovic , G. Fontaine , S. Funk , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , M. Genaro , J. F. Glicenstein , J. Glombitza , M. -H. Grondin , L. Heckmann , B. Heß , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , Z. Huang , M. Jamrozy , F. Jankowsky , I. Jaroschewski , D. Jimeno Sanchez , I. Jung-Richardt , E. Kasai , K. Kasprzak , K. Katarzyński , D. Kerszberg , B. Khélifi , W. Kluzniak , N. Komin , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , R. G. Lang , S. Lazarević , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , P. Liniewicz , A. Luashvili , J. Mackey , D. Malyshev , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , M. Mayer , A. Mehta , A. Mikhno , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. Moderski , M. O. Moghadam , L. Mohrmann , A. Montanari , E. Moulin , J. Niemiec , P. O'Brien , L. Olivera-Nieto , S. Panny , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , U. Pensec , P. Pichard , S. Pita , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , M. Regeard , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , I. Reis , H. Ren , B. Reville , F. Rieger , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , E. Ruiz-Velasco , K. Sabri , V. Sahakian , H. Salzmann , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , F. Schüssler , M. Senniappan , J. N. S. Shapopi , W. Si Said , H. Sol , S. Spencer , Ł. Stawarz , S. Steinmassl , T. Tanaka , A. M. Taylor , G. L. Taylor , R. Terrier , M. Tsirou , T. Unbehaun , C. van Eldik , M. Vecchi , C. Venter , J. Vink , T. Wach , S. J. Wagner , A. Wierzcholska , M. Zacharias , A. A. Zdziarski , W. Zhong , S. J. Zhu , A. Zech

The number of extragalactic sources detected at very hight energy (VHE, E$>$100GeV) has dramatically increased during the past years to reach more than fifty. The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) had observed the sky for more than…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 D. A. Sanchez

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

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is an array of five Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) designed to detect cosmogenic gamma-rays with very high energies. Originally consisting of just four identical IACTs (CT1-4)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Holler , A. Balzer , R. Chalmé-Calvet , M. de Naurois , D. Zaborov

The H.E.S.S. experiment in Namibia, Africa, is a high energy gamma ray tele- scope sensitive in the energy range from 100 Gev to a few tens of TeV, via the use of the atmospheric Cherenkov technique. To minimize the systematic errors on the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-04 J. Bregeon , M. Compin , S. Rivoire , M. Sanguillon , G. Vasileiadis

Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) such as the Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) telescopes endeavor to reach the lowest possible energy threshold. In doing so the trigger system is a key element. Reducing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-04 Rubén López-Coto , Daniel Mazin , Riccardo Paoletti , Oscar Blanch Bigas , Juan Cortina

With the installation of a new 28-m diameter imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope in the middle of the array, the H.E.S.S. instrument has entered since 2012 into its Phase II. The fifth large-size telescope is particularly important to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Matteo Cerruti , Jean-Philippe Lenain , Heike Prokoph

In July 2012, as the four ground-based gamma-ray telescopes of the H.E.S.S. (High Energy Stereoscopic System) array reached their tenth year of operation in Khomas Highlands, Namibia, a fifth telescope took its first data as part of the…

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is an array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) located in the Khomas Highland in Namibia. It consists of four 12-m telescopes (CT1-4), which started operations in 2003, and a…

The H.E.S.S. experiment, the largest Cherenkov telescope array to date, has been observing the sky at TeV energies for the past 16 years. Its location in the Southern hemisphere provides H.E.S.S. with equally good access to Galactic and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-22 Andreas Zech , H. E. S. S. Collaboration

The H.E.S.S. collaboration continues to run an array of five Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes to observe the Southern sky in very high energy gamma-rays. In this presentation, recent highlight results obtained with H.E.S.S. are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-01 Gerd Pühlhofer