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Constraints on the emission region of 3C 279 during strong flares in 2014 and 2015 through VHE γ-ray observations with H.E.S.S.
(EDP Sciences, 2019)
The flat spectrum radio quasar 3C 279 is known to exhibit pronounced variability in the high-energy (100 MeV < E < 100 GeV) γ-ray band, which is continuously monitored with Fermi-LAT. During two periods of high activity ...
VHE γ-ray discovery and multiwavelength study of the blazar 1ES 2322-409
(Oxford Univ Press, 2019)
A hotspot at a position compatible with the BL Lac object 1ES 2322−409 was serendipitously detected with H.E.S.S. during observations performed in 2004 and 2006 on the blazar PKS 2316−423. Additional data on 1ES 2322−409 ...
H.E.S.S. and Suzaku observations of the Vela X pulsar wind nebula
(EDP Sciences, 2019)
Context. Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) represent the most prominent population of Galactic very-high-energy gamma-ray sources and are thought to be an efficient source of leptonic cosmic rays. Vela X is a nearby middle-aged ...
First ground-based measurement of sub-20 GeV to 100GeV y-Rays from the Vela pulsar with H.E.S.S. II
(EDP Sciences, 2018)
Aims. We report on the measurement and investigation of pulsed high-energy γ-ray emission from the Vela pulsar, PSR B0833−45, based on observations with the largest telescope of H.E.S.S., CT5, in monoscopic mode, and on ...
The y-ray spectrum of the core of Centaurus A as observed with H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT
(EDP Sciences, 2018)
Centaurus A (Cen A) is the nearest radio galaxy discovered as a very-high-energy (VHE; 100 GeV–100 TeV) γ-ray source by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). It is a faint VHE γ-ray emitter, though its VHE flux ...
Characterizing the γ-ray long-term variability of PKS 2155-304 with H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT
(EDP Sciences, 2017)
Studying the temporal variability of BL Lac objects at the highest energies provides unique insights into the extreme physical processes occurring in relativistic jets and in the vicinity of super-massive black holes. To ...
H.E.S.S. discovery of very high energy γ-ray emission from PKS 0625−354
(Oxford Univ Press, 2018)
PKS 0625−354 (z = 0.055) was observed with the four High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) telescopes in 2012 during 5.5 h. The source was detected above an energy threshold of 200 GeV at a significance level of 6.1σ. ...
Spatially dependent modelling of pulsar wind nebula G0.9+0.1
(Oxford Univ Press, 2018)
We present results from a leptonic emission code that models the spectral energy distribution of a pulsar wind nebula by solving a Fokker–Planck-type transport equation and calculating inverse Compton and synchrotron ...
Systematic search for very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from bow shocks of runaway stars
(EDP Sciences, 2018)
Context. Runaway stars form bow shocks by ploughing through the interstellar medium at supersonic speeds and are promising sources of non-thermal emission of photons. One of these objects has been found to emit non-thermal ...
H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT observations of PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 during its 2014 and 2017 periastron passages
(EDP Sciences, 2020)
Context. PSR B1259–63/LS 2883 is a gamma-ray binary system consisting of a pulsar in an eccentric orbit around a bright Oe stellar-type companion star that features a dense circumstellar disc. The bright broad-band emission ...