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101. Multiwavelength observations and modeling of 1ES 1959+650 in a low flux state

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VERITAS Collaboration, Aliu, E., Archambault, S., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bird, R., Boettcher, M., Bouvier, A., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Dumm, J., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Federici, S., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gillanders, G. H., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrick, F., Lang, M. J., Madhavan, A. S., Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nelson, T., de Bhroithe, A. O'Faolain, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., Popkow, A., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Skole, C., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Theiling, M., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Wakely, S. P., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., and Zitzer, B.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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We report on the VERITAS observations of the high-frequency peaked BL Lac object 1ES 1959+650 in the period 2007-2011. This source is detected at TeV energies by VERITAS at 16.4 standard deviation (sigma) significance in 7.6 hours of observation in a low flux state. A multiwavelength spectral energy distribution (SED) is constructed from contemporaneous data from VERITAS, Fermi-LAT, RXTE PCA, and Swift UVOT. Swift XRT data is not included in the SED due to a lack of simultaneous observations with VERITAS. In contrast to the orphan gamma-ray flare exhibited by this source in 2002, the X-ray flux of the source is found to vary by an order of magnitude, while other energy regimes exhibit less variable emission. A quasi-equilibrium synchrotron self-Compton model with an additional external radiation field is used to describe three SEDs corresponding to the lowest, highest, and average X-ray states. The variation in the X-ray spectrum is modeled by changing the electron injection spectral index, with minor adjustments of the kinetic luminosity in electrons. This scenario produces small-scale flux variability of order >~2 in the HE (E>1 MeV) and VHE (E>100 GeV) gamma-ray regimes, which is corroborated by the Fermi-LAT, VERITAS, and Whipple 10m telescope light curves., Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures. This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it

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2013
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102. Progress in Monte Carlo design and optimization of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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Bernlöhr, K., Barnacka, A., Becherini, Y., Bigas, O. Blanch, Bouvier, A., Carmona, E., Colin, P., Decerprit, G., Di Pierro, F., Dubois, F., Farnier, C., Funk, S., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Humensky, T. B., Jogler, T., Khélifi, B., Kihm, T., Komin, N., Lenain, J. -P., López-Coto, R., Maier, G., Mazin, D., Medina, M. C., Moralejo, A., Moderski, R., Nolan, S. J., Ohm, S., Wilhelmi, E. de Oña, Parsons, R. D., Arribas, M. Paz, Pedaletti, G., Pita, S., Prokoph, H., Rulten, C. B., Schwanke, U., Shayduk, M., Stamatescu, V., Vallania, P., Vorobiov, S., Wischnewski, R., Wood, M., Yoshikoshi, T., and Zech, A.

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Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
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The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be an instrument covering a wide energy range in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays. CTA will include several types of telescopes, in order to optimize the performance over the whole energy range. Both large-scale Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of CTA super-sets (including many different possible CTA layouts as sub-sets) and smaller-scale simulations dedicated to individual aspects were carried out and are on-going. We summarize results of the prior round of large-scale simulations, show where the design has now evolved beyond the conservative assumptions of the prior round and present first results from the on-going new round of MC simulations., Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures. In Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). All CTA contributions at arXiv:1307.2232

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2013

103. CTA contributions to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013)

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Consortium, The CTA, Abril, O., Acharya, B. S., Actis, M., Agnetta, G., Aguilar, J. A., Aharonian, F., Ajello, M., Akhperjanian, A., Alcubierre, M., Aleksic, J., Alfaro, R., Aliu, E., Allafort, A. J., Allan, D., Allekotte, I., Aloisio, R., Amato, E., Ambrosi, G., Ambrosio, M., Anderson, J., Angüner, E. O., Antonelli, L. A., Antonuccio, V., Antonucci, M., Antoranz, P., Aravantinos, A., Argan, A., Arlen, T., Aramo, C., Armstrong, T., Arnaldi, H., Arrabito, L., Asano, K., Ashton, T., Asorey, H. G., Aune, T., Awane, Y., Baba, H., Babic, A., Baby, N., Bähr, J., Bais, A., Baixeras, C., Bajtlik, S., Balbo, M., Balis, D., Balkowski, C., Ballet, J., Bamba, A., Bandiera, R., Barber, A., Barbier, C., Barceló, M., Barnacka, A., Barnstedt, J., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., Basili, A., Basso, S., Bastieri, D., Bauer, C., Baushev, A., Becciani, U., Becerra, J., Becherini, Y., Bechtol, K. C., Tjus, J. Becker, Beckmann, V., Bednarek, W., Behera, B., Belluso, M., Benbow, W., Berdugo, J., Berge, D., Berger, K., Bernard, F., Bernardino, T., Bernlöhr, K., Bertucci, B., Bhat, N., Bhattacharyya, S., Biasuzzi, B., Bigongiari, C., Biland, A., Billotta, S., Bird, T., Birsin, E., Bissaldi, E., Biteau, J., Bitossi, M., Blake, S., Bigas, O. Blanch, Blasi, P., Bobkov, A., Boccone, V., Böttcher, M., Bogacz, L., Bogart, J., Bogdan, M., Boisson, C., Gargallo, J. Boix, Bolmont, J., Bonanno, G., Bonardi, A., Bonev, T., Bonifacio, P., Bonnoli, G., Bordas, P., Borgland, A., Borkowski, J., Bose, R., Botner, O., Bottani, A., Bouchet, L., Bourgeat, M., Boutonnet, C., Bouvier, A., Brau-Nogué, S., Braun, I., Bretz, T., Briggs, M., Brigida, M., Bringmann, T., Britto, R., Brook, P., Brun, P., Brunetti, L., Bruno, P., Bucciantini, N., Buanes, T., Buckley, J., Bühler, R., Bugaev, V., Bulgarelli, A., Bulik, T., Busetto, G., Buson, S., Byrum, K., Cailles, M., Cameron, R., Camprecios, J., Canestrari, R., Cantu, S., Capalbi, M., Caraveo, P., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Carosi, R., Carr, J., Carter, J., Carton, P. -H., Caruso, R., Casanova, S., Cascone, E., Casiraghi, M., Castellina, A., Catalano, O., Cavazzani, S., Cazaux, S., Cerchiara, P., Cerruti, M., Chabanne, E., Chadwick, P., Champion, C., Chaves, R., Cheimets, P., Chen, A., Chiang, J., Chiappetti, L., Chikawa, M., Chitnis, V. R., Chollet, F., Christof, A., Chudoba, J., Cieślar, M., Cillis, A., Cilmo, M., Codino, A., Cohen-Tanugi, J., Colafrancesco, S., Colin, P., Colome, J., Colonges, S., Compin, M., Conconi, P., Conforti, V., Connaughton, V., Conrad, J., Contreras, J. L., Coppi, P., Coridian, J., Corona, P., Corti, D., Cortina, J., Cossio, L., Costa, A., Costantini, H., Cotter, G., Courty, B., Couturier, S., Covino, S., Crimi, G., Criswell, S. J., Croston, J., Cusumano, G., Dafonseca, M., Dale, O., Daniel, M., Darling, J., Davids, I., Dazzi, F., de Angelis, A., De Caprio, V., De Frondat, F., Pino, E. M. de Gouveia Dal, de la Calle, I., De La Vega, G. 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J., Wierzcholska, A., Wiesand, S., Wilhelm, A., Wilkinson, M. I., Williams, D. A., Willingale, R., Winde, M., Winiarski, K., Wischnewski, R., Wiśniewski, Ł., Wojcik, P., Wood, M., Wörnlein, A., Xiong, Q., Yadav, K. K., Yamamoto, H., Yamamoto, T., Yamazaki, R., Yanagita, S., Yebras, J. M., Yelos, D., Yoshida, A., Yoshida, T., Yoshikoshi, T., Yu, P., Zabalza, V., Zacharias, M., Zajczyk, A., Zampieri, L., Zanin, R., Zdziarski, A., Zech, A., Zhao, A., Zhou, X., Zietara, K., Ziolkowski, J., Ziółkowski, P., Zitelli, V., Zurbach, C., and Zychowski, P.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
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Compilation of CTA contributions to the proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013), which took place in 2-9 July, 2013, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Comment: Index of CTA conference proceedings at the ICRC2013, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). v1: placeholder with no arXiv links yet, to be replaced once individual contributions have been all submitted. v2: final with arXiv links to all CTA contributions and full author list

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2013

104. Discovery of TeV Gamma-ray Emission Toward Supernova Remnant SNR G78.2+2.1

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Aliu, E., Archambault, S., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bird, R., Bouvier, A., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Dumm, J., Dwarkadas, V. V., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Federici, S., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gillanders, G. H., Godambe, S., Gotthelf, E. V., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lee, K., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Millis, J., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nelson, T., de Bhróithe, A. O'Faoláin, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Pandel, D., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pohl, M., Popkow, A., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rose, H. J., Ruppel, J., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Şentürk, G. D., Skole, C., Telezhinsky, I., Tešić, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vincent, S., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., and Zitzer, B.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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We report the discovery of an unidentified, extended source of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission, VER J2019+407, within the radio shell of the supernova remnant SNR G78.2+2.1, using 21.4 hours of data taken by the VERITAS gamma-ray observatory in 2009. These data confirm the preliminary indications of gamma-ray emission previously seen in a two-year (2007-2009) blind survey of the Cygnus region by VERITAS. VER J2019+407, which is detected at a post-trials significance of 7.5 standard deviations in the 2009 data, is localized to the northwestern rim of the remnant in a region of enhanced radio and X-ray emission. It has an intrinsic extent of 0.23^{\circ} \pm 0.03^{\circ} (stat)+0.04^{\circ}_{-0.02}^{\circ}(sys) and its spectrum is well-characterized by a differential power law (dN/dE = N_0 \times (E/TeV)^{-\Gamma}) with a photon index of {\Gamma} = 2.37 \pm 0.14 (stat) \pm 0.20 (sys) and a flux normalization of N0 = 1.5 \pm 0.2 (stat) \pm 0.4(sys) \times 10^-12 ph TeV^{-1} cm^{-2} s^{-1}. This yields an integral flux of 5.2 \pm 0.8 (stat) \pm 1.4 (sys) \times 10^-12 ph cm^{-2} s^{-1} above 320 GeV, corresponding to 3.7% of the Crab Nebula flux. We consider the relationship of the TeV gamma-ray emission with the GeV gamma-ray emission seen from SNR G78.2+2.1 as well as that seen from a nearby cocoon of freshly accelerated cosmic rays. Multiple scenarios are considered as possible origins for the TeV gamma-ray emission, including hadronic particle acceleration at the supernova remnant shock., Comment: 18 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

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2013
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105. Discovery of TeV Gamma-ray Emission from CTA 1 by VERITAS

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Aliu, E., Archambault, S., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bouvier, A., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Dumm, J., Dwarkadas, V. V., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Federici, S., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gillanders, G. H., Godambe, S., Gotthelf, E. V., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Kargaltsev, O., Karlsson, N., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lee, K., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nelson, T., de Bhroithe, A. O'Faolain, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Roberts, M., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Slane, P., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Tesic, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vincent, S., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., and Zitzer, B.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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We report the discovery of TeV gamma-ray emission coincident with the shell-type radio supernova remnant (SNR) CTA 1 using the VERITAS gamma-ray observatory. The source, VER J0006+729, was detected as a 6.5 standard deviation excess over background and shows an extended morphology, approximated by a two-dimensional Gaussian of semi-major (semi-minor) axis 0.30 degree (0.24 degree) and a centroid 5' from the Fermi gamma-ray pulsar PSR J0007+7303 and its X-ray pulsar wind nebula (PWN). The photon spectrum is well described by a power-law dN/dE = N_0 (E/3 TeV)^(-\Gamma), with a differential spectral index of \Gamma = 2.2 +- 0.2_stat +- 0.3_sys, and normalization N_0 = (9.1 +- 1.3_stat +- 1.7_sys) x 10^(-14) cm^(-2) s^(-1) TeV^(-1). The integral flux, F_\gamma = 4.0 x 10^(-12) erg cm^(-2) s^(-1) above 1 TeV, corresponds to 0.2% of the pulsar spin-down power at 1.4 kpc. The energetics, co-location with the SNR, and the relatively small extent of the TeV emission strongly argue for the PWN origin of the TeV photons. We consider the origin of the TeV emission in CTA 1., Comment: 10 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

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2012
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106. Towards an optimized design for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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Stamatescu, V., Becherini, Y., Bernllöhr, K., Carmona, E., Colin, P., Farnier, C., Gerard, L., Hinton, J. A., Khélifi, B., Komin, N., Lamanna, G., Lenain, J. -P., Maier, G., Moralejo, A., Naumann, C. L., Parsons, R. D., Di Pierro, F., Prokoph, H., and Vorobiov, S.

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Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
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The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a future instrument for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy that is expected to deliver an order of magnitude improvement in sensitivity over existing instruments. In order to meet the physics goals of CTA in a cost-effective way, Monte Carlo simulations of the telescope array are used in its design. Specifically, we simulate large arrays comprising numerous large-size, medium-size and small-size telescopes whose configuration parameters are chosen based on current technical design studies and understanding of the costs involved. Subset candidate arrays with various layout configurations are then selected and evaluated in terms of key performance parameters, such as the sensitivity. This is carried out using a number of data analysis methods, some of which were developed within the field and extended to CTA, while others were developed specifically for this purpose. We outline some key results from recent studies that illustrate our approach to the optimization of the CTA design., Comment: In Proceedings of the 2012 Heidelberg Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy. All CTA contributions at arXiv:1211.1840

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2012
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107. Rapid TeV Gamma-Ray Flaring of BL Lacertae

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Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bouvier, A., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Dumm, J., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Federici, S., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Maier, G., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nelson, T., de Bhroithe, A. O'Faolain, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Tesic, G., Theiling, M., Tsurusaki, K., Varlotta, A., Vincent, S., Wakely, S. P., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B., Jorstad, S. G., MacDonald, N. R., Marscher, A. P., Smith, P. S., Walker, R. C., Hovatta, T., Richards, J., Max-Moerbeck, W., Readhead, A., Lister, M. L., Kovalev, Y. Y., Pushkarev, A. B., Gurwell, M. A., Lahteenmaki, A., Nieppola, E., Tornikoski, M., and Jarvela, E.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

We report on the detection of a very rapid TeV gamma-ray flare from BL Lacertae on 2011 June 28 with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS). The flaring activity was observed during a 34.6-minute exposure, when the integral flux above 200 GeV reached $(3.4\pm0.6) \times 10^{-6} \;\text{photons}\;\text{m}^{-2}\text{s}^{-1}$, roughly 125% of the Crab Nebula flux measured by VERITAS. The light curve indicates that the observations missed the rising phase of the flare but covered a significant portion of the decaying phase. The exponential decay time was determined to be $13\pm4$ minutes, making it one of the most rapid gamma-ray flares seen from a TeV blazar. The gamma-ray spectrum of BL Lacertae during the flare was soft, with a photon index of $3.6\pm 0.4$, which is in agreement with the measurement made previously by MAGIC in a lower flaring state. Contemporaneous radio observations of the source with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) revealed the emergence of a new, superluminal component from the core around the time of the TeV gamma-ray flare, accompanied by changes in the optical polarization angle. Changes in flux also appear to have occurred at optical, UV, and GeV gamma-ray wavelengths at the time of the flare, although they are difficult to quantify precisely due to sparse coverage. A strong flare was seen at radio wavelengths roughly four months later, which might be related to the gamma-ray flaring activities. We discuss the implications of these multiwavelength results., Comment: Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal

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2012
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108. VERITAS Observations of Six Bright, Hard-Spectrum Fermi-LAT Blazars

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Aliu, E., Archambault, S., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bottcher, M., Bouvier, A., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Dumm, J., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Federici, S., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Huan, H., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lee, K., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nelson, T., de Bhroithe, A. O'Faolain, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Saxon, D. B., Sembroski, G. H., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Tesic, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vincent, S., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B., Fortin, P., Horan, D., Fumagalli, M., Kaplan, K., and Prochaska, J. X.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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We report on VERITAS very-high-energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) observations of six blazars selected from the Fermi Large Area Telescope First Source Catalog (1FGL). The gamma-ray emission from 1FGL sources was extrapolated up to the VHE band, taking gamma-ray absorption by the extragalactic background light into account. This allowed the selection of six bright, hard-spectrum blazars that were good candidate TeV emitters. Spectroscopic redshift measurements were attempted with the Keck Telescope for the targets without Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectroscopic data. No VHE emission is detected during the observations of the six sources described here. Corresponding TeV upper limits are presented, along with contemporaneous Fermi observations and non-concurrent Swift UVOT and XRT data. The blazar broadband spectral energy distributions (SEDs) are assembled and modeled with a single-zone synchrotron self-Compton model. The SED built for each of the six blazars show a synchrotron peak bordering between the intermediate- and high-spectrum-peak classifications, with four of the six resulting in particle-dominated emission regions.

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2012
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109. Search for a correlation between very-high-energy gamma rays and giant radio pulses in the Crab pulsar

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Aliu, E., Archambault, S., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bouvier, A., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Dumm, J., Falcone, A., Federici, S., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gillanders, G. H., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., LeBohec, S., Lee, K., Lyutikov, M., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nelson, T., de Bhroithe, A. O'Faolain, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Senturk, G. D., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Tesic, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Varlotta, A., Vincent, S., Vivier, M., Wagner, R. G., Wakely, S. P., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B., and Kondratiev, V.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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We present the results of a joint observational campaign between the Green Bank radio telescope and the VERITAS gamma-ray telescope, which searched for a correlation between the emission of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays ($E_{\gamma} >$ 150 GeV) and Giant Radio Pulses (GRPs) from the Crab pulsar at 8.9 GHz. A total of 15366 GRPs were recorded during 11.6 hours of simultaneous observations, which were made across four nights in December 2008 and in November and December 2009. We searched for an enhancement of the pulsed gamma-ray emission within time windows placed around the arrival time of the GRP events. In total, 8 different time windows with durations ranging from 0.033 ms to 72 s were positioned at three different locations relative to the GRP to search for enhanced gamma-ray emission which lagged, led, or was concurrent with, the GRP event. Further, we performed separate searches on main pulse GRPs and interpulse GRPs and on the most energetic GRPs in our data sample. No significant enhancement of pulsed VHE emission was found in any of the preformed searches. We set upper limits of 5-10 times the average VHE flux of the Crab pulsar on the flux simultaneous with interpulse GRPs on single-rotation-period time scales. On $\sim$8-second time scales around interpulse GRPs, we set an upper limit of 2-3 times the average VHE flux. Within the framework of recent models for pulsed VHE emission from the Crab pulsar, the expected VHE-GRP emission correlations are below the derived limits., Comment: 12 pages, 12 figures, To appear in The Astrophysical Journal

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2012
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110. Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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Bernlöhr, K., Barnacka, A., Becherini, Y., Bigas, O. Blanch, Carmona, E., Colin, P., Decerprit, G., Di Pierro, F., Dubois, F., Farnier, C., Funk, S., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Humensky, T. B., Khélifi, B., Kihm, T., Komin, N., Lenain, J. -P., Maier, G., Mazin, D., Medina, M. C., Moralejo, A., Nolan, S. J., Ohm, S., Wilhelmi, E. de Oña, Parsons, R. D., Arribas, M. Paz, Pedaletti, G., Pita, S., Prokoph, H., Rulten, C. B., Schwanke, U., Shayduk, M., Stamatescu, V., Vallania, P., Vorobiov, S., Wischnewski, R., Yoshikoshi, T., and Zech, A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The Cherenkov Telescopes Array (CTA) is planned as the future instrument for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy with a wide energy range of four orders of magnitude and an improvement in sensitivity compared to current instruments of about an order of magnitude. Monte Carlo simulations are a crucial tool in the design of CTA. The ultimate goal of these simulations is to find the most cost-effective solution for given physics goals and thus sensitivity goals or to find, for a given cost, the solution best suited for different types of targets with CTA. Apart from uncertain component cost estimates, the main problem in this procedure is the dependence on a huge number of configuration parameters, both in specifications of individual telescope types and in the array layout. This is addressed by simulation of a huge array intended as a superset of many different realistic array layouts, and also by simulation of array subsets for different telescope parameters. Different analysis methods -- in use with current installations and extended (or developed specifically) for CTA -- are applied to the simulated data sets for deriving the expected sensitivity of CTA. In this paper we describe the current status of this iterative approach to optimize the CTA design and layout., Comment: 61 pages, 20 figures, accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics

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2012
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111. Constraints on Cosmic Rays, Magnetic Fields, and Dark Matter from Gamma-Ray Observations of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies with VERITAS and Fermi

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Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bouvier, A., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Dumm, J., Falcone, A., Federici, S., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Holder, J., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Imran, A., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lee, K., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nelson, T., de Bhróithe, A. O'Faoláin, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Ruppel, J., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Skole, C., Smith, A. W., Telezhinsky, I., Tešić, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Varlotta, A., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weinstein, A., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B., Pfrommer, C., and Pinzke, A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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Observations of radio halos and relics in galaxy clusters indicate efficient electron acceleration. Protons should likewise be accelerated, suggesting that clusters may also be sources of very high-energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma-ray emission. We report here on VHE gamma-ray observations of the Coma galaxy cluster with the VERITAS array of imaging Cherenkov telescopes, with complementing Fermi-LAT observations at GeV energies. No significant gamma-ray emission from the Coma cluster was detected. Integral flux upper limits at the 99% confidence level were measured to be on the order of (2-5)*10^-8\ ph. m^-2 s^-1 (VERITAS, >220 GeV} and ~2*10^-6 ph. m^-2 s^-1 (Fermi, 1-3 GeV), respectively. We use the gamma-ray upper limits to constrain CRs and magnetic fields in Coma. Using an analytical approach, the CR-to-thermal pressure ratio is constrained to be < 16% from VERITAS data and < 1.7% from Fermi data (averaged within the virial radius). These upper limits are starting to constrain the CR physics in self-consistent cosmological cluster simulations and cap the maximum CR acceleration efficiency at structure formation shocks to be <50%. Assuming that the radio-emitting electrons of the Coma halo result from hadronic CR interactions, the observations imply a lower limit on the central magnetic field in Coma of (2 - 5.5) muG, depending on the radial magnetic-field profile and on the gamma-ray spectral index. Since these values are below those inferred by Faraday rotation measurements in Coma (for most of the parameter space), this {renders} the hadronic model a very plausible explanation of the Coma radio halo. Finally, since galaxy clusters are dark-matter (DM) dominated, the VERITAS upper limits have been used to place constraints on the thermally-averaged product of the total self-annihilation cross section and the relative velocity of the DM particles, <\sigma v>. (abr.), Comment: ApJ in press

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2012
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112. VERITAS Observations of the Nova in V407 Cygni

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Aliu, E., Archambault, S., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bouvier, A., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Decerprit, G., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Dumm, J., Dwarkadas, V. V., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lee, K., Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Millis, J., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nuñez, P. D, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Pandel, D., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rose, H. J., Ruppel, J., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Skole, C., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Tešić, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vincent, S., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., and Zitzer, B.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

We report on very high energy (E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray observations of V407 Cygni, a symbiotic binary that underwent a nova outburst producing 0.1-10 GeV gamma rays during 2010 March 10-26. Observations were made with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System during 2010 March 19-26 at relatively large zenith angles, due to the position of V407 Cyg. An improved reconstruction technique for large zenith angle observations is presented and used to analyze the data. We do not detect V407 Cygni and place a differential upper limit on the flux at 1.6 TeV of 2.3 \times 10^(-12) erg cm^(-2) s^(-1) (at the 95% confidence level). When considered jointly with data from Fermi-LAT, this result places limits on the acceleration of very high energy particles in the nova., Comment: 17 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

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2012
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113. Discovery of High-energy and Very High Energy Gamma-ray Emission from the Blazar RBS 0413

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VERITAS Collaboration, Aliu, E., Archambault, S., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Boettcher, M., Bouvier, A., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Coppi, P., Cui, W., Decerprit, G., Dickherber, R., Dumm, J., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Hawkins, K., Holder, J., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lee, K., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Palma, N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rose, H. J., Ruppel, J., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Senturk, G. D., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Tesic, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Varlotta, A., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B., Fortin, P., and Horan, D.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

We report on the discovery of high-energy (HE; E > 0.1 GeV) and very high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from the high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object RBS 0413. VERITAS, a ground-based gamma-ray observatory, detected VHE gamma rays from RBS 0413 with a statistical significance of 5.5 standard deviations (sigma) and a gamma-ray flux of (1.5 \pm 0.6stat \pm 0.7syst) \times 10^(-8) photons m^(-2) s^(-1) (\sim 1% of the Crab Nebula flux) above 250 GeV. The observed spectrum can be described by a power law with a photon index of 3.18 \pm 0.68stat \pm 0.30syst. Contemporaneous observations with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected HE gamma rays from RBS 0413 with a statistical significance of more than 9 sigma, a power-law photon index of 1.57 \pm 0.12stat +0.11sys -0.12sys and a gamma-ray flux between 300 MeV and 300 GeV of (1.64 \pm 0.43stat +0.31sys -0.22sys) \times 10^(-5) photons m^(-2) s^(-1). We present the results from Fermi-LAT and VERITAS, including a spectral energy distribution modeling of the gamma-ray, quasi-simultaneous X-ray (Swift-XRT), ultraviolet (Swift-UVOT) and R-band optical (MDM) data. We find that, if conditions close to equipartition are required, both the combined synchrotron self-Compton/external-Compton and the lepto-hadronic models are preferred over a pure synchrotron self-Compton model., Comment: 14 pages, 3 figures, accepted to ApJ, corresponding author: G. D. Senturk

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2012
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114. VERITAS Deep Observations of the Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Segue 1

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Aliu, E., Archambault, S., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bouvier, A., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Christiansen, J. L., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Decerprit, G., Dickherber, R., Dumm, J., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Feng, Q., Ferrer, F., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lee, K., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rose, H. J., Ruppel, J., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Senturk, G. D., Skole, C., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Tesic, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vincent, S., Vivier, M., Wagner, R. G., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Williams, D. A., and Zitzer, B.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The VERITAS array of Cherenkov telescopes has carried out a deep observational program on the nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxy Segue 1. We report on the results of nearly 48 hours of good quality selected data, taken between January 2010 and May 2011. No significant $\gamma$-ray emission is detected at the nominal position of Segue 1, and upper limits on the integrated flux are derived. According to recent studies, Segue 1 is the most dark matter-dominated dwarf spheroidal galaxy currently known. We derive stringent bounds on various annihilating and decaying dark matter particle models. The upper limits on the velocity-weighted annihilation cross-section are $\mathrm{<\sigma v >^{95% CL} \lesssim 10^{-23} cm^{3} s^{-1}}$, improving our limits from previous observations of dwarf spheroidal galaxies by at least a factor of two for dark matter particle masses $\mathrm{m_{\chi}\gtrsim 300 GeV}$. The lower limits on the decay lifetime are at the level of $\mathrm{\tau^{95% CL} \gtrsim 10^{24} s}$. Finally, we address the interpretation of the cosmic ray lepton anomalies measured by ATIC and PAMELA in terms of dark matter annihilation, and show that the VERITAS observations of Segue 1 disfavor such a scenario., Comment: Added recently published erratum at the end of the original article

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2012
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115. VERITAS Observations of day-scale flaring of M87 in 2010 April

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Aliu, E., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bouvier, A., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Guenette, R., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Hui, C. M., Humensky, T. B., Imran, A., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., LeBohec, S., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nunez, P. D, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rose, H. J., Ruppel, J., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Şentürk, G. D., Skole, C., Staszak, D., Tešić, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vincent, S., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Williams, D. A., and Zitzer, B.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

VERITAS has been monitoring the very-high-energy (VHE; >100GeV) gamma-ray activity of the radio galaxy M87 since 2007. During 2008, flaring activity on a timescale of a few days was observed with a peak flux of (0.70 +- 0.16) X 10^{-11} cm^{-2} s^{-1} at energies above 350GeV. In 2010 April, VERITAS detected a flare from M87 with peak flux of (2.71 +- 0.68) X 10^{-11} cm^{-2} s^{-1} for E>350GeV. The source was observed for six consecutive nights during the flare, resulting in a total of 21 hr of good quality data. The most rapid flux variation occurred on the trailing edge of the flare with an exponential flux decay time of 0.90^{+0.22}_{-0.15} days. The shortest detected exponential rise time is three times as long, at 2.87^{+1.65}_{-0.99} days. The quality of the data sample is such that spectral analysis can be performed for three periods: rising flux, peak flux, and falling flux. The spectra obtained are consistent with power-law forms. The spectral index at the peak of the flare is equal to 2.19 +- 0.07. There is some indication that the spectrum is softer in the falling phase of the flare than the peak phase, with a confidence level corresponding to 3.6 standard deviations. We discuss the implications of these results for the acceleration and cooling rates of VHE electrons in M87 and the constraints they provide on the physical size of the emitting region., Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ; 17 pages, 5 figures; Corresponding author: C. M. Hui

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2011
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116. The 2010 very high energy gamma-ray flare & 10 years of multi-wavelength observations of M 87

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Collaboration, The H. E. S. S., Abramowski, A., Acero, F., Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A. G., Anton, G., Balzer, A., Barnacka, A., de Almeida, U. Barres, Becherini, Y., Becker, J., Behera, B., Bernlöhr, K., Birsin, E., Biteau, J., Bochow, A., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Bordas, P., Brucker, J., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bulik, T., Büsching, I., Carrigan, S., Casanova, S., Cerruti, M., Chadwick, P. M., Charbonnier, A., Chaves, R. C. G., Cheesebrough, A., Clapson, A. C., Coignet, G., Cologna, G., Conrad, J., Dalton, M., Daniel, M. K., Davids, I. D., Degrange, B., Deil, C., Dickinson, H. J., Djannati-Ataï, A., Domainko, W., Drury, L. O'C., Dubus, G., Dutson, K., Dyks, J., Dyrda, M., Egberts, K., Eger, P., Espigat, P., Fallon, L., Farnier, C., Fegan, S., Feinstein, F., Fernandes, M. V., Fiasson, A., Fontaine, G., Förster, A., Füßling, M., Gallant, Y. A., Gast, H., Gérard, L., Gerbig, D., Giebels, B., Glicenstein, J. F., Glück, B., Goret, P., Göring, D., Häffner, S., Hague, J. D., Hampf, D., Hauser, M., Heinz, S., Heinzelmann, G., Henri, G., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hoffmann, A., Hofmann, W., Hofverberg, P., Holler, M., Horns, D., Jacholkowska, A., de Jager, O. C., Jahn, C., Jamrozy, M., Jung, I., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzyński, K., Katz, U., Kaufmann, S., Keogh, D., Khangulyan, D., Khélifi, B., Klochkov, D., Kluźniak, W., Kneiske, T., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kossakowski, R., Laffon, H., Lamanna, G., Lennarz, D., Lohse, T., Lopatin, A., Lu, C. -C., Marandon, V., Marcowith, A., Masbou, J., Maurin, D., Maxted, N., Mayer, M., McComb, T. J. L., Medina, M. C., Méhault, J., Moderski, R., Moulin, E., Naumann, C. L., Naumann-Godo, M., de Naurois, M., Nedbal, D., Nekrassov, D., Nguyen, N., Nicholas, B., Niemiec, J., Nolan, S. J., Ohm, S., Wilhelmi, E. de Oña, Opitz, B., Ostrowski, M., Oya, I., Panter, M., Arribas, M. Paz, Pedaletti, G., Pelletier, G., Petrucci, P. -O., Pita, S., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Raue, M., Rayner, S. M., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reyes, R. de los, Rieger, F., Ripken, J., Rob, L., Rosier-Lees, S., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Rulten, C. B., Ruppel, J., Sahakian, V., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Schlickeiser, R., Schöck, F. M., Schulz, A., Schwanke, U., Schwarzburg, S., Schwemmer, S., Sheidaei, F., Skilton, J. L., Sol, H., Spengler, G., Stawarz, Ł., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Stinzing, F., Stycz, K., Sushch, I., Szostek, A., Tavernet, J. -P., Terrier, R., Tluczykont, M., Valerius, K., van Eldik, C., Vasileiadis, G., Venter, C., Vialle, J. P., Viana, A., Vincent, P., Völk, H. J., Volpe, F., Vorobiov, S., Vorster, M., Wagner, S. J., Ward, M., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Zacharias, M., Zajczyk, A., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zechlin, H. -S., Collaboration, The MAGIC, Aleksić, J., Antonelli, L. A., Antoranz, P., Backes, M., Barrio, J. A., Bastieri, D., González, J. Becerra, Bednarek, W., Berdyugin, A., Berger, K., Bernardini, E., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bock, R. K., Boller, A., Bonnoli, G., Tridon, D. Borla, Braun, I., Bretz, T., Cañellas, A., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Cossio, L., Covino, S., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., del Pozo, E. De Cea, De Lotto, B., Mendez, C. Delgado, Ortega, A. Diago, Doert, M., Domínguez, A., Prester, D. Dominis, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Elsaesser, D., Ferenc, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Garrido, D., Giavitto, G., Godinović, N., Hadasch, D., Häfner, D., Herrero, A., Hildebrand, D., Höhne-Mönch, D., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Huber, B., Jogler, T., Klepser, S., Krähenbühl, T., Krause, J., La Barbera, A., Lelas, D., Leonardo, E., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., López, M., Lorenz, E., Makariev, M., Maneva, G., Mankuzhiyil, N., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Meucci, M., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Miyamoto, H., Moldón, J., Moralejo, A., Munar, P., Nieto, D., Nilsson, K., Orito, R., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Pardo, S., Paredes, J. M., Partini, S., Pasanen, M., Pauss, F., Perez-Torres, M. A., Persic, M., Peruzzo, L., Pilia, M., Pochon, J., Prada, F., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Reichardt, I., Reinthal, R., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Rügamer, S., Saggion, A., Saito, K., Saito, T. Y., Salvati, M., Satalecka, K., Scalzotto, V., Scapin, V., Schultz, C., Schweizer, T., Shayduk, M., Shore, S. N., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Sobczynska, D., Spanier, F., Spiro, S., Stamerra, A., Steinke, B., Storz, J., Strah, N., Surić, T., Takalo, L., Takami, H., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Thom, M., Tibolla, O., Torres, D. F., Treves, A., Vankov, H., Vogler, P., Wagner, R. M., Weitzel, Q., Zabalza, V., Zandanel, F., Zanin, R., Collaboration, The VERITAS, Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bouvier, A., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Huan, H., Hui, C. M., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., LeBohec, S., Maier, G., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nuñez, P. D., Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rose, H. J., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Şentürk, G. D., Telezhinsky, I., Tešić, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Weekes, T. C., Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B., Cara, M., Casadio, C., Cheung, C. C., McConville, W., Davies, F., Doi, A., Giovannini, G., Giroletti, M., Hada, K., Hardee, P., Harris, D. E., Junor, W., Kino, M., Lee, N. P., Ly, C., Madrid, J., Massaro, F., Mundell, C. G., Nagai, H., Perlman, E. S., Steele, I. A., Walker, R. C., and Wood, D. L.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

Abridged: The giant radio galaxy M 87 with its proximity, famous jet, and very massive black hole provides a unique opportunity to investigate the origin of very high energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma-ray emission generated in relativistic outflows and the surroundings of super-massive black holes. M 87 has been established as a VHE gamma-ray emitter since 2006. The VHE gamma-ray emission displays strong variability on timescales as short as a day. In this paper, results from a joint VHE monitoring campaign on M 87 by the MAGIC and VERITAS instruments in 2010 are reported. During the campaign, a flare at VHE was detected triggering further observations at VHE (H.E.S.S.), X-rays (Chandra), and radio (43 GHz VLBA). The excellent sampling of the VHE gamma-ray light curve enables one to derive a precise temporal characterization of the flare: the single, isolated flare is well described by a two-sided exponential function with significantly different flux rise and decay times. While the overall variability pattern of the 2010 flare appears somewhat different from that of previous VHE flares in 2005 and 2008, they share very similar timescales (~day), peak fluxes (Phi(>0.35 TeV) ~= (1-3) x 10^-11 ph cm^-2 s^-1), and VHE spectra. 43 GHz VLBA radio observations of the inner jet regions indicate no enhanced flux in 2010 in contrast to observations in 2008, where an increase of the radio flux of the innermost core regions coincided with a VHE flare. On the other hand, Chandra X-ray observations taken ~3 days after the peak of the VHE gamma-ray emission reveal an enhanced flux from the core. The long-term (2001-2010) multi-wavelength light curve of M 87, spanning from radio to VHE and including data from HST, LT, VLA and EVN, is used to further investigate the origin of the VHE gamma-ray emission. No unique, common MWL signature of the three VHE flares has been identified., Comment: 19 pages, 5 figures; Corresponding authors: M. Raue, L. Stawarz, D. Mazin, P. Colin, C. M. Hui, M. Beilicke; Fig. 1 lightcurve data available online: http://www.desy.de/~mraue/m87/

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2011
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117. VERITAS Collaboration Contributions to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference

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The VERITAS Collaboration, Aliu, E., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Böttcher, M., Bouvier, A., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Christiansen, J. L., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Dwarkadas, V. V., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gibbs, K., Gillanders, G. H., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Guenette, R., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Hui, C. M., Humensky, T. B., Imran, A., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lyutikov, M., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., McCutcheon, M., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nunez, P. D, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pichel, A., Pizlo, F., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Rovero, A. C., Ruppel, J., Sadun, A. C., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Şentürk, G. D., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Tešić, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vincent, S., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Williams, D. A., and Zitzer, B.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Compilation of papers contributed by the VERITAS Collaboration to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, held 11-18 August 2011 in Beijing, China., Comment: 1 html page. ICRC 2011, Beijing, China. A full list of authors and collaborating institutions can be found at http://veritas.sao.arizona.edu/conferences/authors?icrc2011

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2011

118. VERITAS: Status and Highlights

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Holder, J., Aliu, E., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Böttcher, M., Bouvier, A., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Christiansen, J. L., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Dwarkadas, V. V., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gibbs, K., Gillanders, G. H., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Guenette, R., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Hui, C. M., Humensky, T. B., Imran, A., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lyutikov, M., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., McCutcheon, M., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nunez, P. D, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pichel, A., Pizlo, F., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Rovero, A. C., Ruppel, J., Sadun, A. C., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Şentürk, G. D., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Tešić, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vincent, S., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Williams, D. A., and Zitzer, B.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
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The VERITAS telescope array has been operating smoothly since 2007, and has detected gamma-ray emission above 100 GeV from 40 astrophysical sources. These include blazars, pulsar wind nebulae, supernova remnants, gamma-ray binary systems, a starburst galaxy, a radio galaxy, the Crab pulsar, and gamma-ray sources whose origin remains unidentified. In 2009, the array was reconfigured, greatly improving the sensitivity. We summarize the current status of the observatory, describe some of the scientific highlights since 2009, and outline plans for the future., Comment: Presented at the 32nd ICRC, Beijing, 2011

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2011
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119. Multiwavelength Observations of the Previously Unidentified Blazar RX J0648.7+1516

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Aliu, E., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Böttcher, M., Bouvier, A., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Decerprit, G., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Feng, Q., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gillanders, G. H., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Hivick, B., Holder, J., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Hui, C. M., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nelson, T., Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rose, H. J., Ruppel, J., Saxon, D. B., Sembroski, G. H., Skole, C., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Tesic, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Wakely, S. P., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B., Ciprini, S., Fumagalli, M., Kaplan, K., Paneque, D., and Prochaska, J. X.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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We report on the VERITAS discovery of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma- ray emission above 200 GeV from the high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object RXJ0648.7+1516 (GBJ0648+1516), associated with 1FGLJ0648.8+1516. The photon spectrum above 200 GeV is fit by a power law dN/dE = F0(E/E0)-{\Gamma} with a photon index {\Gamma} of 4.4 {\pm} 0.8stat {\pm}0.3syst and a flux normalization F0 of (2.3 {\pm}0.5stat {\pm} 1.2sys) {\times} 10-11 TeV-1cm-2s-1 with E0 = 300 GeV. No VHE vari- ability is detected during VERITAS observations of RXJ0648.7+1516 between 2010 March 4 and April 15. Following the VHE discovery, the optical identifica- tion and spectroscopic redshift were obtained using the Shane 3-m Telescope at the Lick Observatory, showing the unidentified object to be a BL Lac type with a redshift of z = 0.179. Broadband multiwavelength observations contemporaneous with the VERITAS exposure period can be used to sub-classify the blazar as a high-frequency-peaked BL Lac (HBL) object, including data from the MDM ob- servatory, Swift-UVOT and XRT, and continuous monitoring at photon energies above 1 GeV from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). We find that in the absence of undetected, high-energy rapid variability, the one-zone synchrotron self-Compton model (SSC) overproduces the high-energy gamma-ray emission measured by the Fermi-LAT over 2.3 years. The SED can be parameterized sat- isfactorily with an external-Compton or lepto-hadronic model, which have two and six additional free parameters, respectively, compared to the one-zone SSC model.

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2011
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120. VERITAS Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by Swift

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VERITAS Collaboration, Acciari, V. A., Aliu, E., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Christiansen, J. L., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Duke, C., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Guenette, R., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Hughes, G., Hui, C. M., Humensky, T. B., Jackson, D. J., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Moriarty, P., Newbold, M. D., Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rose, H. J., Ruppel, J., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Şentürk, G. D., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Swordy, S. P., Tešić, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vincent, S., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Williams, D. A., and Wood, M.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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We present the results of sixteen Swift-triggered GRB follow-up observations taken with the VERITAS telescope array from January, 2007 to June, 2009. The median energy threshold and response time of these observations was 260 GeV and 320 s, respectively. Observations had an average duration of 90 minutes. Each burst is analyzed independently in two modes: over the whole duration of the observations and again over a shorter time scale determined by the maximum VERITAS sensitivity to a burst with a t^-1.5 time profile. This temporal model is characteristic of GRB afterglows with high-energy, long-lived emission that have been detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on-board the Fermi satellite. No significant VHE gamma-ray emission was detected and upper limits above the VERITAS threshold energy are calculated. The VERITAS upper limits are corrected for gamma-ray extinction by the extragalactic background light (EBL) and interpreted in the context of the keV emission detected by Swift. For some bursts the VHE emission must have less power than the keV emission, placing constraints on inverse Compton models of VHE emission., Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures

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2011
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121. Detection of Pulsed Gamma Rays Above 100 GeV from the Crab Pulsar

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VERITAS Collaboration, Aliu, E., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bouvier, A., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Christiansen, J. L., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gibbs, K., Gillanders, G. H., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Guenette, R., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Hui, C. M., Humensky, T. B., Imran, A., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lyutikov, M., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., McCutcheon, M., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nuñez, P., Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pizlo, F., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rose, J., Ruppel, J., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Şentürk, G. D., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Tešić, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vincent, S., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Williams, D. A., and Zitzer, B.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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We report the detection of pulsed gamma rays from the Crab pulsar at energies above 100 Gigaelectronvolts (GeV) with the VERITAS array of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The detection cannot be explained on the basis of current pulsar models. The photon spectrum of pulsed emission between 100 Megaelectronvolts (MeV) and 400 GeV is described by a broken power law that is statistically preferred over a power law with an exponential cutoff. It is unlikely that the observation can be explained by invoking curvature radiation as the origin of the observed gamma rays above 100 GeV. Our findings require that these gamma rays be produced more than 10 stellar radii from the neutron star., Comment: 17 pages, corresponding authors: Nepomuk Otte nepomuk.otte@gmail.com; Andrew McCann mccann@hep.physics.mcgill.ca; Martin Schroedter schroedter@veritas.sao.arizona.edu

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2011
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122. VERITAS Observations of the Unusual Extragalactic Transient Swift J164449.3+573451

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Aliu, E., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Böttcher, M., Bouvier, A., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Finley, J. P., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gillanders, G. H., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Hui, C. M., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rose, H. J., Ruppel, J., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Skole, C., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Tešić, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vincent, S., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., and Williams, D. A.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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We report on very-high-energy ($>$100 GeV) gamma-ray observations of Swift J164449.3+573451, an unusual transient object first detected by the {\it Swift} Observatory and later detected by multiple radio, optical and X-ray observatories. A total exposure of 28 hours was obtained on Swift J164449.3+573451 with VERITAS during 2011 March 28 -- April 15. We do not detect the source and place a differential upper limit on the emission at 500 GeV during these observations of $1.4 \times 10^{-12}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ (99% confidence level). We also present time-resolved upper limits and use a flux limit averaged over the X-ray flaring period to constrain various emission scenarios that can accommodate both the radio-through-X-ray emission detected from the source and the lack of detection by VERITAS.

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2011
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123. VERITAS Observations of the TeV Binary LS I +61 303 During 2008-2010

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Acciari, V. A., Aliu, E., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gillanders, G. H., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Guenette, R., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Hughes, G., Hui, C. M., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., LeBohec, S., Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rose, H. J., Ruppel, J., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Senturk, G. Demet, Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Tesic, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vincent, S., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Williams, D. A., and Zitzer, B.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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We present the results of observations of the TeV binary LS I +61 303 with the VERITAS telescope array between 2008 and 2010, at energies above 300 GeV. In the past, both ground-based gamma-ray telescopes VERITAS and MAGIC have reported detections of TeV emission near the apastron phases of the binary orbit. The observations presented here show no strong evidence for TeV emission during these orbital phases; however, during observations taken in late 2010, significant emission was detected from the source close to the phase of superior conjunction (much closer to periastron passage) at a 5.6 standard deviation (5.6 sigma) post-trials significance. In total, between October 2008 and December 2010 a total exposure of 64.5 hours was accumulated with VERITAS on LS I +61 303, resulting in an excess at the 3.3 sigma significance level for constant emission over the entire integrated dataset. The flux upper limits derived for emission during the previously reliably active TeV phases (i.e. close to apastron) are less than 5% of the Crab Nebula flux in the same energy range. This result stands in apparent contrast to previous observations by both MAGIC and VERITAS which detected the source during these phases at >10% of the Crab Nebula flux. During the two year span of observations, a large amount of X-ray data were also accrued on LS I +61 303 by the Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT) and the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer Timing (RXTE) Proportional Counter Array (PCA). We find no evidence for a correlation between emission in the X-ray and TeV regimes during 20 directly overlapping observations. We also comment on data obtained contemporaneously by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT)., Comment: Accepted for Publication in The Astrophysical Journal, 21 pages, 3 tables, 6 figures

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2011
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124. Gamma-ray observations of the Be/pulsar binary 1A 0535+262 during a giant X-ray outburst

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VERITAS collaboration, Acciari, V. A., Aliu, E., Araya, M., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Falcone, A., Finley, J. P., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Guenette, R., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Hughes, G., Hui, C. M., Humensky, T. B., Imran, A., Kaaret, P., Kertzman, M., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Madhavan, A. S., Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., Moriarty, P., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Pandel, D., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rose, H. J., Saxon, D. B., Sembroski, G. H., Senturk, G. Demet, Smith, A. W., Tešić, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Varlotta, A., Vincent, S., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Weng, S., Williams, D. A., Wood, M., and Zitzer, B.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Giant X-ray outbursts, with luminosities of about $ 10^{37}$ erg s$^{-1}$, are observed roughly every 5 years from the nearby Be/pulsar binary 1A 0535+262. In this article, we present observations of the source with VERITAS at very-high energies (VHE; E$>$100 GeV) triggered by the X-ray outburst in December 2009. The observations started shortly after the onset of the outburst, and they provided comprehensive coverage of the episode, as well as the 111-day binary orbit. No VHE emission is evident at any time. We also examined data from the contemporaneous observations of 1A 0535+262 with the Fermi/LAT at high energy photons (HE; E$>$0.1 GeV) and failed to detect the source at GeV energies. The X-ray continua measured with the Swift/XRT and the RXTE/PCA can be well described by the combination of blackbody and Comptonized emission from thermal electrons. Therefore, the gamma-ray and X-ray observations suggest the absence of a significant population of non-thermal particles in the system. This distinguishes 1A~0535+262 from those Be X-ray binaries (such as PSR B1259--63 and LS I +61$^{\circ}$303) that have been detected at GeV--TeV energies. We discuss the implications of the results on theoretical models., Comment: 28 pages, 4 figures; accepted by The Astrophysical Journal updated references

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2011
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125. DEEP BROADBAND OBSERVATIONS OF THE DISTANT GAMMA-RAY BLAZAR PKS 1424+240

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Archambault, S, Aune, T, Behera, B, Beilicke, M, Benbow, W, Berger, K, Bird, R, Biteau, J, Bugaev, V, Byrum, K, Cardenzana, JV, Cerruti, M, Chen, X, Ciupik, L, Connolly, MP, Cui, W, Dumm, J, Errando, M, Falcone, A, Federici, S, Feng, Q, Finley, JP, Fleischhack, H, Fortson, L, Furniss, A, Galante, N, Gillanders, GH, Griffin, S, Griffiths, ST, Grube, J, Gyuk, G, Hanna, D, Holder, J, Hughes, G, Humensky, TB, Johnson, CA, Kaaret, P, Kertzman, M, Khassen, Y, Kieda, D, Krawczynski, H, Krennrich, F, Kumar, S, Lang, MJ, Madhavan, AS, Maier, G, McCann, A, Meagher, K, Moriarty, P, Mukherjee, R, Nieto, D, de Bhróithe, A O'Faoláin, Ong, RA, Otte, AN, Park, N, Pohl, M, Popkow, A, Prokoph, H, Quinn, J, Ragan, K, Rajotte, J, Reyes, LC, Reynolds, PT, Richards, GT, Roache, E, Sembroski, GH, Shahinyan, K, Staszak, D, Telezhinsky, I, Tucci, JV, Tyler, J, Varlotta, A, Vassiliev, VV, Vincent, S, Wakely, SP, Weinstein, A, Welsing, R, Wilhelm, A, Williams, DA, Ackermann, M, Ajello, M, Albert, A, Baldini, L, Bastieri, D, Bellazzini, R, Bissaldi, E, Bregeon, J, Buehler, R, Buson, S, Caliandro, GA, Cameron, RA, Caraveo, PA, Cavazzuti, E, Charles, E, Chiang, J, Ciprini, S, Claus, R, Cutini, S, D'Ammando, F, and de Angelis, A

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BL Lacertae objects: individual (PKS 1424+240)-cosmic background radiation, gamma rays: galaxies, astro-ph.HE, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Astronomy & Astrophysics
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We present deep VERITAS observations of the blazar PKS 1424+240, along with contemporaneous Fermi Large Area Telescope, Swift X-ray Telescope, and Swift UV Optical Telescope data between 2009 February 19 and 2013 June 8. This blazar resides at a redshift of z ≥ 0.6035, displaying a significantly attenuated gamma-ray flux above 100 GeV due to photon absorption via pair-production with the extragalactic background light. We present more than 100 hr of VERITAS observations over three years, a multiwavelength light curve, and the contemporaneous spectral energy distributions. The source shows a higher flux of (2.1 ± 0.3) × 10-7 photons m-2 s -1 above 120 GeV in 2009 and 2011 as compared to the flux measured in 2013, corresponding to (1.02 ± 0.08) × 10-7 photons m-2 s-1 above 120 GeV. The measured differential very high energy (VHE; E ≥ 100 GeV) spectral indices are Γ = 3.8 ± 0.3, 4.3 ± 0.6 and 4.5 ± 0.2 in 2009, 2011, and 2013, respectively. No significant spectral change across the observation epochs is detected. We find no evidence for variability at gamma-ray opacities of greater than τ = 2, where it is postulated that any variability would be small and occur on timescales longer than a year if hadronic cosmic-ray interactions with extragalactic photon fields provide a secondary VHE photon flux. The data cannot rule out such variability due to low statistics. © 2014. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved..

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2014

126. Constraints on the Intergalactic Magnetic Field Using Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. Blazar Observations

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Aharonian, F., primary, Aschersleben, J., additional, Backes, M., additional, Martins, V. Barbosa, additional, Batzofin, R., additional, Becherini, Y., additional, Berge, D., additional, Bi, B., additional, Bouyahiaoui, M., additional, Breuhaus, M., additional, Brose, R., additional, Brun, F., additional, Bruno, B., additional, Bulik, T., additional, Burger-Scheidlin, C., additional, Bylund, T., additional, Caroff, S., additional, Casanova, S., additional, Celic, J., additional, Cerruti, M., additional, Chand, T., additional, Chandra, S., additional, Chen, A., additional, Chibueze, J., additional, Chibueze, O., additional, Cotter, G., additional, de Bony, M., additional, Egberts, K., additional, Ernenwein, J.-P., additional, de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, additional, Filipovic, M., additional, Fontaine, G., additional, Füssling, M., additional, Funk, S., additional, Gabici, S., additional, Ghafourizadeh, S., additional, Giavitto, G., additional, Glawion, D., additional, Glicenstein, J. F., additional, Goswami, P., additional, Grondin, M.-H., additional, Haerer, L., additional, Holch, T. L., additional, Holler, M., additional, Horns, D., additional, Jamrozy, M., additional, Jankowsky, F., additional, Joshi, V., additional, Jung-Richardt, I., additional, Kasai, E., additional, Katarzyński, K., additional, Khatoon, R., additional, Khélifi, B., additional, Kluźniak, W., additional, Komin, Nu., additional, Kosack, K., additional, Kostunin, D., additional, Lang, R. G., additional, Le Stum, S., additional, Leitl, F., additional, Lemière, A., additional, Lenain, J.-P., additional, Leuschner, F., additional, Lohse, T., additional, Luashvili, A., additional, Lypova, I., additional, Mackey, J., additional, Malyshev, D., additional, Marandon, V., additional, Marchegiani, P., additional, Marcowith, A., additional, Martí-Devesa, G., additional, Marx, R., additional, Meyer, M., additional, Mitchell, A., additional, Moderski, R., additional, Mohrmann, L., additional, Montanari, A., additional, Moulin, E., additional, Muller, J., additional, Murach, T., additional, Nakashima, K., additional, Niemiec, J., additional, Ohm, S., additional, Olivera-Nieto, L., additional, de Ona Wilhelmi, E., additional, Panny, S., additional, Panter, M., additional, Parsons, R. D., additional, Peron, G., additional, Prokhorov, D. A., additional, Prokoph, H., additional, Pühlhofer, G., additional, Punch, M., additional, Quirrenbach, A., additional, Reichherzer, P., additional, Reimer, A., additional, Reimer, O., additional, Reville, B., additional, Rieger, F., additional, Rowell, G., additional, Rudak, B., additional, Ruiz-Velasco, E., additional, Sahakian, V., additional, Sanchez, D. A., additional, Sasaki, M., additional, Schüssler, F., additional, Schutte, H. M., additional, Schwanke, U., additional, Shapopi, J. N. S., additional, Sol, H., additional, Spencer, S., additional, Steinmassl, S., additional, Suzuki, H., additional, Takahashi, T., additional, Tanaka, T., additional, Taylor, A. M., additional, Terrier, R., additional, Thorpe-Morgan, C., additional, Tsirou, M., additional, Tsuji, N., additional, Uchiyama, Y., additional, van Eldik, C., additional, Veh, J., additional, Venter, C., additional, Wagner, S. J., additional, White, R., additional, Wierzcholska, A., additional, Wong, Yu Wun, additional, Zacharias, M., additional, Zargaryan, D., additional, Zdziarski, A. A., additional, Zouari, S., additional, and Żywucka, N., additional

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2023
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127. Search for the evaporation of primordial black holes with H.E.S.S.

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Aharonian, F., primary, Ait Benkhali, F., additional, Aschersleben, J., additional, Böttcher, M., additional, Backes, M., additional, Barbosa Martins, V., additional, Batzofin, R., additional, Becherini, Y., additional, Berge, D., additional, Bi, B., additional, Boisson, C., additional, Bolmont, J., additional, de Bony de Lavergne, M., additional, Borowska, J., additional, Bradascio, F., additional, Brose, R., additional, Brun, F., additional, Bruno, B., additional, Bulik, T., additional, Burger-Scheidlin, C., additional, Caroff, S., additional, Casanova, S., additional, Celic, J., additional, Cerruti, M., additional, Chand, T., additional, Chen, A., additional, Chibueze, O., additional, Cotter, G., additional, Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J., additional, Djannati-Ataï, A., additional, Egberts, K., additional, van Eldik, C., additional, Ernenwein, J.-P., additional, Füßling, M., additional, Fiasson, A., additional, Fichet de Clairfontaine, G., additional, Fontaine, G., additional, Gabici, S., additional, Ghafourizadeh, S., additional, Giavitto, G., additional, Glawion, D., additional, Glicenstein, J.F., additional, Grolleron, G., additional, Grondin, M.-H., additional, Haerer, L., additional, Haupt, M., additional, Hinton, J.A., additional, Hofmann, W., additional, Holler, M., additional, Horns, D., additional, Huang, Z.-Q., additional, Jamrozy, M., additional, Jankowsky, F., additional, Joshi, V., additional, Jung-Richardt, I., additional, Kasai, E., additional, Katarzyński, K., additional, Khélifi, B., additional, Klepser, S., additional, Kluźniak, W., additional, Komin, N., additional, Kosack, K., additional, Kostunin, D., additional, Holch, T.L., additional, Lang, R.G., additional, Le Stum, S., additional, Leitl, F., additional, Lemière, A., additional, Lenain, J.-P., additional, Leuschner, F., additional, Lohse, T., additional, Luashvili, A., additional, Lypova, I., additional, Mackey, J., additional, Malyshev, D., additional, Marandon, V., additional, Marchegiani, P., additional, Marinos, P., additional, Martí-Devesa, G., additional, Marx, R., additional, Mitchell, A., additional, Moderski, R., additional, Mohrmann, L., additional, Montanari, A., additional, Moulin, E., additional, Muller, J., additional, Nakashima, K., additional, de Naurois, M., additional, Niemiec, J., additional, O'Brien, P., additional, Ohm, S., additional, Olivera-Nieto, L., additional, de Ona Wilhelmi, E., additional, Ostrowski, M., additional, Pühlhofer, G., additional, Panny, S., additional, Panter, M., additional, Parsons, R.D., additional, Peron, G., additional, Priyana Noel, A., additional, Prokhorov, D.A., additional, Prokoph, H., additional, Punch, M., additional, Quirrenbach, A., additional, Reichherzer, P., additional, Reimer, O., additional, Rieger, F., additional, Rowell, G., additional, Rudak, B., additional, Rueda Ricarte, H., additional, Sahakian, V., additional, Salzmann, H., additional, Sanchez, D.A., additional, Santangelo, A., additional, Sasaki, M., additional, Schutte, H.M., additional, Schwanke, U., additional, Shapopi, J.N.S., additional, Sol, H., additional, Specovius, A., additional, Spencer, S., additional, Stawarz, Ł., additional, Steenkamp, R., additional, Steinmassl, S., additional, Steppa, C., additional, Sushch, I., additional, Suzuki, H., additional, Takahashi, T., additional, Tanaka, T., additional, Tavernier, T., additional, Thorpe-Morgan, C., additional, Tsuji, N., additional, Uchiyama, Y., additional, Vecchi, M., additional, Veh, J., additional, Venter, C., additional, Vink, J., additional, Wagner, S.J., additional, White, R., additional, Wierzcholska, A., additional, Wong, Y.W., additional, Zacharias, M., additional, Zargaryan, D., additional, Zdziarski, A.A., additional, Zech, A., additional, Zouari, S., additional, and Żywucka, N., additional

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128. H.E.S.S. Follow-up Observations of GRB 221009A

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Aharonian, F., primary, Benkhali, F. Ait, additional, Aschersleben, J., additional, Ashkar, H., additional, Backes, M., additional, Baktash, A., additional, Martins, V. Barbosa, additional, Batzofin, R., additional, Becherini, Y., additional, Berge, D., additional, Bernlöhr, K., additional, Bi, B., additional, Böttcher, M., additional, Boisson, C., additional, Bolmont, J., additional, de Bony de Lavergne, M., additional, Borowska, J., additional, Bouyahiaoui, M., additional, Bradascio, F., additional, Breuhaus, M., additional, Brose, R., additional, Brun, F., additional, Bruno, B., additional, Bulik, T., additional, Burger-Scheidlin, C., additional, Caroff, S., additional, Casanova, S., additional, Celic, J., additional, Cerruti, M., additional, Chand, T., additional, Chandra, S., additional, Chen, A., additional, Chibueze, J., additional, Chibueze, O., additional, Cotter, G., additional, Dai, S., additional, Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, additional, Devin, J., additional, Djannati-Ataï, A., additional, Dmytriiev, A., additional, Doroshenko, V., additional, Egberts, K., additional, Einecke, S., additional, Ernenwein, J.-P., additional, Fegan, S., additional, de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, additional, Filipovic, M., additional, Fontaine, G., additional, Füßling, M., additional, Funk, S., additional, Gabici, S., additional, Ghafourizadeh, S., additional, Giavitto, G., additional, Glawion, D., additional, Glicenstein, J. F., additional, Goswami, P., additional, Grolleron, G., additional, Grondin, M.-H., additional, Hinton, J. A., additional, Holch, T. L., additional, Holler, M., additional, Horns, D., additional, Huang, Zhiqiu, additional, Jamrozy, M., additional, Jankowsky, F., additional, Joshi, V., additional, Jung-Richardt, I., additional, Kasai, E., additional, Katarzyński, K., additional, Khatoon, R., additional, Khélifi, B., additional, Kluźniak, W., additional, Komin, Nu., additional, Konno, R., additional, Kosack, K., additional, Kostunin, D., additional, Lang, R. G., additional, Le Stum, S., additional, Leitl, F., additional, Lemière, A., additional, Lemoine-Goumard, M., additional, Lenain, J.-P., additional, Leuschner, F., additional, Lohse, T., additional, Lypova, I., additional, Mackey, J., additional, Malyshev, D., additional, Marandon, V., additional, Marchegiani, P., additional, Marcowith, A., additional, Martí-Devesa, G., additional, Marx, R., additional, Meyer, M., additional, Mitchell, A., additional, Mohrmann, L., additional, Montanari, A., additional, Moulin, E., additional, Murach, T., additional, Nakashima, K., additional, de Naurois, M., additional, Niemiec, J., additional, Noel, A. Priyana, additional, O’Brien, P., additional, Ohm, S., additional, Olivera-Nieto, L., additional, de Ona Wilhelmi, E., additional, Ostrowski, M., additional, Panny, S., additional, Panter, M., additional, Parsons, R. D., additional, Peron, G., additional, Prokhorov, D. A., additional, Prokoph, H., additional, Pühlhofer, G., additional, Punch, M., additional, Quirrenbach, A., additional, Reichherzer, P., additional, Reimer, A., additional, Reimer, O., additional, Ren, H., additional, Renaud, M., additional, Reville, B., additional, Rieger, F., additional, Rowell, G., additional, Rudak, B., additional, Ruiz-Velasco, E., additional, Sahakian, V., additional, Salzmann, H., additional, Santangelo, A., additional, Sasaki, M., additional, Schäfer, J., additional, Schüssler, F., additional, Schutte, H. M., additional, Schwanke, U., additional, Shapopi, J. N. S., additional, Specovius, A., additional, Spencer, S., additional, Stawarz, Ł., additional, Steenkamp, R., additional, Steinmassl, S., additional, Steppa, C., additional, Sushch, I., additional, Suzuki, H., additional, Takahashi, T., additional, Tanaka, T., additional, Terrier, R., additional, Tsuji, N., additional, Uchiyama, Y., additional, Vecchi, M., additional, Venter, C., additional, Vink, J., additional, Wagner, S. J., additional, White, R., additional, Wierzcholska, A., additional, Wong, Yu Wun, additional, Zacharias, M., additional, Zargaryan, D., additional, Zdziarski, A. A., additional, Zech, A., additional, Zhu, S. J., additional, and Żywucka, N., additional

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129. Constraints on the Intergalactic Magnetic Field Using Fermi-LAT and HESS Blazar Observations

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Aharonian, F., Aschersleben, J., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bi, B., Bouyahiaoui, M., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Bylund, Tomas, Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Chibueze, J., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., de Bony, M., Egberts, K., Ernenwein, J. -P, de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Filipovic, M., Fontaine, G., Fuessling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Goswami, P., Grondin, M. -H, Haerer, L., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Khatoon, R., Khelifi, B., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lang, R. G., Le Stum, S., Leitl, F., Lemiere, A., Lenain, J. -P, Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Marti-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., Niemiec, J., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., de Ona Wilhelmi, E., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Puehlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sanchez, D. A., Sasaki, M., Schussler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Sol, H., Spencer, S., Steinmassl, S., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., van Eldik, C., Veh, J., Venter, C., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zouari, S., Zywucka, N., Aharonian, F., Aschersleben, J., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bi, B., Bouyahiaoui, M., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Bylund, Tomas, Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Chibueze, J., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., de Bony, M., Egberts, K., Ernenwein, J. -P, de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Filipovic, M., Fontaine, G., Fuessling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Goswami, P., Grondin, M. -H, Haerer, L., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Khatoon, R., Khelifi, B., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lang, R. G., Le Stum, S., Leitl, F., Lemiere, A., Lenain, J. -P, Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Marti-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., Niemiec, J., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., de Ona Wilhelmi, E., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Puehlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sanchez, D. A., Sasaki, M., Schussler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Sol, H., Spencer, S., Steinmassl, S., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., van Eldik, C., Veh, J., Venter, C., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zouari, S., and Zywucka, N.

Abstract

Magnetic fields in galaxies and galaxy clusters are believed to be the result of the amplification of intergalactic seed fields during the formation of large-scale structures in the universe. However, the origin, strength, and morphology of this intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) remain unknown. Lower limits on (or indirect detection of) the IGMF can be obtained from observations of high-energy gamma rays from distant blazars. Gamma rays interact with the extragalactic background light to produce electron-positron pairs, which can subsequently initiate electromagnetic cascades. The gamma-ray signature of the cascade depends on the IGMF since it deflects the pairs. Here we report on a new search for this cascade emission using a combined data set from the Fermi Large Area Telescope and the High Energy Stereoscopic System. Using state-of-the-art Monte Carlo predictions for the cascade signal, our results place a lower limit on the IGMF of B > 7.1 x 10(-16) G for a coherence length of 1 Mpc even when blazar duty cycles as short as 10 yr are assumed. This improves on previous lower limits by a factor of 2. For longer duty cycles of 10(4) (10(7)) yr, IGMF strengths below 1.8 x 10(-14) G (3.9 x 10(-14) G) are excluded, which rules out specific models for IGMF generation in the early universe.

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130. HESS Follow-up Observations of GRB 221009A

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Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Aschersleben, J., Ashkar., H., Backes., M., Baktash, A., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bernloehr, K., Bi, B., Boettcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Bony de Lavergne, M., Borowska, J., Bouyahiaoui, M., Bradascio, F., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Chibueze, J., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., Dai, S., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Devin, J., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Doroshenko, V., Egberts, K., Einecke, S., Ernenwein, J. -P, Fegan, S., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Filipovic, M., Fontaine, G., Fuessling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Goswami, P., Grolleron, G., Grondin, M. -H, Hinton, J. A., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Khatoon, R., Khelifi, B., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Konno, R., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lang, R. G., Le Stum, S., Leitl, F., Lemiere, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P, Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Marti-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Niemiec, J., Noel, A. Priyana, O'Brien, P., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., de Ona Wilhelmi, E., Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Puehlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Ren, H., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Salzmann, H., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schaefer, J., Schuessler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, L., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Terrier, R., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., Vecchi, M., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zywucka, N., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Aschersleben, J., Ashkar., H., Backes., M., Baktash, A., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bernloehr, K., Bi, B., Boettcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Bony de Lavergne, M., Borowska, J., Bouyahiaoui, M., Bradascio, F., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Chibueze, J., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., Dai, S., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Devin, J., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Doroshenko, V., Egberts, K., Einecke, S., Ernenwein, J. -P, Fegan, S., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Filipovic, M., Fontaine, G., Fuessling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Goswami, P., Grolleron, G., Grondin, M. -H, Hinton, J. A., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Khatoon, R., Khelifi, B., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Konno, R., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lang, R. G., Le Stum, S., Leitl, F., Lemiere, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P, Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Marti-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Niemiec, J., Noel, A. Priyana, O'Brien, P., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., de Ona Wilhelmi, E., Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Puehlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Ren, H., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Salzmann, H., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schaefer, J., Schuessler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, L., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Terrier, R., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., Vecchi, M., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., and Zywucka, N.

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GRB 221009A is the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever detected. To probe the very-high-energy (VHE; >100 GeV) emission, the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) began observations 53 hr after the triggering event, when the brightness of the moonlight no longer precluded observations. We derive differential and integral upper limits using H.E.S.S. data from the third, fourth, and ninth nights after the initial GRB detection, after applying atmospheric corrections. The combined observations yield an integral energy flux upper limit of f(UL)(95%)=9.7x10(-12)ergcm(-2)s(-1) E-thr = 650 GeV. The constraints derived from the H.E.S.S. observations complement the available multiwavelength data. The radio to X-ray data are consistent with synchrotron emission from a single electron population, with the peak in the spectral energy distribution occurring above the X-ray band. Compared to the VHE-bright GRB 190829A, the upper limits for GRB 221009A imply a smaller gamma-ray to X-ray flux ratio in the afterglow. Even in the absence of a detection, the H.E.S.S. upper limits thus contribute to the multiwavelength picture of GRB 221009A, effectively ruling out an IC-dominated scenario.

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131. Search for the evaporation of primordial black holes with HESS

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Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Aschersleben, J., Boettcher, M., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bi, B., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Borowska, J., Bradascio, F., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chen, A., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Djannati-Atai, A., Egberts, K., van Eldik, C., Ernenwein, J. -P, Fuessling, M., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Gabici, S., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grolleron, G., Grondin, M. -H, Haerer, L., Haupt, M., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Z. -Q, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Khelifi, B., Klepser, S., Kluzniak, W., Komin, N., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Holch, T. L., Lang, R. G., Le Stum, S., Leitl, F., Lemiere, A., Lenain, J. -P, Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marinos, P., Marti-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Niemiec, J., O'Brien, P., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Puehlhofer, G., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Noel, A. Priyana, Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Punch, Michael, Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, O., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ricarte, H. Rueda, Sahakian, V., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, L., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Tavernier, T., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., Vecchi, M., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Y. W., Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zouari, S., Zywucka, N., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Aschersleben, J., Boettcher, M., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bi, B., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Borowska, J., Bradascio, F., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chen, A., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Djannati-Atai, A., Egberts, K., van Eldik, C., Ernenwein, J. -P, Fuessling, M., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Gabici, S., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grolleron, G., Grondin, M. -H, Haerer, L., Haupt, M., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Z. -Q, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Khelifi, B., Klepser, S., Kluzniak, W., Komin, N., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Holch, T. L., Lang, R. G., Le Stum, S., Leitl, F., Lemiere, A., Lenain, J. -P, Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marinos, P., Marti-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Niemiec, J., O'Brien, P., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Puehlhofer, G., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Noel, A. Priyana, Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Punch, Michael, Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, O., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ricarte, H. Rueda, Sahakian, V., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, L., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Tavernier, T., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., Vecchi, M., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Y. W., Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zouari, S., and Zywucka, N.

Abstract

Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) are hypothetical black holes predicted to have been formed from density fluctuations in the early Universe. PBHs with an initial mass around 1014-1015 g are expected to end their evaporation at present times in a burst of particles and very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays. Those gamma rays may be detectable by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), an array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. This paper reports on the search for evaporation bursts of VHE gamma rays with H.E.S.S., ranging from 10 to 120 seconds, as expected from the final stage of PBH evaporation and using a total of 4816 hours of observations. The most constraining upper limit on the burst rate of local PBHs is 2000 pc-3 yr-1 for a burst interval of 120 seconds, at the 95% confidence level. The implication of these measurements for PBH dark matter are also discussed.

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2023
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132. Discovery of a radiation component from the Vela pulsar reaching 20 teraelectronvolts

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Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Aschersleben, J., Ashkar, H., Backers, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bernlohr, K., Bi, B., Bottcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Borowska, J., Bradascio, F., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Bylund, Tomas, Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Egberts, K., Ernenwein, J. -P, Feijen, K., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Fussling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Goswami, P., Grolleron, G., Grondin, M. -H, Haerer, L., Haupt, M., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Z., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Khelifi, B., Klepser, S., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lang, R. G., Le Stum, S., Lemiere, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P, Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Marinos, P., Marti-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Niemiec, J., Noel, A. Priyana, O'Brien, P., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Pita, S., Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Puhlhofer, G., Punch, Michael, Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schussler, F., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Spir-Jacob, M., Stawarz, L., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Tavernier, T., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tluczykont, M., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., van Eldik, C., Vecchi, M., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Y. Wun, Yassin, H., Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zouari, S., Zywucka, N., Zanin, R., Kerr, M., Johnston, S., Shannon, R. M., Smith, D. A., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Aschersleben, J., Ashkar, H., Backers, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bernlohr, K., Bi, B., Bottcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Borowska, J., Bradascio, F., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Bylund, Tomas, Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Egberts, K., Ernenwein, J. -P, Feijen, K., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Fussling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Goswami, P., Grolleron, G., Grondin, M. -H, Haerer, L., Haupt, M., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Z., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Khelifi, B., Klepser, S., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lang, R. G., Le Stum, S., Lemiere, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P, Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Marinos, P., Marti-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Niemiec, J., Noel, A. Priyana, O'Brien, P., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Pita, S., Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Puhlhofer, G., Punch, Michael, Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schussler, F., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Spir-Jacob, M., Stawarz, L., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Tavernier, T., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tluczykont, M., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., van Eldik, C., Vecchi, M., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Y. Wun, Yassin, H., Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zouari, S., Zywucka, N., Zanin, R., Kerr, M., Johnston, S., Shannon, R. M., and Smith, D. A.

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Gamma-ray observations have established energetic isolated pulsars as outstanding particle accelerators and antimatter factories. However, many questions are still open regarding the acceleration and radiation processes involved, as well as the locations where they occur. The radiation spectra of all gamma-ray pulsars observed to date show strong cutoffs or a break above energies of a few gigaelectronvolts. Using the High Energy Stereoscopic System's Cherenkov telescopes, we discovered a radiation component from the Vela pulsar which emerges beyond this generic cutoff and extends up to energies of at least 20 teraelectronvolts. This is an order of magnitude larger than in the case of the Crab pulsar, the only other pulsar detected in the teraelectronvolt energy range. Our results challenge the state-of-the-art models for the high-energy emission of pulsars. Furthermore, they pave the way for investigating other pulsars through their multiteraelectronvolt emission, thereby imposing additional constraints on the acceleration and emission processes in their extreme energy limit. The H.E.S.S. gamma-ray observatory has observed gamma rays with energies of at least 20 TeV from a pulsar, an energy regime that is hard to reconcile with the existing theories of gamma-ray production for such objects., Correction published in: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-02151-1.In the version of the article initially published, R. Zanin, M. Kerr, S. Johnston, R. M. Shannon and D. A. Smith mistakenly appeared in the main author list but are now instead listed as members of The H.E.S.S. Collaboration et al. in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

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133. Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to a dark matter signal from the Galactic centre

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Abdalla, H., Abe, H., Abe, S., Abusleme, A., Acero, F., Acharyya, A., Acín Portella, V., Ackley, K., Adam, R., Adams, C., Adhikari, S. S., Aguado-Ruesga, I., Agudo, I., Aguilera, R., Aguirre-Santaella, A., Aharonian, F., Alberdi, A., Alfaro, R., Alfaro, J., Alispach, C., Aloisio, R., Alves Batista, R., Amans, J. -P, Amati, L., Amato, E., Ambrogi, L., Ambrosi, G., Ambrosio, M., Ammendola, R., Anderson, J., Anduze, M., Angüner, E. O., Antonelli, L. A., Antonuccio, V., Antoranz, P., Anutarawiramkul, R., Aragunde Gutierrez, J., Aramo, C., Araudo, A., Araya, M., Arbet-Engels, A., Arcaro, C., Arendt, V., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Arqueros, F., Arrabito, L., Arsioli, B., Artero, M., Asano, K., Ascasíbar, Y., Aschersleben, J., Ashley, M., Attinà, P., Aubert, P., Singh, C. B., Baack, D., Babic, A., Backes, M., Baena, V., Bajtlik, S., Baktash, A., Balazs, C., Balbo, M., Ballester, O., Ballet, J., Balmaverde, B., Bamba, A., Bandiera, R., Baquero Larriva, A., Barai, P., Barbier, C., Barbosa Martins, V., Barcelo, M., Barkov, M., Barnard, M., Baroncelli, L., Barres Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Bastieri, D., Batista, P. I., Batkovic, I., Bauer, C., Bautista-González, R., Baxter, J., Becciani, U., Becerra González, J., Becherini, Y., Beck, G., Becker Tjus, J., Bednarek, W., Belfiore, A., Bellizzi, L., Belmont, R., Benbow, W., Berge, D., Bernardini, E., Bernardos, M. I., Bernlöhr, K., Berti, A., Berton, M., Bertucci, B., Beshley, V., Bhatt, N., Bhattacharyya, S., Bhattacharyya, W., Bi, B., Bicknell, G., Biederbeck, N., Bigongiari, C., Biland, A., Bird, R., Bissaldi, E., Biteau, J., Bitossi, M., Blanch, O., Blank, M., Blazek, J., Bobin, J., Boccato, C., Bocchino, F., Boehm, C., Bohacova, M., Boisson, C., Boix, J., Bolle, J. -P, Bolmont, J., Bonanno, G., Bonavolontà, C., Bonneau Arbeletche, L., Bonnoli, G., Bordas, P., Borkowski, J., Bórquez, S., Bose, R., Bose, D., Bosnjak, Z., Bottacini, E., Böttcher, M., Botticella, M. T., Boutonnet, C., Bouyjou, F., Bozhilov, V., Bozzo, E., Brahimi, L., Braiding, C., Brau-Nogué, S., Breen, S., Bregeon, J., Breuhaus, M., Brill, A., Brisken, W., Brocato, E., Brown, A. M., Brügge, K., Brun, P., Brun, F., Brunetti, L., Brunetti, G., Bruno, P., Bruno, A., Bruzzese, A., Bucciantini, N., Buckley, J., Bühler, R., Bulgarelli, A., Bulik, T., Bünning, M., Bunse, M., Burton, M., Burtovoi, A., Buscemi, M., Buschjäger, S., Busetto, G., Buss, J., Byrum, K., Caccianiga, A., Cadoux, F., Calanducci, A., Calderón, C., Calvo Tovar, J., Cameron, R., Campaña, P., Canestrari, R., Cangemi, F., Cantlay, B., Capalbi, M., Capasso, M., Cappi, M., Caproni, A., Capuzzo-Dolcetta, R., Caraveo, P., Cárdenas, V., Cardiel, L., Cardillo, M., Carlile, C., Caroff, S., Carosi, R., Carosi, A., Carquín, E., Carrère, M., Casandjian, J. -M, Casanova, S., Cascone, E., Cassol, F., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Catalani, F., Catalano, O., Cauz, D., Ceccanti, A., Celestino Silva, C., Celli, S., Cerny, K., Cerruti, M., Chabanne, E., Chadwick, P., Chai, Y., Chambery, P., Champion, C., Chandra, S., Chaty, S., Chen, A., Cheng, K., Chernyakova, M., Chiaro, G., Chiavassa, A., Chikawa, M., Chitnis, V. R., Chudoba, J., Chytka, L., Cikota, S., Circiello, A., Clark, P., Çolak, M., Colombo, E., Colome, J., Colonges, S., Comastri, A., Compagnino, A., Conforti, V., Congiu, E., Coniglione, R., Conrad, J., Conte, F., Contreras, J. L., Coppi, P., Cornat, R., Coronado-Blazquez, J., Cortina, J., Costa, A., Costantini, H., Cotter, G., Courty, B., Covino, S., Crestan, S., Cristofari, P., Crocker, R., Croston, J., Cubuk, K., Cuevas, O., Cui, X., Cusumano, G., Cutini, S., D’aì, A., D’amico, G., D’ammando, F., D’avanzo, P., Da Vela, P., Dadina, M., Dai, S., Dalchenko, M., Dall’ Ora, M., Daniel, M. K., Dauguet, J., Davids, I., Davies, J., Dawson, B., Angelis, A., Araújo Carvalho, A. E., Bony Lavergne, M., Caprio, V., Cesare, G., Frondat, F., Gouveia Dal Pino, E. M., La Calle, I., Lotto, B., Luca, A., Martino, D., Menezes, R. M., Naurois, M., Oña Wilhelmi, E., Palma, F., Persio, F., Simone, N., Souza, V., Del Santo, M., Del Valle, M. V., Delagnes, E., Deleglise, G., Delfino Reznicek, M., Delgado, C., Delgado Giler, A. G., Delgado Mengual, J., Della Ceca, R., Della Valle, M., Della Volpe, D., Depaoli, D., Depouez, D., Devin, J., Di Girolamo, T., Di Giulio, C., Di Piano, A., Di Pierro, F., Di Venere, L., Díaz, C., Díaz-Bahamondes, C., Dib, C., Diebold, S., Digel, S., Dima, R., Djannati-Ataï, A., Djuvsland, J., Dmytriiev, A., Docher, K., Domínguez, A., Dominis Prester, D., Donath, A., Donini, A., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Dos Anjos, R. D. C., Dournaux, J. -L, Downes, T., Drake, G., Drass, H., Dravins, D., Duangchan, C., Duara, A., Dubus, G., Ducci, L., Duffy, C., Dumora, D., Dundas Morå, K., Durkalec, A., Dwarkadas, V. V., Ebr, J., Eckner, C., Eder, J., Ederoclite, A., Edy, E., Egberts, K., Einecke, S., Eisch, J., Eleftheriadis, C., Elsässer, D., Emery, G., Emmanoulopoulos, D., Ernenwein, J. -P, Errando, M., Escarate, P., Escudero, J., Espinoza, C., Ettori, S., Eungwanichayapant, A., Evans, P., Evoli, C., Fairbairn, M., Falceta-Goncalves, D., Falcone, A., Fallah Ramazani, V., Falomo, R., Farakos, K., Fasola, G., Fattorini, A., Favre, Y., Fedora, R., Fedorova, E., Fegan, S., Feijen, K., Feng, Q., Ferrand, G., Ferrara, G., Ferreira, O., Fesquet, M., Fiandrini, E., Fiasson, A., Filipovic, M., Fink, D., Finley, J. P., Fioretti, V., Fiorillo, D. F. G., Fiorini, M., Flis, S., Flores, H., Foffano, L., Föhr, C., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fontaine, G., Fornieri, O., Fortin, P., Fortson, L., Fouque, N., Fournier, A., Fraga, B., Franceschini, A., Franco, F. 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Zaharijas G., Zakaria A.A., Zampieri L., Zanin R., Zaric D., Zavrtanik M., Zavrtanik D., Zdziarski A.A., Zech A., Zechlin H., Zhdanov V.I., and Zivec M.

Subjects
Cherenkov Telescope Array, MATÉRIA ESCURA, scale: TeV, Astronomy, atmosphere [Cherenkov counter], dark matter experiment, Dark matter theory, energy resolution, Gamma ray experiments, Particle, Astrophysics, cosmic background radiation, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), benchmark, WIMP, HESS, energy: flux, TeV [scale], relativistic [charged particle], gamma ray experiment, MAGIC (telescope), Monte Carlo, Event reconstruction, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Contraction, spatial distribution, track data analysis, density [dark matter], Clumpy, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, imaging, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, dark matter experiments, dark matter theory, gamma ray experiments, galaxy morphology, Dark matter experiments, Física nuclear, VERITAS, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Simulations, noise, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, satellite, Cosmic background radiation, FOS: Physical sciences, Annihilation, dark matter: density, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Cherenkov counter: atmosphere, heavy [dark matter], annihilation [dark matter], GLAST, Galaxy morphology, cosmic radiation [p], 0103 physical sciences, Cherenkov [radiation], Candidates, ddc:530, AGN, Cherenkov radiation, Radiative Processes, thermal [cross section], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Física, dark matter: annihilation, Gamma-Ray Signals, dark matter, Galactic Center, TeV gamma-ray astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mass, radiation: Cherenkov, sensitivity, MAGIC, Galaxy, Astronomía, dark matter: heavy, gamma ray, p: cosmic radiation, [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], correlation, charged particle: relativistic, flux [energy], galaxy, supersymmetry, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], cross section: thermal
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Full list of authors: Acharyya, A.; Adam, R.; Adams, C.; Agudo, I.; Aguirre-Santaella, A.; Alfaro, R.; Alfaro, J.; Alispach, C.; Aloisio, R.; Alves Batista, R.; Amati, L.; Ambrosi, G.; Angüner, E. O.; Antonelli, L. A.; Aramo, C.; Araudo, A.; Armstrong, T.; Arqueros, F.; Asano, K.; Ascasíbar, Y. Ashley, M.; Balazs, C.; Ballester, O.; Baquero Larriva, A.; Barbosa Martins, V.; Barkov, M.; Barres de Almeida, U.; Barrio, J. A.; Bastieri, D.; Becerra, J.; Beck, G.; Becker Tjus, J.; Benbow, W.; Benito, M.; Berge, D.; Bernardini, E.; Bernlöhr, K.; Berti, A.; Bertucci, B.; Beshley, V.; Biasuzzi, B.; Biland, A.; Bissaldi, E.; Biteau, J.; Blanch, O.; Blazek, J.; Bocchino, F.; Boisson, C.; Bonneau Arbeletche, L.; Bordas, P.; Bosnjak, Z.; Bottacini, E.; Bozhilov, V.; Bregeon, J.; Brill, A.; Bringmann, T.; Brown, A. M.; Brun, P.; Brun, F.; Bruno, P.; Bulgarelli, A.; Burton, M.; Burtovoi, A.; Buscemi, M.; Cameron, R.; Capasso, M.; Caproni, A.; Capuzzo-Dolcetta, R.; Caraveo, P.; Carosi, R.; Carosi, A.; Casanova, S.; Cascone, E.; Cassol, F.; Catalani, F.; Cauz, D.; Cerruti, M.; Chadwick, P.; Chaty, S.; Chen, A.; Chernyakova, M.; Chiaro, G.; Chiavassa, A.; Chikawa, M.; Chudoba, J.; Çolak, M.; Conforti, V.; Coniglione, R.; Conte, F.; Contreras, J. L.; Coronado-Blazquez, J.; Costa, A.; Costantini, H.; Cotter, G.; Cristofari, P.; D'Aimath, A.; D'Ammando, F.; Damone, L. A.; Daniel, M. K.; Dazzi, F.; De Angelis, A.; De Caprio, V.; de Cássia dos Anjos, R.; de Gouveia Dal Pino, E. M.; De Lotto, B.; De Martino, D.; de Oña Wilhelmi, E.; De Palma, F.; de Souza, V.; Delgado, C.; Delgado Giler, A. G.; della Volpe, D.; Depaoli, D.; Di Girolamo, T.; Di Pierro, F.; Di Venere, L.; Diebold, S.; Dmytriiev, A.; Domínguez, A.; Donini, A.; Doro, M.; Ebr, J.; Eckner, C.; Edwards, T. D. P.; Ekoume, T. R. N.; Elsässer, D.; Evoli, C.; Falceta-Goncalves, D.; Fedorova, E.; Fegan, S.; Feng, Q.; Ferrand, G.; Ferrara, G.; Fiandrini, E.; Fiasson, A.; Filipovic, M.; Fioretti, V.; Fiori, M.; Foffano, L.; Fontaine, G.; Fornieri, O.; Franco, F. J.; Fukami, S.; Fukui, Y.; Gaggero, D.; Galaz, G.; Gammaldi, V.; Garcia, E.; Garczarczyk, M.; Gascon, D.; Gent, A.; Ghalumyan, A.; Gianotti, F.; Giarrusso, M.; Giavitto, G.; Giglietto, N.; Giordano, F.; Giuliani, A.; Glicenstein, J.; Gnatyk, R.; Goldoni, P.; González, M. M.; Gourgouliatos, K.; Granot, J.; Grasso, D.; Green, J.; Grillo, A.; Gueta, O.; Gunji, S.; Halim, A.; Hassan, T.; Heller, M.; Hernández Cadena, S.; Hiroshima, N.; Hnatyk, B.; Hofmann, W.; Holder, J.; Horan, D.; Hörandel, J.; Horvath, P.; Hovatta, T.; Hrabovsky, M.; Hrupec, D.; Hughes, G.; Humensky, T. B.; Hütten, M.; Iarlori, M.; Inada, T.; Inoue, S.; Iocco, F.; Iori, M.; Jamrozy, M.; Janecek, P.; Jin, W.; Jouvin, L.; Jurysek, J.; Karukes, E.; Katarzyński, K.; Kazanas, D.; Kerszberg, D.; Kherlakian, M. C.; Kissmann, R.; Knödlseder, J.; Kobayashi, Y.; Kohri, K.; Komin, N.; Kubo, H.; Kushida, J.; Lamanna, G.; Lapington, J.; Laporte, P.; Leigui de Oliveira, M. A.; Lenain, J.; Leone, F.; Leto, G.; Lindfors, E.; Lohse, T.; Lombardi, S.; Longo, F.; Lopez, A.; López, M.; López-Coto, R.; Loporchio, S.; Luque-Escamilla, P. L.; Mach, E.; Maggio, C.; Maier, G.; Mallamaci, M.; Malta Nunes de Almeida, R.; Mandat, D.; Manganaro, M.; Mangano, S.; Manicò, G.; Marculewicz, M.; Mariotti, M.; Markoff, S.; Marquez, P.; Martí, J.; Martinez, O.; Martínez, M.; Martínez, G.; Martínez-Huerta, H.; Maurin, G.; Mazin, D.; Mbarubucyeye, J. D.; Medina Miranda, D.; Meyer, M.; Miceli, M.; Miener, T.; Minev, M.; Miranda, J. M.; Mirzoyan, R.; Mizuno, T.; Mode, B.; Moderski, R.; Mohrmann, L.; Molina, E.; Montaruli, T.; Moralejo, A.; Morcuende-Parrilla, D.; Morselli, A.; Mukherjee, R.; Mundell, C.; Nagai, A.; Nakamori, T.; Nemmen, R.; Niemiec, J.; Nieto, D.; Nikołajuk, M.; Ninci, D.; Noda, K.; Nosek, D.; Nozaki, S.; Ohira, Y.; Ohishi, M.; Ohtani, Y.; Oka, T.; Okumura, A.; Ong, R. A.; Orienti, M.; Orito, R.; Orlandini, M.; Orlando, S.; Orlando, E.; Ostrowski, M.; Oya, I.; Pagano, I.; Pagliaro, A.; Palatiello, M.; Pantaleo, F. R.; Paredes, J. M.; Pareschi, G.; Parmiggiani, N.; Patricelli, B.; Pavletić, L.; Pe'er, A.; Pecimotika, M.; Pérez-Romero, J.; Persic, M.; Petruk, O.; Pfrang, K.; Piano, G.; Piatteli, P.; Pietropaolo, E.; Pillera, R.; Pilszyk, B.; Pintore, F.; Pohl, M.; Poireau, V.; Prado, R. R.; Prandini, E.; Prast, J.; Principe, G.; Prokoph, H.; Prouza, M.; Przybilski, H.; Pühlhofer, G.; Pumo, M. L.; Queiroz, F.; Quirrenbach, A.; Rainò, S.; Rando, R.; Razzaque, S.; Recchia, S.; Reimer, O.; Reisenegger, A.; Renier, Y.; Rhode, W.; Ribeiro, D.; Ribó, M.; Richtler, T.; Rico, J.; Rieger, F.; Rinchiuso, L.; Rizi, V.; Rodriguez, J.; Rodriguez Fernandez, G.; Rodriguez Ramirez, J. C.; Rojas, G.; Romano, P.; Romeo, G.; Rosado, J.; Rowell, G.; Rudak, B.; Russo, F.; Sadeh, I.; Sæther Hatlen, E.; Safi-Harb, S.; Salesa Greus, F.; Salina, G.; Sanchez, D.; Sánchez-Conde, M.; Sangiorgi, P.; Sano, H.; Santander, M.; Santos, E. M.; Santos-Lima, R.; Sanuy, A.; Sarkar, S.; Saturni, F. G.; Sawangwit, U.; Schussler, F.; Schwanke, U.; Sciacca, E.; Scuderi, S.; Seglar-Arroyo, M.; Sergijenko, O.; Servillat, M.; Seweryn, K.; Shalchi, A.; Sharma, P.; Shellard, R. C.; Siejkowski, H.; Silk, J.; Siqueira, C.; Sliusar, V.; Słowikowska, A.; Sokolenko, A.; Sol, H.; Spencer, S.; Stamerra, A.; Stanič, S.; Starling, R.; Stolarczyk, T.; Straumann, U.; Strišković, J.; Suda, Y.; Suomijarvi, T.; Świerk, P.; Tavecchio, F.; Taylor, L.; Tejedor, L. A.; Teshima, M.; Testa, V.; Tibaldo, L.; Todero Peixoto, C. J.; Tokanai, F.; Tonev, D.; Tosti, G.; Tosti, L.; Tothill, N.; Truzzi, S.; Travnicek, P.; Vagelli, V.; Vallage, B.; Vallania, P.; van Eldik, C.; Vandenbroucke, J.; Varner, G. S.; Vassiliev, V.; Vázquez Acosta, M.; Vecchi, M.; Ventura, S.; Vercellone, S.; Vergani, S.; Verna, G.; Viana, A.; Vigorito, C. F.; Vink, J.; Vitale, V.; Vorobiov, S.; Vovk, I.; Vuillaume, T.; Wagner, S. J.; Walter, R.; Watson, J.; Weniger, C.; White, R.; White, M.; Wiemann, R.; Wierzcholska, A.; Will, M.; Williams, D. A.; Wischnewski, R.; Yanagita, S.; Yang, L.; Yoshikoshi, T.; Zacharias, M.; Zaharijas, G.; Zakaria, A. A.; Zampieri, L.; Zanin, R.; Zaric, D.; Zavrtanik, M.; Zavrtanik, D.; Zdziarski, A. A.; Zech, A.; Zechlin, H.; Zhdanov, V. I.; Živec, M.-- This is an open access article published by IOP Publishing Ltd on behalf of Sissa Medialab. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI., We provide an updated assessment of the power of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to search for thermally produced dark matter at the TeV scale, via the associated gamma-ray signal from pair-annihilating dark matter particles in the region around the Galactic centre. We find that CTA will open a new window of discovery potential, significantly extending the range of robustly testable models given a standard cuspy profile of the dark matter density distribution. Importantly, even for a cored profile, the projected sensitivity of CTA will be sufficient to probe various well-motivated models of thermally produced dark matter at the TeV scale. This is due to CTA's unprecedented sensitivity, angular and energy resolutions, and the planned observational strategy. The survey of the inner Galaxy will cover a much larger region than corresponding previous observational campaigns with imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. CTA will map with unprecedented precision the large-scale diffuse emission in high-energy gamma rays, constituting a background for dark matter searches for which we adopt state-of-the-art models based on current data. Throughout our analysis, we use up-to-date event reconstruction Monte Carlo tools developed by the CTA consortium, and pay special attention to quantifying the level of instrumental systematic uncertainties, as well as background template systematic errors, required to probe thermally produced dark matter at these energies. © 2021 The Author(s)., We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the following agencies and organisations: State Committee of Science of Armenia, Armenia; The Australian Research Council, Astronomy Australia Ltd, The University of Adelaide, Australian National University, Monash University, The University of New South Wales, The University of Sydney, Western Sydney University, Australia; Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, and Innsbruck University, Austria; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP), Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications (MCTIC), and Instituto Serrapilheira, Brasil; Ministry of Education and Science, National RI Roadmap Project DO1-153/28.08.2018, Bulgaria; The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Space Agency, Canada; CONICYT-Chile grants CATA AFB 170002, ANID PIA/APOYO AFB 180002, ACT 1406, FONDECYT-Chile grants, 1161463, 1170171, 1190886, 1171421, 1170345, 1201582, Gemini-ANID 32180007, Chile; Croatian Science Foundation, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Osijek, University of Rijeka, University of Split, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia; Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, MEYS LM2015046, LM2018105, LTT17006, EU/MEYS CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001403, CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/18_046/0016007 and CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000754, Czech Republic; Academy of Finland (grant nr.317636, 320045, 317383 and 320085), Finland; Ministry of Higher Education and Research, CNRS-INSU and CNRS-IN2P3, CEA-Irfu, ANR, Regional Council Ile de France, Labex ENIGMASS, OSUG2020, P2IO and OCEVU, France; Max Planck Society, BMBF, DESY, Helmholtz Association, Germany; Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Science and Technology, India; Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), MIUR, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF-OABRERA) Grant Fondazione Cariplo/Regione Lombardia ID 2014-1980/RST_ERC, Italy; ICRR, University of Tokyo, JSPS, MEXT, Japan; Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA), Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), Netherlands; University of Oslo, Norway; Ministry of Science and Higher Education, DIR/WK/2017/12, the National Centre for Research and Development and the National Science Centre, UMO-2016/22/M/ST9/00583, Poland; Slovenian Research Agency, grants P1-0031, P1-0385, I0-0033, J1-9146, J1-1700, N1-0111, and the Young Researcher program, Slovenia; South African Department of Science and Technology and National Research Foundation through the South African Gamma-Ray Astronomy Programme, South Africa; The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the Spanish Research State Agency (AEI) through grants AYA2016-79724-C4-1-P, AYA2016-80889-P, AYA2016-76012-C3-1-P, BES-2016-076342, ESP2017-87055-C2-1-P, FPA2017-82729-C6-1-R, FPA2017-82729-C6-2-R, FPA2017-82729-C6-3-R, FPA2017-82729-C6-4-R, FPA2017-82729-C6-5-R, FPA2017-82729-C6-6-R, PGC2018-095161-B-I00, PGC2018-095512-B-I00; the \Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa"program through grants no. SEV-2015-0548, SEV-2016-0597, SEV-2016-0588, SEV-2017-0709; the "Unidad de Excelencia Maria de Maeztu" program through grant no. MDM-2015-0509; the "Ramon y Cajal" programme through grants RYC-2013-14511, RyC-2013-14660, RYC-2017-22665; and the MultiDark Consolider Network FPA2017-90566-REDC. Atraccion de Talento contract no. 2016-T1/TIC-1542 granted by the Comunidad de Madrid; the "Postdoctoral Junior Leader Fellowship" programme from La Caixa Banking Foundation, grants no. LCF/BQ/LI18/11630014 and LCF/BQ/PI18/11630012; the "Programa Operativo" FEDER2014-2020, Consejeria de Economia y Conocimiento de la Junta de Andalucia (ref. 1257737), PAIDI 2020 (ref. P18-FR-1580), and Universidad de Jaen; the Spanish AEI EQC2018-005094-P FEDER 2014-2020; the European Union's "Horizon 2020" research and innovation programme under Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 665919; and the ESCAPE project with grant no. GA:824064, Spain; Swedish Research Council, Royal Physiographic Society of Lund, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, The Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) at Lunarc (Lund), Sweden; State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Switzerland; Durham University, Leverhulme Trust, Liverpool University, University of Leicester, University of Oxford, Royal Society, Science and Technology Facilities Council, U.K.; U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, Barnard College, University of California, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPAC-MRPI program), Iowa State University, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington University McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, The University of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, U.S.A. The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreements No 262053 and No 317446. This project is receiving funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programs under agreement No 676134.

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2022

134. H.E.S.S. follow-up observations of GRB221009A

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Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Aschersleben, J., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baktash, A., Barbosa Martins, V., Batzofin, R., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlohr, K., Bi, B., Bottcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Bony de Lavergne, M., Borowska, J., Bouyahiaoui, M., Bradascio, F., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Chibueze, J., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., Dai, S., Mbarubucyeye, Jean Damascene, Devin, J., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Doroshenko, V., Egberts, K., Einecke, S., Ernenwein, J.-P., Fegan, S., Fichet de Clairfontaine, G., Filipovic, M., Fontaine, G., Fußling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Goswami, P., Grolleron, G., Grondin, M.-H., Hinton, J. A., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Khatoon, R., Khelifi, B., Klúzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Konno, R., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lang, R. G., Le Stum, S., Leitl, F., Lemiere, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J.-P., Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Niemiec, J., Noel, A. Priyana, O'Brien, P., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., de Ona Wilhelmi, E., Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Puhlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Ren, H., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Salzmann, H., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schafer, J., Schussler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, L., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Terrier, R., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., Vecchi, M., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, Sylvia Jiechen, Zywucka, And N., and H. E. S. S. Collaboration

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electron, atmosphere, correction, flux, ratio, flux, upper limit, gamma ray, burst, brightness, X-ray, flux, GeV, VHE, energy, high, 5/3, HESS, synchrotron, energy, flux
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GRB221009A is the brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected. To probe the very-high-energy (VHE, $>$100 GeV) emission, the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) began observations 53 hours after the triggering event, when the brightness of the moonlight no longer precluded observations. We derive differential and integral upper limits using H.E.S.S. data from the third, fourth, and ninth nights after the initial GRB detection, after applying atmospheric corrections. The combined observations yield an integral energy flux upper limit of $\Phi_\mathrm{UL}^{95\%} = 9.7 \times 10^{-12}~\mathrm{erg\,cm^{-2}\,s^{-1}}$ above $E_\mathrm{thr} = 650$ GeV. The constraints derived from the H.E.S.S. observations complement the available multiwavelength data. The radio to X-ray data are consistent with synchrotron emission from a single electron population, with the peak in the SED occurring above the X-ray band. Compared to the VHE-bright GRB190829A, the upper limits for GRB221009A imply a smaller gamma-ray to X-ray flux ratio in the afterglow. Even in the absence of a detection, the H.E.S.S. upper limits thus contribute to the multiwavelength picture of GRB221009A, effectively ruling out an IC dominated scenario.

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2023
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135. Constraining the cosmic-ray pressure in the inner Virgo Cluster using H.E.S.S. observations of M 87

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Aharonian, F., Ait Benkhali, F., Arcaro, C., Aschersleben, J., Backes, M., Barbosa Martins, V., Batzofin, R., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Borowska, J., Bradascio, F., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Cecil, R., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Chibueze, J., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J., Djannati-Ataï, A., Egberts, K., Ernenwein, J.-P., Fichet de Clairfontaine, G., Filipovic, M., Fontaine, G., Füßling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Goswami, P., Grolleron, G., Grondin, M.-H., Haerer, L., Haupt, M., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Holch, T. L., Horns, D., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzyński, K., Khatoon, R., Khélifi, B., Kluźniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lang, R. G., Le Stum, S., Leitl, F., Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J.-P., Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Marinos, P., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Niemiec, J., Priyana Noel, A., O’Brien, P., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., de Ona Wilhelmi, E., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Pita, S., Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schäfer, J., Schüssler, F., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, Ł., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., van Eldik, C., van Soelen, B., Vecchi, M., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wach, T., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Y. W., Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zouari, S., Żywucka, N., HESS Collaboration, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH (UMR_8102)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique des Deux Infinis Bordeaux (LP2I - Bordeaux), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM), and H.E.S.S.

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gamma ray, emission, causality, VHE [gamma ray], gamma ray, VHE, cosmic radiation: energy, FOS: Physical sciences, energy, density, feedback, power spectrum, gamma ray: energy spectrum, Bayesian, rotation, thermal, cosmic radiation [p], energy [cosmic radiation], emission [gamma ray], HESS, TeV, cosmic radiation: pressure, energy: density, AGN, cluster, p, cosmic radiation, energy spectrum [gamma ray], High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), radio wave, cosmic radiation, energy, cosmic radiation, pressure, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, pressure [cosmic radiation], gamma ray: emission, VIRGO, gamma ray: VHE, p: cosmic radiation, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), ddc:520, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], density [energy]
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Astronomy and astrophysics 675, A138 (2023). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202346056, The origin of the gamma-ray emission from M87 is currently a matter of debate. This work aims to localize the VHE (100 GeV-100 TeV) gamma-ray emission from M87 and probe a potential extended hadronic emission component in the inner Virgo Cluster. The search for a steady and extended gamma-ray signal around M87 can constrain the cosmic-ray energy density and the pressure exerted by the cosmic rays onto the intra-cluster medium, and allow us to investigate the role of the cosmic rays in the active galactic nucleus feedback as a heating mechanism in the Virgo Cluster. H.E.S.S. telescopes are sensitive to VHE gamma rays and have been utilized to observe M87 since 2004. We utilized a Bayesian block analysis to identify M87 emission states with H.E.S.S. observations from 2004 until 2021, dividing them into low, intermediate, and high states. Because of the causality argument, an extended ($\gtrsim$kpc) signal is allowed only in steady emission states. Hence, we fitted the morphology of the 120h low state data and found no significant gamma-ray extension. Therefore, we derived for the low state an upper limit of 58'(corresponding to $\approx$4.6kpc) in the extension of a single-component morphological model described by a rotationally symmetric 2D Gaussian model at 99.7% confidence level. Our results exclude the radio lobes ($\approx$30 kpc) as the principal component of the VHE gamma-ray emission from the low state of M87. The gamma-ray emission is compatible with a single emission region at the radio core of M87. These results, with the help of two multiple-component models, constrain the maximum cosmic-ray to thermal pressure ratio $X_{{CR,max.}}$$\lesssim$$0.32$ and the total energy in cosmic-ray protons (CRp) to $U_{CR}$$\lesssim$5$\times10^{58}$ erg in the inner 20kpc of the Virgo Cluster for an assumed CRp power-law distribution in momentum with spectral index $\alpha_{p}$=2.1., Published by EDP Sciences, Les Ulis

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2023

136. The H.E.S.S. transients follow-up system

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Hoischen, C., primary, Füßling, M., additional, Ohm, S., additional, Balzer, A., additional, Ashkar, H., additional, Bernlöhr, K., additional, Hofverberg, P., additional, Holch, T. L., additional, Murach, T., additional, Prokoph, H., additional, Schüssler, F., additional, Zhu, S. J., additional, Berge, D., additional, Egberts, K., additional, and Stegmann, C., additional

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137. A MeerKAT, e-MERLIN, H.E.S.S., and Swift search for persistent and transient emission associated with three localized FRBs

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Chibueze, J O, primary, Caleb, M, additional, Spitler, L, additional, Ashkar, H, additional, Schüssler, F, additional, Stappers, B W, additional, Venter, C, additional, Heywood, I, additional, Richards, A M S, additional, Williams, D R A, additional, Kramer, M, additional, Beswick, R, additional, Bezuidenhout, M C, additional, Breton, R P, additional, Driessen, L N, additional, Jankowski, F, additional, Keane, E F, additional, Malenta, M, additional, Mickaliger, M, additional, Morello, V, additional, Qiu, H, additional, Rajwade, K, additional, Sanidas, S, additional, Surnis, M, additional, Scragg, T W, additional, Walker, C R H, additional, Wrigley, N, additional, Aharonian, H E S S Collaboration: F, additional, Ait Benkhali, F, additional, Angüner, E O, additional, Backes, M, additional, Baghmanyan, V, additional, Barbosa Martins, V, additional, Batzofin, R, additional, Becherini, Y, additional, Berge, D, additional, Böttcher, M, additional, Boisson, C, additional, Bolmont, J, additional, de Bony de Lavergne, M, additional, Breuhaus, M, additional, Brose, R, additional, Brun, F, additional, Bulik, T, additional, Cangemi, F, additional, Caroff, S, additional, Casanova, S, additional, Catalano, J, additional, Cerruti, M, additional, Chand, T, additional, Chen, A, additional, Chibueze, O U, additional, Cotter, G, additional, Cristofari, P, additional, Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J, additional, Devin, J, additional, Djannati-Ataï, A, additional, Dmytriiev, A, additional, Egberts, K, additional, Ernenwein, J-P, additional, Fiasson, A, additional, Fichet de Clairfontaine, G, additional, Fontaine, G, additional, Funk, S, additional, Gabici, S, additional, Ghafourizadeh, S, additional, Giavitto, G, additional, Glawion, D, additional, Grondin, M-H, additional, Hörbe, M, additional, Hoischen, C, additional, Holch, T L, additional, Huang, Zhiqiu, additional, Jamrozy, M, additional, Jankowsky, F, additional, Joshi, V, additional, Jung-Richardt, I, additional, Kasai, E, additional, Katarzyński, K, additional, Katz, U, additional, Khélifi, B, additional, Kluźniak, W, additional, Komin, Nu, additional, Kosack, K, additional, Kostunin, D, additional, Lemière, A, additional, Lenain, J-P, additional, Leuschner, F, additional, Lohse, T, additional, Luashvili, A, additional, Lypova, I, additional, Mackey, J, additional, Malyshev, D, additional, Marandon, V, additional, Marchegiani, P, additional, Marcowith, A, additional, Martí-Devesa, G, additional, Marx, R, additional, Mitchell, A, additional, Moderski, R, additional, Mohrmann, L, additional, Moulin, E, additional, Muller, J, additional, Nakashima, K, additional, de Naurois, M, additional, Nayerhoda, A, additional, Niemiec, J, additional, Priyana Noel, A, additional, O’Brien, P, additional, Ohm, S, additional, Olivera-Nieto, L, additional, de Ona Wilhelmi, E, additional, Ostrowski, M, additional, Panny, S, additional, Parsons, R D, additional, Pita, S, additional, Poireau, V, additional, Prokhorov, D A, additional, Prokoph, H, additional, Pühlhofer, G, additional, Quirrenbach, A, additional, Reichherzer, P, additional, Reimer, A, additional, Reimer, O, additional, Rowell, G, additional, Rudak, B, additional, Ruiz-Velasco, E, additional, Sahakian, V, additional, Sailer, S, additional, Salzmann, H, additional, Sanchez, D A, additional, Santangelo, A, additional, Sasaki, M, additional, Schutte, H M, additional, Schwanke, U, additional, Shapopi, J N S, additional, Specovius, A, additional, Spencer, S, additional, Steenkamp, R, additional, Steinmassl, S, additional, Takahashi, T, additional, Tanaka, T, additional, Thorpe-Morgan, C, additional, Tsuji, N, additional, van Eldik, C, additional, Veh, J, additional, Vink, J, additional, Wagner, S J, additional, Wierzcholska, A, additional, Wong, Yu Wun, additional, Yusafzai, A, additional, Zacharias, M, additional, Zargaryan, D, additional, Zdziarski, A A, additional, Zech, A, additional, Zhu, S J, additional, Zouari, S, additional, and Żywucka, N, additional

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138. Introducing the CTA concept

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Acharya, B.S., Actis, M., Aghajani, T., Agnetta, G., Aguilar, J., Aharonian, F., Ajello, M., Akhperjanian, A., Alcubierre, M., Aleksić, J., Alfaro, R., Aliu, E., Allafort, A.J., Allan, D., Allekotte, I., Amato, E., Anderson, J., Angüner, E.O., Antonelli, L.A., Antoranz, P., Aravantinos, A., Arlen, T., Armstrong, T., Arnaldi, H., Arrabito, L., Asano, K., Ashton, T., Asorey, H.G., Awane, Y., Baba, H., Babic, A., Baby, N., Bähr, J., Bais, A., Baixeras, C., Bajtlik, S., Balbo, M., Balis, D., Balkowski, C., Bamba, A., Bandiera, R., Barber, A., Barbier, C., Barceló, M., Barnacka, A., Barnstedt, J., Barres de Almeida, U., Barrio, J.A., Basili, A., Basso, S., Bastieri, D., Bauer, C., Baushev, A., Becerra, J., Becherini, Y., Bechtol, K.C., Becker Tjus, J., Beckmann, V., Bednarek, W., Behera, B., Belluso, M., Benbow, W., Berdugo, J., Berger, K., Bernard, F., Bernardino, T., Bernlöhr, K., Bhat, N., Bhattacharyya, S., Bigongiari, C., Biland, A., Billotta, S., Bird, T., Birsin, E., Bissaldi, E., Biteau, J., Bitossi, M., Blake, S., Blanch Bigas, O., Blasi, P., Bobkov, A., Boccone, V., Boettcher, M., Bogacz, L., Bogart, J., Bogdan, M., Boisson, C., Boix Gargallo, J., Bolmont, J., Bonanno, G., Bonardi, A., Bonev, T., Bonifacio, P., Bonnoli, G., Bordas, P., Borgland, A., Borkowski, J., Bose, R., Botner, O., Bottani, A., Bouchet, L., Bourgeat, M., Boutonnet, C., Bouvier, A., Brau-Nogué, S., Braun, I., Bretz, T., Briggs, M., Bringmann, T., Brook, P., Brun, P., Brunetti, L., Buanes, T., Buckley, J., Buehler, R., Bugaev, V., Bulgarelli, A., Bulik, T., Busetto, G., Buson, S., Byrum, K., Cailles, M., Cameron, R., Camprecios, J., Canestrari, R., Cantu, S., Capalbi, M., Caraveo, P., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Carr, J., Carton, P.-H., Casanova, S., Casiraghi, M., Catalano, O., Cavazzani, S., Cazaux, S., Cerruti, M., Chabanne, E., Chadwick, P., Champion, C., Chen, A., Chiang, J., Chiappetti, L., Chikawa, M., Chitnis, V.R., Chollet, F., Chudoba, J., Cieślar, M., Cillis, A., Cohen-Tanugi, J., Colafrancesco, S., Colin, P., Colome, J., Colonges, S., Compin, M., Conconi, P., Conforti, V., Connaughton, V., Conrad, J., Contreras, J.L., Coppi, P., Corona, P., Corti, D., Cortina, J., Cossio, L., Costantini, H., Cotter, G., Courty, B., Couturier, S., Covino, S., Crimi, G., Criswell, S.J., Croston, J., Cusumano, G., Dafonseca, M., Dale, O., Daniel, M., Darling, J., Davids, I., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Caprio, V., De Frondat, F., de Gouveia Dal Pino, E.M., de la Calle, I., De La Vega, G.A., de los Reyes Lopez, R., De Lotto, B., De Luca, A., de Mello Neto, J.R.T., de Naurois, M., de Oliveira, Y., de Oña Wilhelmi, E., de Souza, V., Decerprit, G., Decock, G., Deil, C., Delagnes, E., Deleglise, G., Delgado, C., Della Volpe, D., Demange, P., Depaola, G., Dettlaff, A., Di Paola, A., Di Pierro, F., Díaz, C., Dick, J., Dickherber, R., Dickinson, H., Diez-Blanco, V., Digel, S., Dimitrov, D., Disset, G., Djannati-Ataï, A., Doert, M., Dohmke, M., Domainko, W., Dominis Prester, D., Donat, A., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Dournaux, J.-L., Drake, G., Dravins, D., Drury, L., Dubois, F., Dubois, R., Dubus, G., Dufour, C., Dumas, D., Dumm, J., Durand, D., Dyks, J., Dyrda, M., Ebr, J., Edy, E., Egberts, K., Eger, P., Einecke, S., Eleftheriadis, C., Elles, S., Emmanoulopoulos, D., Engelhaupt, D., Enomoto, R., Ernenwein, J.-P., Errando, M., Etchegoyen, A., Evans, P., Falcone, A., Fantinel, D., Farakos, K., Farnier, C., Fasola, G., Favill, B., Fede, E., Federici, S., Fegan, S., Feinstein, F., Ferenc, D., Ferrando, P., Fesquet, M., Fiasson, A., Fillin-Martino, E., Fink, D., Finley, C., Finley, J.P., Fiorini, M., Firpo Curcoll, R., Flores, H., Florin, D., Focke, W., Föhr, C., Fokitis, E., Font, L., Fontaine, G., Fornasa, M., Förster, A., Fortson, L., Fouque, N., Franckowiak, A., Fransson, C., Fraser, G., Frei, R., Albuquerque, I.F.M., Fresnillo, L., Fruck, C., Fujita, Y., Fukazawa, Y., Fukui, Y., Funk, S., Gäbele, W., Gabici, S., Gabriele, R., Gadola, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gallant, Y., Gámez-García, J., García, B., Garcia López, R., Gardiol, D., Garrido, D., Garrido, L., Gascon, D., Gaug, M., Gaweda, J., Gebremedhin, L., Geffroy, N., Gerard, L., Ghedina, A., Ghigo, M., Giannakaki, E., Gianotti, F., Giarrusso, S., Giavitto, G., Giebels, B., Gika, V., Giommi, P., Girard, N., Giro, E., Giuliani, A., Glanzman, T., Glicenstein, J.-F., Godinovic, N., Golev, V., Gomez Berisso, M., Gómez-Ortega, J., Gonzalez, M.M., González, A., González, F., González Muñoz, A., Gothe, K.S., Gougerot, M., Graciani, R., Grandi, P., Grañena, F., Granot, J., Grasseau, G., Gredig, R., Green, A., Greenshaw, T., Grégoire, T., Grimm, O., Grube, J., Grudzinska, M., Gruev, V., Grünewald, S., Grygorczuk, J., Guarino, V., Gunji, S., Gyuk, G., Hadasch, D., Hagiwara, R., Hahn, J., Hakansson, N., Hallgren, A., Hamer Heras, N., Hara, S., Hardcastle, M.J., Harris, J., Hassan, T., Hatanaka, K., Haubold, T., Haupt, A., Hayakawa, T., Hayashida, M., Heller, R., Henault, F., Henri, G., Hermann, G., Hermel, R., Herrero, A., Hidaka, N., Hinton, J., Hoffmann, D., Hofmann, W., Hofverberg, P., Holder, J., Horns, D., Horville, D., Houles, J., Hrabovsky, M., Hrupec, D., Huan, H., Huber, B., Huet, J.-M., Hughes, G., Humensky, T.B., Huovelin, J., Ibarra, A., Illa, J.M., Impiombato, D., Incorvaia, S., Inoue, S., Inoue, Y., Ioka, K., Ismailova, E., Jablonski, C., Jacholkowska, A., Jamrozy, M., Janiak, M., Jean, P., Jeanney, C., Jimenez, J.J., Jogler, T., Johnson, T., Journet, L., Juffroy, C., Jung, I., Kaaret, P., Kabuki, S., Kagaya, M., Kakuwa, J., Kalkuhl, C., Kankanyan, R., Karastergiou, A., Kärcher, K., Karczewski, M., Karkar, S., Kasperek, J., Kastana, D., Katagiri, H., Kataoka, J., Katarzyński, K., Katz, U., Kawanaka, N., Kellner-Leidel, B., Kelly, H., Kendziorra, E., Khélifi, B., Kieda, D.B., Kifune, T., Kihm, T., Kishimoto, T., Kitamoto, K., Kluźniak, W., Knapic, C., Knapp, J., Knödlseder, J., Köck, F., Kocot, J., Kodani, K., Köhne, J.-H., Kohri, K., Kokkotas, K., Kolitzus, D., Komin, N., Kominis, I., Konno, Y., Köppel, H., Korohoda, P., Kosack, K., Koss, G., Kossakowski, R., Kostka, P., Koul, R., Kowal, G., Koyama, S., Kozioł, J., Krähenbühl, T., Krause, J., Krawzcynski, H., Krennrich, F., Krepps, A., Kretzschmann, A., Krobot, R., Krueger, P., Kubo, H., Kudryavtsev, V.A., Kushida, J., Kuznetsov, A., La Barbera, A., La Palombara, N., La Parola, V., La Rosa, G., Lacombe, K., Lamanna, G., Lande, J., Languignon, D., Lapington, J., Laporte, P., Lavalley, C., Le Flour, T., Le Padellec, A., Lee, S.-H., Lee, W.H., Leigui de Oliveira, M.A., Lelas, D., Lenain, J.-P., Leopold, D.J., Lerch, T., Lessio, L., Lieunard, B., Lindfors, E., Liolios, A., Lipniacka, A., Lockart, H., Lohse, T., Lombardi, S., Lopatin, A., Lopez, M., López-Coto, R., López-Oramas, A., Lorca, A., Lorenz, E., Lubinski, P., Lucarelli, F., Lüdecke, H., Ludwin, J., Luque-Escamilla, P.L., Lustermann, W., Luz, O., Lyard, E., Maccarone, M.C., Maccarone, T.J., Madejski, G.M., Madhavan, A., Mahabir, M., Maier, G., Majumdar, P., Malaguti, G., Maltezos, S., Manalaysay, A., Mancilla, A., Mandat, D., Maneva, G., Mangano, A., Manigot, P., Mannheim, K., Manthos, I., Maragos, N., Marcowith, A., Mariotti, M., Marisaldi, M., Markoff, S., Marszałek, A., Martens, C., Martí, J., Martin, J.-M., Martin, P., Martínez, G., Martínez, F., Martínez, M., Masserot, A., Mastichiadis, A., Mathieu, A., Matsumoto, H., Mattana, F., Mattiazzo, S., Maurin, G., Maxfield, S., Maya, J., Mazin, D., Mc Comb, L., McCubbin, N., McHardy, I., McKay, R., Medina, C., Melioli, C., Melkumyan, D., Mereghetti, S., Mertsch, P., Meucci, M., Michałowski, J., Micolon, P., Mihailidis, A., Mineo, T., Minuti, M., Mirabal, N., Mirabel, F., Miranda, J.M., Mirzoyan, R., Mizuno, T., Moal, B., Moderski, R., Mognet, I., Molinari, E., Molinaro, M., Montaruli, T., Monteiro, I., Moore, P., Moralejo Olaizola, A., Mordalska, M., Morello, C., Mori, K., Mottez, F., Moudden, Y., Moulin, E., Mrusek, I., Mukherjee, R., Munar-Adrover, P., Muraishi, H., Murase, K., Murphy, A., Nagataki, S., Naito, T., Nakajima, D., Nakamori, T., Nakayama, K., Naumann, C., Naumann, D., Naumann-Godo, M., Nayman, P., Nedbal, D., Neise, D., Nellen, L., Neustroev, V., Neyroud, N., Nicastro, L., Nicolau-Kukliński, J., Niedźwiecki, A., Niemiec, J., Nieto, D., Nikolaidis, A., Nishijima, K., Nolan, S., Northrop, R., Nosek, D., Nowak, N., Nozato, A., O’Brien, P., Ohira, Y., Ohishi, M., Ohm, S., Ohoka, H., Okuda, T., Okumura, A., Olive, J.-F., Ong, R.A., Orito, R., Orr, M., Osborne, J., Ostrowski, M., Otero, L.A., Otte, N., Ovcharov, E., Oya, I., Ozieblo, A., Padilla, L., Paiano, S., Paillot, D., Paizis, A., Palanque, S., Palatka, M., Pallota, J., Panagiotidis, K., Panazol, J.-L., Paneque, D., Panter, M., Paoletti, R., Papayannis, A., Papyan, G., Paredes, J.M., Pareschi, G., Parks, G., Parraud, J.-M., Parsons, D., Paz Arribas, M., Pech, M., Pedaletti, G., Pelassa, V., Pelat, D., Perez, M.d.C., Persic, M., Petrucci, P.-O., Peyaud, B., Pichel, A., Pita, S., Pizzolato, F., Platos, Ł., Platzer, R., Pogosyan, L., Pohl, M., Pojmanski, G., Ponz, J.D., Potter, W., Poutanen, J., Prandini, E., Prast, J., Preece, R., Profeti, F., Prokoph, H., Prouza, M., Proyetti, M., Puerto-Gimenez, I., Pühlhofer, G., Puljak, I., Punch, M., Pyzioł, R., Quel, E.J., Quinn, J., Quirrenbach, A., Racero, E., Rajda, P.J., Ramon, P., Rando, R., Rannot, R.C., Rataj, M., Raue, M., Reardon, P., Reimann, O., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Reitberger, K., Renaud, M., Renner, S., Reville, B., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Ribordy, M., Richer, M.G., Rico, J., Ridky, J., Rieger, F., Ringegni, P., Ripken, J., Ristori, P.R., Riviére, A., Rivoire, S., Rob, L., Roeser, U., Rohlfs, R., Rojas, G., Romano, P., Romaszkan, W., Romero, G.E., Rosen, S., Rosier Lees, S., Ross, D., Rouaix, G., Rousselle, J., Rousselle, S., Rovero, A.C., Roy, F., Royer, S., Rudak, B., Rulten, C., Rupiński, M., Russo, F., Ryde, F., Sacco, B., Saemann, E.O., Saggion, A., Sahakian, V., Saito, K., Saito, T., Saito, Y., Sakaki, N., Sakonaka, R., Salini, A., Sanchez, F., Sanchez-Conde, M., Sandoval, A., Sandaker, H., Sant’Ambrogio, E., Santangelo, A., Santos, E.M., Sanuy, A., Sapozhnikov, L., Sarkar, S., Sartore, N., Sasaki, H., Satalecka, K., Sawada, M., Scalzotto, V., Scapin, V., Scarcioffolo, M., Schafer, J., Schanz, T., Schlenstedt, S., Schlickeiser, R., Schmidt, T., Schmoll, J., Schovanek, P., Schroedter, M., Schultz, C., Schultze, J., Schulz, A., Schure, K., Schwab, T., Schwanke, U., Schwarz, J., Schwarzburg, S., Schweizer, T., Schwemmer, S., Segreto, A., Seiradakis, J.-H., Sembroski, G.H., Seweryn, K., Sharma, M., Shayduk, M., Shellard, R.C., Shi, J., Shibata, T., Shibuya, A., Shum, E., Sidoli, L., Sidz, M., Sieiro, J., Sikora, M., Silk, J., Sillanpää, A., Singh, B.B., Sitarek, J., Skole, C., Smareglia, R., Smith, A., Smith, D., Smith, J., Smith, N., Sobczyńska, D., Sol, H., Sottile, G., Sowiński, M., Spanier, F., Spiga, D., Spyrou, S., Stamatescu, V., Stamerra, A., Starling, R., Stawarz, Ł., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Steiner, S., Stergioulas, N., Sternberger, R., Sterzel, M., Stinzing, F., Stodulski, M., Straumann, U., Strazzeri, E., Stringhetti, L., Suarez, A., Suchenek, M., Sugawara, R., Sulanke, K.-H., Sun, S., Supanitsky, A.D., Suric, T., Sutcliffe, P., Sykes, J., Szanecki, M., Szepieniec, T., Szostek, A., Tagliaferri, G., Tajima, H., Takahashi, H., Takahashi, K., Takalo, L., Takami, H., Talbot, G., Tammi, J., Tanaka, M., Tanaka, S., Tasan, J., Tavani, M., Tavernet, J.-P., Tejedor, L.A., Telezhinsky, I., Temnikov, P., Tenzer, C., Terada, Y., Terrier, R., Teshima, M., Testa, V., Tezier, D., Thuermann, D., Tibaldo, L., Tibolla, O., Tiengo, A., Tluczykont, M., Todero Peixoto, C.J., Tokanai, F., Tokarz, M., Toma, K., Torii, K., Tornikoski, M., Torres, D.F., Torres, M., Tosti, G., Totani, T., Toussenel, F., Tovmassian, G., Travnicek, P., Trifoglio, M., Troyano, I., Tsinganos, K., Ueno, H., Umehara, K., Upadhya, S.S., Usher, T., Uslenghi, M., Valdes-Galicia, J.F., Vallania, P., Vallejo, G., van Driel, W., van Eldik, C., Vandenbrouke, J., Vanderwalt, J., Vankov, H., Vasileiadis, G., Vassiliev, V., Veberic, D., Vegas, I., Vercellone, S., Vergani, S., Veyssiére, C., Vialle, J.P., Viana, A., Videla, M., Vincent, P., Vincent, S., Vink, J., Vlahakis, N., Vlahos, L., Vogler, P., Vollhardt, A., von Gunten, H.-P., Vorobiov, S., Vuerli, C., Waegebaert, V., Wagner, R., Wagner, R.G., Wagner, S., Wakely, S.P., Walter, R., Walther, T., Warda, K., Warwick, R., Wawer, P., Wawrzaszek, R., Webb, N., Wegner, P., Weinstein, A., Weitzel, Q., Welsing, R., Werner, M., Wetteskind, H., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wiesand, S., Wilkinson, M., Williams, D.A., Willingale, R., Winiarski, K., Wischnewski, R., Wiśniewski, Ł., Wood, M., Wörnlein, A., Xiong, Q., Yadav, K.K., Yamamoto, H., Yamamoto, T., Yamazaki, R., Yanagita, S., Yebras, J.M., Yelos, D., Yoshida, A., Yoshida, T., Yoshikoshi, T., Zabalza, V., Zacharias, M., Zajczyk, A., Zanin, R., Zdziarski, A., Zech, A., Zhao, A., Zhou, X., Ziętara, K., Ziolkowski, J., Ziółkowski, P., Zitelli, V., Zurbach, C., and Żychowski, P.

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139. Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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Bernlöhr, K., Barnacka, A., Becherini, Y., Blanch Bigas, O., Carmona, E., Colin, P., Decerprit, G., Di Pierro, F., Dubois, F., Farnier, C., Funk, S., Hermann, G., Hinton, J.A., Humensky, T.B., Khélifi, B., Kihm, T., Komin, N., Lenain, J.-P., Maier, G., Mazin, D., Medina, M.C., Moralejo, A., Nolan, S.J., Ohm, S., de Oña Wilhelmi, E., Parsons, R.D., Paz Arribas, M., Pedaletti, G., Pita, S., Prokoph, H., Rulten, C.B., Schwanke, U., Shayduk, M., Stamatescu, V., Vallania, P., Vorobiov, S., Wischnewski, R., Yoshikoshi, T., and Zech, A.

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2013
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140. Combined dark matter searches towards dwarf spheroidal galaxies with Fermi-LAT, HAWC, H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS

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Charles, E., Di Mauro, M., Giuri, C., Salazar-Gallegos, D., Zitzer, B., Abeysekara, A. U., Albert, A., Alfaro, R., Alvarez, C., Álvarez, J. D., Angeles Camacho, J. R., Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C., Arunbabu, K. P., Avila Rojas, D., Ayala Solares, H. A., Babu, R., Baghmanyan, V., Barber, A. S., Becerra Gonzalez, J., Belmont-Moreno, E., Benzvi, S. Y., Berley, D., Brisbois, C., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Capistrán, T., Carramiñana, A., Casanova, S., Chaparro-Amaro, O., Cotti, U., Cotzomi, J., Coutiño León, S., La Fuente, E., León, C., Diaz-Cruz, L., Diaz Hernandez, R., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dingus, B. L., Durocher, M., Duvernois, M. A., Ellsworth, R. W., Engel, K., Espinoza, C., Fan, K. L., Fang, K., Fernández Alonso, M., Fick, B., Fleischhack, H., Flores, J. L., Fraija, N. I., Garcia, D., García-González, J. A., García-Luna, J. L., García-Torales, G., Garfias, F., Giacinti, G., Goksu, H., González, M. M., Goodman, J. A., Harding, J. P., Hernandez, S., Herzog, I., Hinton, J., Hona, B., Huang, D., Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, F., Hui, C. M., Humensky, B., Hüntemeyer, P., Iriarte, A., Jardin-Blicq, A., Jhee, H., Joshi, V., Kieda, D., Kunde, G. J., Kunwar, S., Lara, A., Lee, J., Lee, W. H., Lennarz, D., León Vargas, H., Linnemann, J., Longinotti, A. L., López-Coto, R., Luis-Raya, G., Lundeen, J., Malone, K., Marandon, V., Martinez, O., Martinez-Castellanos, I., Martínez-Huerta, H., Martínez-Castro, J., Matthews, J. A. J., Mcenery, J., Miranda-Romagnoli, P., Morales-Soto, J. A., Moreno, E., Mostafá, M., Nayerhoda, A., Nellen, L., Newbold, M., Nisa, M. U., Noriega-Papaqui, R., Olivera-Nieto, L., Omodei, N., Peisker, A., Pérez Araujo, Y., Pérez-Pérez, E. G., Rho, C. D., Rivière, C., Rosa-Gonzalez, D., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Ryan, J., Salazar, H., Salesa Greus, F., Sandoval, A., Schneider, M., Schoorlemmer, H., Serna-Franco, J., Sinnis, G., Smith, A. J., Springer, R. W., Surajbali, P., Taboada, I., Tanner, M., Tollefson, K., Torres, I., Torres-Escobedo, R., Turner, R., Ureña-Mena, F., Villaseñor, L., Wang, X., Watson, I. J., Weisgarber, T., Werner, F., Willox, E., Wood, J., Yodh, G. B., Zepeda, A., Zhou, H., Abdallah, H., Adam, R., Aharonian, F., Ait Benkhali, F., Angüner, E. O., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Barbosa Martins, V., Barnacka, A., Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Bony Lavergne, M., Breuhaus, M., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Büchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Curyło, M., Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J., Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Deil, C., Devin, J., Dewilt, P., Dirson, L., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Duffy, C., Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Eichhorn, F., Einecke, S., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J. -P, Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., Fichet Clairfontaine, G., Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Füßling, M., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Gottschall, D., Grondin, M. -H, Hahn, J., Haupt, M., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Hörbe, M., Horns, D., Huber, D., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, D., Jankowsky, F., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzyński, K., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Khélifi, B., Klepser, S., Kluźniak, W., Komin, Nu, Konno, R., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Kreter, M., Lamanna, G., Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P, Levy, C., Lohse, T., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Mares, A., Martì-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Meyer, M., Moderski, R., Mohamed, M., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niederwanger, F., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., O’brien, P., Odaka, H., Ohm, S., Ona Wilhelmi, E., Ostrowski, M., Panter, M., Panny, S., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Priyana Noel, A., Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Raab, S., Rauth, R., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Remy, Q., Renaud, M., Rieger, F., Rinchiuso, L., Romoli, C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Scalici, M., Schüssler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Schwemmer, S., Seglar-Arroyo, M., Senniappan, M., Seyffert, A. S., Shafi, N., Shiningayamwe, K., Simoni, R., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Spir-Jacob, M., Stawarz, Ł., Sun, L., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Tiziani, D., Tluczykont, M., Tomankova, L., Trichard, C., Tsirou, M., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., Walt, D. J., Eldik, C., Rensburg, C., Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Vuillaume, T., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., Watson, J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Y. W., Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S., Zorn, J., Zouari, S., Z̀ywucka, N., Acciari, V. A., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arbet Engels, A., Artero, M., Asano, K., Baack, D., Babić, A., Baquero, A., Barres Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Batković, I., Becerra González, J., Bednarek, W., Bellizzi, L., Bernardini, E., Bernardos, M., Berti, A., Besenrieder, J., Bhattacharyya, W., Bigongiari, C., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bökenkamp, H., Bonnoli, G., Bošnjak, Ž, Busetto, G., Carosi, R., Ceribella, G., Cerruti, M., Chai, Y., Chilingarian, A., Cikota, S., Colak, S. M., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., D’amico, G., D’elia, V., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., Angelis, A., Lotto, B., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Delgado Mendez, C., Depaoli, D., Di Pierro, F., Di Venere, L., Do Souto Espiñeira, E., Do-Minis Prester, D., Donini, A., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Elsaesser, D., Fallah Ramazani, V., Fattorini, A., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Fukami, S., Fukazawa, Y., García López, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Gasparyan, S., Gaug, M., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Gliwny, P., Godinović, N., Green, J. G., Green, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Heckmann, L., Herrera, J., Hoang, J., Hrupec, D., Hütten, M., Inada, T., Ishio, K., Iwamura, Y., Jiménez Martínez, I., Jormanainen, J., Jouvin, L., Karjalainen, M., Kerszberg, D., Kobayashi, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lamastra, A., Lelas, D., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Linhoff, L., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López-Moya, M., López-Oramas, A., Loporchio, S., Machado Oliveira Fraga, B., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallamaci, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menchiari, S., Mender, S., Mićanović, S., Miceli, D., Miener, T., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Molina, E., Moralejo, A., Morcuende, D., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Nakamori, T., Nava, L., Neustroev, V., Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nozaki, S., Ohtani, Y., Oka, T., Otero-Santos, J., Paiano, S., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pavletić, L., Peñil, P., Persic, M., Pihet, M., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Priyadarshi, C., Puljak, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Sahakyan, N., Saito, T., Sakurai, S., Satalecka, K., Saturni, F. G., Schleicher, B., Schmidt, K., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Dorota Sobczynska, Spolon, A., Stamerra, A., Strišković, J., Strom, D., Strzys, M., Suda, Y., Surić, T., Takahashi, M., Takeishi, R., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Teshima, M., Tosti, L., Truzzi, S., Tutone, A., Ubach, S., Scherpenberg, J., Vanzo, G., Vazquez Acosta, M., Ventura, S., Verguilov, V., Vigorito, C. F., Vitale, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Wunderlich, C., Yamamoto, T., Zarić, D., Adams, C. B., Archer, A., Benbow, W., Brill, A., Buckley, J. H., Capasso, M., Christiansen, J. L., Chromey, A. J., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Farrell, A., Feng, Q., Foote, G. M., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Gent, A., Gillanders, G. H., Gueta, O., Hanna, D., Hervet, O., Holder, J., Humensky, T. B., Jin, W., Kaaret, P., Kertzman, M., Kleiner, T. K., Kumar, S., Lang, M. J., Lundy, M., Maier, G., Mcgrath, C. E., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nieto, D., Nievas-Rosillo, M., O’brien, S., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Patel, S. R., Patel, S., Pfrang, K., Pohl, M., Prado, R. R., Pueschel, E., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Ribeiro, D., Roache, E., Ryan, J. L., Sadeh, I., Santander, M., Sembroski, G. H., Shang, R., Tak, D., Vassiliev, V. V., Weinstein, A., Williams, D. A., Williamson, T. J., Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Hess, HAWC, VERITAS, MAGIC, H.E.S.S., Fermi-LAT, Naurois , Mathieu, Ona-Wilhelmi , Emma, and Bony , Mathieu

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data analysis method, talk: Berlin 2021/07/15, FOS: Physical sciences, dark matter: signature, dark matter: direct detection, WIMP: dark matter, channel cross section: upper limit, annihilation [dark matter], GLAST, High Energy Physics - Experiment, dark matter [WIMP], WIMP: annihilation, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Tellurium compounds, Germanium compounds, HESS, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Dark Matter, ddc:530, annihilation [WIMP], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, direct detection [dark matter], High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), energy: high, upper limit [channel cross section], background, Gamma rays, dark matter: annihilation, Berlin 2021/07/15 [talk], sensitivity, Galaxies, Maximum likelihood estimation, MAGIC, mass dependence, Dark matter searches, high [energy], VERITAS, galaxy, signature [dark matter], Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], HAWC, experimental results
Abstract

Cosmological and astrophysical observations suggest that 85% of the total matter of the Universe is made of Dark Matter (DM). However, its nature remains one of the most challenging and fundamental open questions of particle physics. Assuming particle DM, this exotic form of matter cannot consist of Standard Model (SM) particles. Many models have been developed to attempt unraveling the nature of DM such as Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), the most favored particle candidates. WIMP annihilations and decay could produce SM particles which in turn hadronize and decay to give SM secondaries such as high energy γ rays. In the framework of indirect DM search, observations of promising targets are used to search for signatures of DM annihilation. Among these, the dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are commonly favored owing to their expected high DM content and negligible astrophysical background. In this work, we present the very first combination of 20 dSph observations, performed by the Fermi-LAT, HAWC, H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS collaborations in order to maximize the sensitivity of DM searches and improve the current results. We use a joint maximum likelihood approach combining each experiment’s individual analysis to derive more constraining upper limits on the WIMP DM self-annihilation cross-section as a function of DM particle mass. We present new DM constraints over the widest mass range ever reported, extending from 5 GeV to 100 TeV thanks to the combination of these five different γ-ray instruments., PoS: Proceedings of Science, 395, ISSN:1824-8039, Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference

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2022

141. Search for Dark Matter Annihilation Signals in the HESS Inner Galaxy Survey

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Abdalla, H., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Anguner, E. O., Armand, C., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V, Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bernlohr, K., Bi, B., Bottcher, M., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Brose, R., Brun, F., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Devin, J., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Doroshenko, V, Egberts, K., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Giavitto, G., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grondin, M-H, Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Katz, U., Khelifi, B., Komin, Nu, Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lamanna, G., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J-P, Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I, Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V, Marchegiani, P., Marti-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., de Naurois, M., Niemiec, J., Noel, A. Priyana, Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Poireau, V, Prokoph, H., Puehlhofer, G., Punch, Michael, Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ricarte, H. Rueda, Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V, Salzmann, H., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schussler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Senniappan, Mohanraj, Shapopi, J. N. S., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Stegmann, C., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tluczykont, M., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., van Eldik, C., Veh, J., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zouari, S., Zywucka, N., Abdalla, H., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Anguner, E. O., Armand, C., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V, Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bernlohr, K., Bi, B., Bottcher, M., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Brose, R., Brun, F., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Devin, J., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Doroshenko, V, Egberts, K., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Giavitto, G., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grondin, M-H, Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Katz, U., Khelifi, B., Komin, Nu, Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lamanna, G., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J-P, Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I, Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V, Marchegiani, P., Marti-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., de Naurois, M., Niemiec, J., Noel, A. Priyana, Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Poireau, V, Prokoph, H., Puehlhofer, G., Punch, Michael, Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ricarte, H. Rueda, Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V, Salzmann, H., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schussler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Senniappan, Mohanraj, Shapopi, J. N. S., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Stegmann, C., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tluczykont, M., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., van Eldik, C., Veh, J., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zouari, S., and Zywucka, N.

Abstract

The central region of the Milky Way is one of the foremost locations to look for dark matter (DM) signatures. We report the first results on a search for DM particle annihilation signals using new observations from an unprecedented gamma-ray survey of the Galactic Center (GC) region, i.e., the Inner Galaxy Survey, at very high energies (& GSIM;100 GeV) performed with the H.E.S.S. array of five ground-based Cherenkov telescopes. No significant gamma-ray excess is found in the search region of the 2014-2020 dataset and a profile likelihood ratio analysis is carried out to set exclusion limits on the annihilation cross section (sigma v). Assuming Einasto and Navarro-Frenk-White (NFW) DM density profiles at the GC, these constraints are the strongest obtained so far in the TeV DM mass range. For the Einasto profile, the constraints reach (sigma v) values of 3.7 x 10-26 cm3 s-1 for 1.5 TeV DM mass in the W+W- annihilation channel, and 1.2 x 10-26 cm3 s-1 for 0.7 TeV DM mass in the tau+tau- annihilation channel. With the H.E.S.S. Inner Galaxy Survey, ground-based gamma-ray observations thus probe (sigma v) values expected from thermal-relic annihilating TeV DM particles.

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2022
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142. A MeerKAT, e-MERLIN, HESS, and Swift search for persistent and transient emission associated with three localized FRBs

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Chibueze, J. O., Caleb, M., Spitler, L., Ashkar, H., Schussler, F., Stappers, B. W., Venter, C., Heywood, I, Richards, A. M. S., Williams, D. R. A., Kramer, M., Beswick, R., Bezuidenhout, M. C., Breton, R. P., Driessen, L. N., Jankowski, F., Keane, E. F., Malenta, M., Mickaliger, M., Morello, V, Qiu, H., Rajwade, K., Sanidas, S., Surnis, M., Scragg, T. W., Walker, C. R. H., Wrigley, N., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Anguener, E. O., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V, Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bottcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bulik, T., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Catalano, J., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chen, A., Chibueze, O. U., Cotter, G., Cristofari, P., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Devin, J., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Egberts, K., Ernenwein, J-P, Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Glawion, D., Grondin, M-H, Horbe, M., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V, Jung-Richardt, I, Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Katz, U., Khelifi, B., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu, Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lemiere, A., Lenain, J-P, Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I, Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V, Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Marti-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Nayerhoda, A., Niemiec, J., Noel, A. Priyana, O'Brien, P., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Parsons, R. D., Pita, S., Poireau, V, Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Puehlhofer, G., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V, Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsuji, N., van Eldik, C., Veh, J., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zouari, S., Zywucka, N., Chibueze, J. O., Caleb, M., Spitler, L., Ashkar, H., Schussler, F., Stappers, B. W., Venter, C., Heywood, I, Richards, A. M. S., Williams, D. R. A., Kramer, M., Beswick, R., Bezuidenhout, M. C., Breton, R. P., Driessen, L. N., Jankowski, F., Keane, E. F., Malenta, M., Mickaliger, M., Morello, V, Qiu, H., Rajwade, K., Sanidas, S., Surnis, M., Scragg, T. W., Walker, C. R. H., Wrigley, N., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Anguener, E. O., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V, Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bottcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bulik, T., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Catalano, J., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chen, A., Chibueze, O. U., Cotter, G., Cristofari, P., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Devin, J., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Egberts, K., Ernenwein, J-P, Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Glawion, D., Grondin, M-H, Horbe, M., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V, Jung-Richardt, I, Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Katz, U., Khelifi, B., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu, Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lemiere, A., Lenain, J-P, Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I, Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V, Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Marti-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Nayerhoda, A., Niemiec, J., Noel, A. Priyana, O'Brien, P., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Parsons, R. D., Pita, S., Poireau, V, Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Puehlhofer, G., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V, Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsuji, N., van Eldik, C., Veh, J., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zouari, S., and Zywucka, N.

Abstract

We report on a search for persistent radio emission from the one-off fast radio burst (11(B) 20190714A, as well as from two repeating FRBs, 20190711A and 20171019A, using the MeerKAT radio telescope. For FRB 20171019A, we also conducted simultaneous observations with the High-Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) in very high-energy gamma rays and searched for signals in the ultraviolet, optical, and X-ray bands. For this FRB, we obtain a UV flux upper limit of 1.39 x 10(-16) erg cm(-2) s(-1) angstrom(-1), X-ray limit of similar to 6.6 x 10(-14) erg cm(-2) s(-1) and a limit on the very high energy gamma-ray flux Phi(E > 120 GeV) < 1.7 x 10(-12) erg cm(-2) S-1. We obtain a radio upper limit of similar to 15 mu Jy beam(-1) for persistent emission at the locations of both FRBs 20190711A and 20171019A with MeerKAT. However, we detected an almost unresolved (ratio of integrated flux to peak flux is similar to 1.7 beam) radio emission, where the synthesized beam size was similar to 8 arcsec size with a peak brightness of similar to 53 mu Jy beam(-1) at MeerKAT and similar to 86 mu Jy beam(-1) at e-MERLIN, possibly associated with FRB 20190714A at z = 0.2365. This represents the first detection of persistent continuum radio emission potentially associated with a (as-yet) non- repeating FRB. If the association is confirmed, one of the strongest remaining distinction between repeaters and non-repeaters would no longer be applicable. A parallel search for repeat bursts from these FRBs revealed no new detections down to a fluence of 0.08 Jy ms for a 1 ms duration burst.

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2022
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143. Time-resolved hadronic particle acceleration in the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi

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Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Anguener, E. O., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V, Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bernloehr, K., Bi, B., Boettcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Doroshenko, V, Duffy, C., Egberts, K., Ernenwein, J-P, Fegan, S., Feijen, K., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Fuessling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grondin, M-H, Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Horbe, M., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Jung-Richardt, I, Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Khelifi, B., Klepser, S., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu, Konno, R., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Le Stum, S., Lemiere, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J-P, Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I, Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V, Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Nayerhoda, A., Niemiec, J., Noel, A. Priyana, O'Brien, P., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Pita, S., Poireau, V, Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Punch, Michael, Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ricarte, H. Rueda, Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V, Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Senniappan, Mohanraj, Shapopi, J. N. S., Simoni, R., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, L., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., Unbehaun, T., van Eldik, C., van Soelen, B., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zouari, S., Zywucka, N., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Anguener, E. O., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V, Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bernloehr, K., Bi, B., Boettcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Doroshenko, V, Duffy, C., Egberts, K., Ernenwein, J-P, Fegan, S., Feijen, K., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Fuessling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grondin, M-H, Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Horbe, M., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Jung-Richardt, I, Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Khelifi, B., Klepser, S., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu, Konno, R., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Le Stum, S., Lemiere, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J-P, Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I, Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V, Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Nayerhoda, A., Niemiec, J., Noel, A. Priyana, O'Brien, P., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Pita, S., Poireau, V, Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Punch, Michael, Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ricarte, H. Rueda, Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V, Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Senniappan, Mohanraj, Shapopi, J. N. S., Simoni, R., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, L., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., Unbehaun, T., van Eldik, C., van Soelen, B., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zouari, S., and Zywucka, N.

Abstract

Recurrent novae are repeating thermonuclear explosions in the outer layers of white dwarfs, due to the accretion of fresh material from a binary companion. The shock generated when ejected material slams into the companion star's wind can accelerate particles. We report very-high-energy [VHE: greater than or similar to 100 giga-electron volts] gamma rays from the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi, up to 1 month after its 2021 outburst, observed using the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). The temporal profile of VHE emission is similar to that of lower-energy giga-electron volt emission, indicating a common origin, with a 2-day delay in peak flux. These observations constrain models of time-dependent particle energization, favoring a hadronic emission scenario over the leptonic alternative. Shocks in dense winds provide favorable environments for efficient acceleration of cosmic rays to very high energies.

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2022
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144. Detection of Pulsed Gamma Rays Above 100 GeV from the Crab Pulsar

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Aliu, E., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bouvier, A., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Christiansen, J. L., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gibbs, K., Gillanders, G. H., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Guenette, R., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Hui, C. M., Humensky, T. B., Imran, A., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lyutikov, M., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., McCutcheon, M., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nuñez, P., Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pizlo, F., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rose, H. J., Ruppel, J., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Şentürk, G. D., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Tešić, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vincent, S., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Williams, D. A., and Zitzer, B.

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2011
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145. Time-resolved hadronic particle acceleration in the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi

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De Wolf, Stefaan, Aharonian, F., Berge, D., O'Brien, P., Ohm, Stefan, Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Pita, S., Bernlöhr, K., Poireau, V., Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Bi, B., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ricarte, H. Rueda, Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Böttcher, M., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schäfer, J., Schüssler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Senniappan, M., Shapopi, J. N. S., Simoni, R., Sinha, A., Boisson, C., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, Ł., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Bolmont, J., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., Unbehaun, T., van Eldik, C., van Soelen, B., Veh, J., Venter, C., de Bony de Lavergne, M., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Breuhaus, M., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zouari, S., Żywucka, N., H. E. S. S. Collaboration, Brose, R., Brun, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Doroshenko, V., Angüner, E. O., Duffy, C., Egberts, K., Ernenwein, J.-P., Fegan, S., Feijen, K., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Füßling, M., Funk, S., Ashkar, H., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grondin, M.-H., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Backes, M., Hörbe, M., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Jung-Richardt, I., Baghmanyan, V., Kasai, E., Katarzyński, K., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Khélifi, B., Klepser, S., Kluźniak, W., Komin, Nu., Konno, R., Kosack, K., Martins, V. Barbosa, Kostunin, D., Stum, S. Le, Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J.-P., Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Batzofin, R., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meyer, M., Mitchell, Alison, Moderski, R., Becherini, Y., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Nayerhoda, A., Niemiec, J., Noel, A. Priyana, High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam, H.E.S.S. Collaboration, Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH (UMR_8102)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Laboratoire de Physique des Deux Infinis Bordeaux (LP2I - Bordeaux), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and H.E.S.S.

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Multidisciplinary, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, ddc:320, FOS: Physical sciences, HESS - Abteilung Hinton, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

Science / Science now 376(6588), 77 - 80 (2022). doi:10.1126/science.abn0567, Recurrent novae are repeating thermonuclear explosions in the outer layers of white dwarfs, due to the accretion of fresh material from a binary companion. The shock generated when ejected material slams into the companion star’s wind can accelerate particles. We report very-high-energy (VHE; ≳100 giga–electron volts≳100 giga–electron volts) gamma rays from the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi, up to 1 month after its 2021 outburst, observed using the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). The temporal profile of VHE emission is similar to that of lower-energy giga–electron volt emission, indicating a common origin, with a 2-day delay in peak flux. These observations constrain models of time-dependent particle energization, favoring a hadronic emission scenario over the leptonic alternative. Shocks in dense winds provide favorable environments for efficient acceleration of cosmic rays to very high energies., Published by Assoc., Washington, DC

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2022

146. The H.E.S.S. transients follow-up system

Author

Hoischen, Clemens, Füßling, M., Ohm, S., Balzer, A., Ashkar, H., Bernlöhr, K., Hofverberg, P., Holch, T. L., Murach, T., Prokoph, H., Schüssler, F., Zhu, S. J., Berge, D., Egberts, K., and Stegmann, C.

Subjects
messenger, data acquisition, HESS, interface, feedback, gamma rays: general, control system, methods: observational, performance
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Observations of astrophysical transients have brought many novel discoveries and provided new insights into the physical processes at work under extreme conditions in the Universe. Multi-wavelength and multi-messenger observations of variable objects require dedicated procedures and follow-up systems capable of digesting and reacting to external alerts to execute coordinated follow-up campaigns. The main functions of such follow-up systems are the processing, filtering, and ranking of the incoming alerts, the fully automated rapid execution of the observations according to an observation strategy tailored to the instrument, and real-time data analysis with feedback to the operators and other instruments. The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) has been searching for transient phenomena since its inauguration in 2003. In this paper, we describe the transients follow-up system of H.E.S.S. which became operational in 2016. The system allows H.E.S.S. to conduct a more versatile, optimised, and largely autonomous transient follow-up programme, combining all major functionalities in one systematic approach. We describe the design, central functionalities, and interfaces of the follow-up system in general and its three main components in detail: the Target of Opportunity (ToO) alert system, the data acquisition and central control system, and the real-time analysis. We highlight architectural decisions and features that enable fully automatic ToO follow-up and indicate key performance metrics of the subsystems. We discuss the system's capabilities and highlight the need for a fine-tuned interplay of the different subsystems in order to react quickly and reliably. Lessons learnt from the development, integration, and operation of the follow-up system are reviewed in light of new and large science infrastructures and associated challenges in this exciting new era of inter-operable astronomy.Key words: methods: observational / gamma rays: general★ Now at Centre Antoine Lacassagne, Nice, France.

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2022
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147. Search for TeV emission from the Fermi Bubbles at low Galactic latitudes with H.E.S.S. inner Galaxy survey observations

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Moulin, E., Montanari, A., Malyshev, D., Abdalla, H., Aharonian, F., Ait Benkhali, F., Angüner, E. O., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Barbosa Martins, V., Barnacka, A., Barnard, M., Batzofin, R., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Bony Lavergne, M., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Catalano, J., Chambery, P., Chand, T., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Curyło, M., Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J., Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Devin, J., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dreyer, L., Du Plessis, L., Duffy, C., Egberts, K., Einecke, S., Ernenwein, J. -P, Fegan, S., Feijen, K., Fiasson, A., Fichet Clairfontaine, G., Fontaine, G., Lott, F., Füßling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grondin, M. H., Hattingh, S., Haupt, M., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Z., Huber, D., Hörbe, M., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzyński, K., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Khélifi, B., Klepser, S., Kluźniak, W., Komin, Nu, Konno, R., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Kreter, M., Kukec Mezek, G., Kundu, A., Lamanna, G., Le Stum, S., Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P, Leuschner, F., Levy, C., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Mares, A., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Moore, C., Morris, P., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., Naurois, M., Nayerhoda, A., Ndiyavala, H., Niemiec, J., Priyana Noel, A., O Brien, P., Oberholzer, L., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Ona Wilhelmi, E., Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Remy, Q., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Romoli, C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Rueda Ricarte, H., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Johannes Schäfer, Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Schüssler, F., Senniappan, M., Seyffert, A. S., Shapopi, J. N. S., Shiningayamwe, K., Simoni, R., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Spackman, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Spir-Jacob, M., Stawarz, Ł., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Sun, L., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Thiersen, J. H. E., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tluczykont, M., Tomankova, L., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., Walt, D. J., Eldik, C., Rensburg, C., Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Wagner, S. J., Watson, J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Y. W., Yassin, H., Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zmija, A., Zouari, S., and Żywucka, N.

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The Fermi Bubbles were discovered about a decade ago in the Fermi-LAT data as a double-lobe structure extending up to 55° in Galactic latitudes above and below the Galactic Center. At the moment their origin is still unknown. The H.E.S.S. collaboration is currently performing the first ever survey in TeV gamma rays of the Milky Way inner region: the Inner Galaxy Survey. This survey is intended to achieve the best sensitivity to faint and diffuse emissions in a region of several degrees around the Galactic Centre. It provides an unprecedented sensitivity to dark matter signals, new diffuse emissions, and TeV outflows from the Galactic Centre. Understanding the properties of the Fermi Bubbles at low Galactic latitudes will provide key insights into their origin. We search for TeV emission at the base of the Fermi Bubbles using low-latitude spatial templates. The first results obtained with the 2014-2020 H.E.S.S. observations will be reported.

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2022

148. A MeerKAT, e-MERLIN, H.E.S.S. and Swift search for persistent and transient emission associated with three localised FRBs

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Chibueze, J. O., Caleb, M., Spitler, L., Ashkar, H., Schüssler, F., Stappers, B. W., Venter, C., Heywood, I., Richards, A. M. S., Williams, D. R. A., Kramer, M., Beswick, R., Bezuidenhout, M. C., Breton, R. P., Driessen, L. N., Jankowski, F., Keane, E. F., Malenta, M., Mickaliger, M., Morello, V., Qiu, H., Rajwade, K., Sanidas, S., Surnis, M., Scragg, T. W., Walker, C. R. H., Wrigley, N., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Angüner, E. O., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Y., Berge, David, Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Bony de Lavergne, M., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bulik, T., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Catalano, J., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chen, A., Chibueze, O. U., Cotter, G., Cristofari, P., Mbarubucyeye, Jean Damascene, Devin, J., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Egberts, K., Ernenwein, J.-P., Fiasson, A., Fichet de Clairfontaine, G., Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Glawion, D., Grondin, M.-H., Hörbe, M., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzyński, K., Katz, U., Khélifi, B., Kluźniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lemière, A., Lenain, J.-P., Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Nayerhoda, A., Niemiec, J., Noel, A. Priyana, O'Brien, P., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., de Ona Wilhelmi, Emma Maria, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Parsons, R. D., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Pühlhofer, G., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsuji, N., van Eldik, C., Veh, J., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zouari, S., Żywucka, N., and H. E. S. S. Collaboration

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radio continuum: galaxies, astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.GA, (transients:) fast radio burst, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
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Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press (2022). doi:10.1093/mnras/stac1601, We report on a search for persistent radio emission from the one-off fast radio burst (FRB) 20190714A, as well as from two repeating FRBs, 20190711A and 20171019A, using the MeerKAT radio telescope. For FRB 20171019A, we also conducted simultaneous observations with the High-Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) in very high-energy gamma rays and searched for signals in the ultraviolet, optical, and X-ray bands. For this FRB, we obtain a UV flux upper limit of |$1.39 \times 10^{-16}~{\rm erg\, cm^{-2}\, s^{-1}}$|Å^−1, X-ray limit of |$\sim 6.6 \times 10^{-14}~{\rm erg\, cm^{-2}\, s^{-1}}$| and a limit on the very high energy gamma-ray flux |$\Phi (E\gt 120\, {\rm GeV}) \lt 1.7\times 10^{-12}\, \mathrm{erg\, cm^{-2}\, s^{-1}}$|⁠. We obtain a radio upper limit of ∼15 |$\mu$|Jy beam^−1 for persistent emission at the locations of both FRBs 20190711A and 20171019A with MeerKAT. However, we detected an almost unresolved (ratio of integrated flux to peak flux is ∼1.7 beam) radio emission, where the synthesized beam size was ∼ 8 arcsec size with a peak brightness of |$\sim 53\, \mu$|Jy beam^−1 at MeerKAT and |$\sim 86\, \mu$|Jy beam^−1 at e-MERLIN, possibly associated with FRB 20190714A at z = 0.2365. This represents the first detection of persistent continuum radio emission potentially associated with a (as-yet) non-repeating FRB. If the association is confirmed, one of the strongest remaining distinction between repeaters and non-repeaters would no longer be applicable. A parallel search for repeat bursts from these FRBs revealed no new detections down to a fluence of 0.08 Jy ms for a 1 ms duration burst., Published by Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford

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2021

149. Observation of the Gamma-Ray Binary HESS J0632+057 with the HESS, MAGIC, and VERITAS Telescopes

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Adams, Cb, Benbow, W, Brill, A, Buckley, Jh, Capasso, M, Chromey, Aj, Errando, M, Falcone, A, Farrell, Ka, Feng, Q, Finley, Jp, Foote, Gm, Fortson, L, Furniss, A, Gent, A, Gillanders, Gh, Giuri, C, Gueta, O, Hanna, D, Hassan, T, Hervet, O, Holder, J, Hona, B, Humensky, Tb, Jin, W, Kaaret, P, Kertzman, M, Kieda, D, Kleiner, Tk, Krennrich, F, Kumar, S, Lang, Mj, Lundy, M, Maier, G, Mcgrath, Ce, Moriarty, P, Mukherjee, R, Nieto, D, Nievas-Rosillo, M, O'Brien, S, Ong, Ra, Otte, An, Park, N, Patel, S, Pfrang, K, Pichel, A, Pohl, M, Prado, Rr, Quinn, J, Ragan, K, Reynolds, Pt, Ribeiro, D, Roache, E, Rovero, Ac, Ryan, Jl, Santander, M, Schlenstedt, S, Sembroski, Gh, Shang, R, Tak, D, Vassiliev, Vv, Weinstein, A, Williams, Da, Williamson, Tj, Acciari, Va, Ansoldi, S, Antonelli, La, Engels, Aa, Artero, M, Asano, K, Baack, D, Babic, A, Baquero, A, de Almeida, Ub, Barrio, Ja, Batkovic, I, Gonzalez, Jb, Bednarek, W, Bellizzi, L, Bernardini, E, Bernardos, M, Berti, A, Besenrieder, J, Bhattacharyya, W, Bigongiari, C, Biland, A, Blanch, O, Bokenkamp, H, Bonnoli, G, Busetto, G, Bosnjak, Z, Carosi, R, Ceribella, G, Cerruti, M, Chai, Y, Chilingarian, A, Cikota, S, Colak, Sm, Colombo, E, Contreras, Jl, Cortina, J, Covino, S, D'Amico, G, D'Elia, V, Da Vela, P, Dazzi, F, De Angelis, A, De Lotto, B, Delfino, M, Delgado, J, Mendez, Cd, Depaoli, D, Di Pierro, F, Di Venere, L, Espineira, Ed, Prester, Dd, Donini, A, Dorner, D, Doro, M, Elsaesser, D, Ramazani, Vf, Fattorini, A, Fonseca, Mv, Font, L, Fruck, C, Fukami, S, Fukazawa, Y, Lopez, Rjg, Garczarczyk, M, Gasparyan, S, Gaug, M, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gliwny, P, Godinovic, N, Green, Jg, Green, D, Hadasch, D, Hahn, A, Heckmann, L, Herrera, J, Hoang, J, Hrupec, D, Hutten, M, Inada, T, Ishio, K, Iwamura, Y, Martinez, Ij, Jormanainen, J, Jouvin, L, Karjalainen, M, Kerszberg, D, Kobayashi, Y, Kubo, H, Kushida, J, Lamastra, A, Lelas, D, Leone, F, Lindfors, E, Linhoff, L, Lombardi, S, Longo, F, Lopez-Coto, R, Lopez-Moya, M, Lopez-Oramas, A, Loporchio, S, Fraga, Bmd, Maggio, C, Majumdar, P, Makariev, M, Mallamaci, M, Maneva, G, Manganaro, M, Mannheim, K, Maraschi, L, Mariotti, M, Martinez, M, Mazin, D, Menchiari, S, Mender, S, Micanovic, S, Miceli, D, Miener, T, Miranda, Jm, Mirzoyan, R, Molina, E, Moralejo, A, Morcuende, D, Moreno, V, Moretti, E, Nakamori, T, Nava, L, Neustroev, V, Nigro, C, Nilsson, K, Nishijima, K, Noda, K, Nozaki, S, Ohtani, Y, Oka, T, Otero-Santos, J, Paiano, S, Palatiello, M, Paneque, D, Paoletti, R, Paredes, Jm, Pavletic, L, Penil, P, Persic, M, Pihet, M, Moroni, Pgp, Prandini, E, Priyadarshi, C, Puljak, I, Rhode, W, Ribo, M, Rico, J, Righi, C, Rugliancich, A, Saha, L, Sahakyan, N, Saito, T, Sakurai, S, Satalecka, K, Saturni, Fg, Schleicher, B, Schmidt, K, Schweizer, T, Sitarek, J, Sobczynska, D, Spolon, A, Stamerra, A, Striskovic, J, Strom, D, Strzys, M, Suda, Y, Suric, T, Takahashi, M, Takeishi, R, Tavecchio, F, Temnikov, P, Terzic, T, Teshima, M, Tosti, L, Truzzi, S, Tutone, A, Ubach, S, van Scherpenberg, J, Vanzo, G, Acosta, Mv, Ventura, S, Verguilov, V, Vigorito, Cf, Vitale, V, Vovk, I, Will, M, Wunderlich, C, Yamamoto, T, Zaric, D, Abdalla, H, Aharonian, F, Benkhali, Fa, Anguner, Eo, Arcaro, C, Ashkar, H, Backes, M, Martins, Vb, Barnard, M, Batzofin, R, Becherini, Y, Berge, D, Bernlohr, K, Bi, B, Bottcher, M, Boisson, C, Bolmont, J, de Lavergne, Md, Breuhaus, M, Brose, R, Brun, F, Bulik, T, Caroff, S, Casanova, S, Chand, T, Chen, A, Cotter, G, Mbarubucyeye, Jd, Devin, J, Djannati-Atai, A, Egberts, K, Ernenwein, Jp, Fegan, S, Fiasson, A, de Clairfontaine, Gf, Fontaine, G, Fussling, M, Funk, S, Gabici, S, Giavitto, G, Glawion, D, Glicenstein, Jf, Grondin, Mh, Hinton, Ja, Hofmann, W, Holch, Tl, Holler, M, Horns, D, Huang, Zq, Jamrozy, M, Jankowsky, F, Joshi, V, Jung-Richardt, I, Kasai, E, Katarzynski, K, Khelifi, B, Komin, N, Kosack, K, Kostunin, D, Le Stum, S, Lemiere, A, Lenain, Jp, Leuschner, F, Levy, C, Lohse, T, Luashvili, A, Lypova, I, Mackey, J, Majumdar, J, Malyshev, D, Marandon, V, Marchegiani, P, Marcowith, A, Marti-Devesa, G, Marx, R, Maurin, G, Meintjes, Pj, Mitchell, A, Moderski, R, Mohrmann, L, Montanari, A, Moulin, E, Muller, J, Murach, T, de Naurois, M, Nayerhoda, A, Niemiec, J, Noel, Ap, O'Brien, P, Ohm, S, Olivera-Nieto, L, Wilhelmi, Ed, Ostrowski, M, Panny, S, Panter, M, Parsons, Rd, Peron, G, Poireau, V, Prokhorov, Da, Prokoph, H, Puhlhofer, G, Punch, M, Quirrenbach, A, Reichherzer, P, Reimer, A, Reimer, O, Renaud, M, Rieger, F, Romoli, C, Rowell, G, Rudak, B, Ricarte, Hr, Ruiz-Velasco, E, Sahakian, V, Sailer, S, Salzmann, H, Sanchez, Da, Santangelo, A, Sasaki, M, Schutte, Hm, Schwanke, U, Schussler, F, Senniappan, M, Shapopi, Jns, Simoni, R, Sol, H, Specovius, A, Spencer, S, Steenkamp, R, Steinmassl, S, Sun, L, Takahashi, T, Tanaka, T, Terrier, R, Tsuji, N, Uchiyama, Y, van Eldik, C, van Soelen, B, Veh, J, Venter, C, Vink, J, Wagner, Sj, White, R, Wierzcholska, A, Wong, Yw, Zacharias, M, Zargaryan, D, Zdziarski, Aa, Zech, A, Zhu, Sj, Zouari, S, Zywucka, N, Moritani, Y, Torres, Df, Adams, Cb, Benbow, W, Brill, A, Buckley, Jh, Capasso, M, Chromey, Aj, Errando, M, Falcone, A, Farrell, Ka, Feng, Q, Finley, Jp, Foote, Gm, Fortson, L, Furniss, A, Gent, A, Gillanders, Gh, Giuri, C, Gueta, O, Hanna, D, Hassan, T, Hervet, O, Holder, J, Hona, B, Humensky, Tb, Jin, W, Kaaret, P, Kertzman, M, Kieda, D, Kleiner, Tk, Krennrich, F, Kumar, S, Lang, Mj, Lundy, M, Maier, G, Mcgrath, Ce, Moriarty, P, Mukherjee, R, Nieto, D, Nievas-Rosillo, M, O'Brien, S, Ong, Ra, Otte, An, Park, N, Patel, S, Pfrang, K, Pichel, A, Pohl, M, Prado, Rr, Quinn, J, Ragan, K, Reynolds, Pt, Ribeiro, D, Roache, E, Rovero, Ac, Ryan, Jl, Santander, M, Schlenstedt, S, Sembroski, Gh, Shang, R, Tak, D, Vassiliev, Vv, Weinstein, A, Williams, Da, Williamson, Tj, Acciari, Va, Ansoldi, S, Antonelli, La, Engels, Aa, Artero, M, Asano, K, Baack, D, Babic, A, Baquero, A, de Almeida, Ub, Barrio, Ja, Batkovic, I, Gonzalez, Jb, Bednarek, W, Bellizzi, L, Bernardini, E, Bernardos, M, Berti, A, Besenrieder, J, Bhattacharyya, W, Bigongiari, C, Biland, A, Blanch, O, Bokenkamp, H, Bonnoli, G, Busetto, G, Bosnjak, Z, Carosi, R, Ceribella, G, Cerruti, M, Chai, Y, Chilingarian, A, Cikota, S, Colak, Sm, Colombo, E, Contreras, Jl, Cortina, J, Covino, S, D'Amico, G, D'Elia, V, Da Vela, P, Dazzi, F, De Angelis, A, De Lotto, B, Delfino, M, Delgado, J, Mendez, Cd, Depaoli, D, Di Pierro, F, Di Venere, L, Espineira, Ed, Prester, Dd, Donini, A, Dorner, D, Doro, M, Elsaesser, D, Ramazani, Vf, Fattorini, A, Fonseca, Mv, Font, L, Fruck, C, Fukami, S, Fukazawa, Y, Lopez, Rjg, Garczarczyk, M, Gasparyan, S, Gaug, M, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gliwny, P, Godinovic, N, Green, Jg, Green, D, Hadasch, D, Hahn, A, Heckmann, L, Herrera, J, Hoang, J, Hrupec, D, Hutten, M, Inada, T, Ishio, K, Iwamura, Y, Martinez, Ij, Jormanainen, J, Jouvin, L, Karjalainen, M, Kerszberg, D, Kobayashi, Y, Kubo, H, Kushida, J, Lamastra, A, Lelas, D, Leone, F, Lindfors, E, Linhoff, L, Lombardi, S, Longo, F, Lopez-Coto, R, Lopez-Moya, M, Lopez-Oramas, A, Loporchio, S, Fraga, Bmd, Maggio, C, Majumdar, P, Makariev, M, Mallamaci, M, Maneva, G, Manganaro, M, Mannheim, K, Maraschi, L, Mariotti, M, Martinez, M, Mazin, D, Menchiari, S, Mender, S, Micanovic, S, Miceli, D, Miener, T, Miranda, Jm, Mirzoyan, R, Molina, E, Moralejo, A, Morcuende, D, Moreno, V, Moretti, E, Nakamori, T, Nava, L, Neustroev, V, Nigro, C, Nilsson, K, Nishijima, K, Noda, K, Nozaki, S, Ohtani, Y, Oka, T, Otero-Santos, J, Paiano, S, Palatiello, M, Paneque, D, Paoletti, R, Paredes, Jm, Pavletic, L, Penil, P, Persic, M, Pihet, M, Moroni, Pgp, Prandini, E, Priyadarshi, C, Puljak, I, Rhode, W, Ribo, M, Rico, J, Righi, C, Rugliancich, A, Saha, L, Sahakyan, N, Saito, T, Sakurai, S, Satalecka, K, Saturni, Fg, Schleicher, B, Schmidt, K, Schweizer, T, Sitarek, J, Sobczynska, D, Spolon, A, Stamerra, A, Striskovic, J, Strom, D, Strzys, M, Suda, Y, Suric, T, Takahashi, M, Takeishi, R, Tavecchio, F, Temnikov, P, Terzic, T, Teshima, M, Tosti, L, Truzzi, S, Tutone, A, Ubach, S, van Scherpenberg, J, Vanzo, G, Acosta, Mv, Ventura, S, Verguilov, V, Vigorito, Cf, Vitale, V, Vovk, I, Will, M, Wunderlich, C, Yamamoto, T, Zaric, D, Abdalla, H, Aharonian, F, Benkhali, Fa, Anguner, Eo, Arcaro, C, Ashkar, H, Backes, M, Martins, Vb, Barnard, M, Batzofin, R, Becherini, Y, Berge, D, Bernlohr, K, Bi, B, Bottcher, M, Boisson, C, Bolmont, J, de Lavergne, Md, Breuhaus, M, Brose, R, Brun, F, Bulik, T, Caroff, S, Casanova, S, Chand, T, Chen, A, Cotter, G, Mbarubucyeye, Jd, Devin, J, Djannati-Atai, A, Egberts, K, Ernenwein, Jp, Fegan, S, Fiasson, A, de Clairfontaine, Gf, Fontaine, G, Fussling, M, Funk, S, Gabici, S, Giavitto, G, Glawion, D, Glicenstein, Jf, Grondin, Mh, Hinton, Ja, Hofmann, W, Holch, Tl, Holler, M, Horns, D, Huang, Zq, Jamrozy, M, Jankowsky, F, Joshi, V, Jung-Richardt, I, Kasai, E, Katarzynski, K, Khelifi, B, Komin, N, Kosack, K, Kostunin, D, Le Stum, S, Lemiere, A, Lenain, Jp, Leuschner, F, Levy, C, Lohse, T, Luashvili, A, Lypova, I, Mackey, J, Majumdar, J, Malyshev, D, Marandon, V, Marchegiani, P, Marcowith, A, Marti-Devesa, G, Marx, R, Maurin, G, Meintjes, Pj, Mitchell, A, Moderski, R, Mohrmann, L, Montanari, A, Moulin, E, Muller, J, Murach, T, de Naurois, M, Nayerhoda, A, Niemiec, J, Noel, Ap, O'Brien, P, Ohm, S, Olivera-Nieto, L, Wilhelmi, Ed, Ostrowski, M, Panny, S, Panter, M, Parsons, Rd, Peron, G, Poireau, V, Prokhorov, Da, Prokoph, H, Puhlhofer, G, Punch, M, Quirrenbach, A, Reichherzer, P, Reimer, A, Reimer, O, Renaud, M, Rieger, F, Romoli, C, Rowell, G, Rudak, B, Ricarte, Hr, Ruiz-Velasco, E, Sahakian, V, Sailer, S, Salzmann, H, Sanchez, Da, Santangelo, A, Sasaki, M, Schutte, Hm, Schwanke, U, Schussler, F, Senniappan, M, Shapopi, Jn, Simoni, R, Sol, H, Specovius, A, Spencer, S, Steenkamp, R, Steinmassl, S, Sun, L, Takahashi, T, Tanaka, T, Terrier, R, Tsuji, N, Uchiyama, Y, van Eldik, C, van Soelen, B, Veh, J, Venter, C, Vink, J, Wagner, Sj, White, R, Wierzcholska, A, Wong, Yw, Zacharias, M, Zargaryan, D, Zdziarski, Aa, Zech, A, Zhu, Sj, Zouari, S, Zywucka, N, Moritani, Y, and Torres, Df

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Gamma ray, binaries
Abstract

The results of gamma-ray observations of the binary system HESS J0632 + 057 collected during 450 hr over 15 yr, between 2004 and 2019, are presented. Data taken with the atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS at energies above 350 GeV were used together with observations at X-ray energies obtained with Swift-XRT, Chandra, XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, and Suzaku. Some of these observations were accompanied by measurements of the H alpha emission line. A significant detection of the modulation of the very high-energy gamma-ray fluxes with a period of 316.7 +/- 4.4 days is reported, consistent with the period of 317.3 +/- 0.7 days obtained with a refined analysis of X-ray data. The analysis of data from four orbital cycles with dense observational coverage reveals short-timescale variability, with flux-decay timescales of less than 20 days at very high energies. Flux variations observed over a timescale of several years indicate orbit-to-orbit variability. The analysis confirms the previously reported correlation of X-ray and gamma-ray emission from the system at very high significance, but cannot find any correlation of optical H alpha parameters with fluxes at X-ray or gamma-ray energies in simultaneous observations. The key finding is that the emission of HESS J0632 + 057 in the X-ray and gamma-ray energy bands is highly variable on different timescales. The ratio of gamma-ray to X-ray flux shows the equality or even dominance of the gamma-ray energy range. This wealth of new data is interpreted taking into account the insufficient knowledge of the ephemeris of the system, and discussed in the context of results reported on other gamma-ray binary systems.

Published
2021

150. H.E.S.S. Follow-up Observations of Binary Black Hole Coalescence Events during the Second and Third Gravitational-wave Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

Author

Abdalla, H., primary, Aharonian, F., additional, Ait Benkhali, F., additional, Angüner, E. O., additional, Ashkar, H., additional, Backes, M., additional, Baghmanyan, V., additional, Barbosa Martins, V., additional, Batzofin, R., additional, Becherini, Y., additional, Berge, D., additional, Bernlöhr, K., additional, Bi, B., additional, Böttcher, M., additional, Boisson, C., additional, Bolmont, J., additional, de Bony de Lavergne, M., additional, Brose, R., additional, Brun, F., additional, Bulik, T., additional, Bylund, T., additional, Cangemi, F., additional, Caroff, S., additional, Casanova, S., additional, Chand, T., additional, Chen, A., additional, Cotter, G., additional, Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J., additional, Devin, J., additional, Djannati-Ataï, A., additional, Egberts, K., additional, Ernenwein, J.-P., additional, Fegan, S., additional, Fiasson, A., additional, Fichet de Clairfontaine, G., additional, Fontaine, G., additional, Funk, S., additional, Gabici, S., additional, Giavitto, G., additional, Giunti, L., additional, Glawion, D., additional, Glicenstein, J. F., additional, Grondin, M.-H., additional, Hinton, J. A., additional, Hörbe, M., additional, Hofmann, W., additional, Holch, T. L., additional, Holler, M., additional, Huang, Zhiqiu, additional, Huber, D., additional, Jamrozy, M., additional, Jankowsky, F., additional, Jung-Richardt, I., additional, Kasai, E., additional, Katarzyński, K., additional, Katz, U., additional, Khélifi, B., additional, Komin, Nu., additional, Konno, R., additional, Kosack, K., additional, Kostunin, D., additional, Kundu, A., additional, Lamanna, G., additional, Le Stum, S., additional, Lemière, A., additional, Lemoine-Goumard, M., additional, Lenain, J.-P., additional, Leuschner, F., additional, Lohse, T., additional, Luashvili, A., additional, Lypova, I., additional, Mackey, J., additional, Majumdar, J., additional, Malyshev, D., additional, Marandon, V., additional, Marchegiani, P., additional, Martí-Devesa, G., additional, Marx, R., additional, Maurin, G., additional, Meintjes, P. J., additional, Mitchell, A., additional, Mohrmann, L., additional, Montanari, A., additional, Moulin, E., additional, Muller, J., additional, Murach, T., additional, de Naurois, M., additional, Nayerhoda, A., additional, Niemiec, J., additional, Priyana Noel, A., additional, O’Brien, P., additional, Ohm, S., additional, Olivera-Nieto, L., additional, de Ona Wilhelmi, E., additional, Ostrowski, M., additional, Panter, M., additional, Parsons, R. D., additional, Peron, G., additional, Poireau, V., additional, Prokhorov, D. A., additional, Prokoph, H., additional, Pühlhofer, G., additional, Punch, M., additional, Quirrenbach, A., additional, Reichherzer, P., additional, Renaud, M., additional, Rieger, F., additional, Rowell, G., additional, Rudak, B., additional, Rueda Ricarte, H., additional, Ruiz-Velasco, E., additional, Sahakian, V., additional, Sailer, S., additional, Salzmann, H., additional, Sanchez, D. A., additional, Santangelo, A., additional, Sasaki, M., additional, Schüssler, F., additional, Schutte, H. M., additional, Schwanke, U., additional, Senniappan, M., additional, Shapopi, J. N. S., additional, Sinha, A., additional, Sol, H., additional, Specovius, A., additional, Spencer, S., additional, Stawarz, Ł., additional, Steinmassl, S., additional, Steppa, C., additional, Sun, L., additional, Takahashi, T., additional, Tanaka, T., additional, Terrier, R., additional, Thorpe-Morgan, C., additional, Tsirou, M., additional, Tsuji, N., additional, Uchiyama, Y., additional, van Eldik, C., additional, Veh, J., additional, Vink, J., additional, Wagner, S. J., additional, Werner, F., additional, White, R., additional, Wierzcholska, A., additional, Wong, Yu Wun, additional, Zacharias, M., additional, Zargaryan, D., additional, Zdziarski, A. A., additional, Zech, A., additional, Zhu, S. J., additional, Zouari, S., additional, and Żywucka, N., additional

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2021
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