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1. Discovery of a Radiation Component from the Vela Pulsar Reaching 20 Teraelectronvolts

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Collaboration, The H. E. S. S., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Aschersleben, J., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Böttcher, 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, T., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Egberts, K., Ernenwein, J. -P., Feijen, K., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Füßling, 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, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzyński, K., Khélifi, B., Klepser, S., Kluźniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lang, R. G., Stum, S. Le, 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., 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, OBrien, 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., 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., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schüssler, 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, Yu Wun, Yassin, H., Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zouari, S., Żywucka, N., Zanin, R., Kerr, M., Johnston, S., Shannon, R. M., and Smith, D. A.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Gamma-ray observations have established energetic isolated pulsars as outstanding particle accelerators and antimatter factories in the Galaxy. There is, however, no consensus regarding the acceleration mechanisms and the radiative processes at play, nor the locations where these take place. The spectra of all observed gamma-ray pulsars to date show strong cutoffs or a break above energies of a few gigaelectronvolt (GeV). Using the H.E.S.S. array of Cherenkov telescopes, we discovered a novel radiation component emerging beyond this generic GeV cutoff in the Vela pulsar's broadband spectrum. The extension of gamma-ray pulsation energies up to at least 20 teraelectronvolts (TeV) shows that Vela pulsar can accelerate particles to Lorentz factors higher than $4\times10^7$. This is an order of magnitude larger than in the case of the Crab pulsar, the only other pulsar detected in the TeV energy range. Our results challenge the state-of-the-art models for high-energy emission of pulsars while providing a new probe, i.e. the energetic multi-TeV component, for constraining the acceleration and emission processes in their extreme energy limit., Comment: 38 pages, 6 figures. This preprint has not undergone peer review or any post-submission improvements or corrections. The Version of Record of this article is published in Nature Astronomy, Nat Astron (2023), and is available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-02052-3

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2023
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2. Detection of extended gamma-ray emission around the Geminga pulsar with H.E.S.S

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Aschersleben, J., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Borowska, J., Bouyahiaoui, M., Bradascio, F., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Scheidlin, C. Burger, Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chambery, P., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Chibueze, J., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Devin, J., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Egberts, K., Einecke, S., Ernenwein, J. P., Feijen, K., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Filipovic, M., Fontaine, G., Füssling, 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., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzyński, K., Khélifi, B., Kluźniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lang, R. G., Stum, S. Le, 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., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., 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., Prokhorov, D. A., Pühlhofer, G., Quirrenbach, A., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ricarte, H. Rueda, Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Salzmann, H., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schüssler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, Ł., Steinmassl, S., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., 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., Zouari, S., and Żywucka, N.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Geminga is an enigmatic radio-quiet gamma-ray pulsar located at a mere 250 pc distance from Earth. Extended very-high-energy gamma-ray emission around the pulsar was discovered by Milagro and later confirmed by HAWC, which are both water Cherenkov detector-based experiments. However, evidence for the Geminga pulsar wind nebula in gamma rays has long evaded detection by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) despite targeted observations. The detection of gamma-ray emission on angular scales > 2 deg poses a considerable challenge for the background estimation in IACT data analysis. With recent developments in understanding the complementary background estimation techniques of water Cherenkov and atmospheric Cherenkov instruments, the H.E.S.S. IACT array can now confirm the detection of highly extended gamma-ray emission around the Geminga pulsar with a radius of at least 3 deg in the energy range 0.5-40 TeV. We find no indications for statistically significant asymmetries or energy-dependent morphology. A flux normalisation of $(2.8\pm0.7)\times10^{-12}$ cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$TeV$^{-1}$ at 1 TeV is obtained within a 1 deg radius region around the pulsar. To investigate the particle transport within the halo of energetic leptons around the pulsar, we fitted an electron diffusion model to the data. The normalisation of the diffusion coefficient obtained of $D_0 = 7.6^{+1.5}_{-1.2} \times 10^{27}$ cm$^2$s$^{-1}$, at an electron energy of 100 TeV, is compatible with values previously reported for the pulsar halo around Geminga, which is considerably below the Galactic average., Comment: 16 pages, 15 figures, 7 tables. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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2023
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3. Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to spectral signatures of hadronic PeVatrons with application to Galactic Supernova Remnants

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Consortium, The Cherenkov Telescope Array, Acero, F., Acharyya, A., Adam, R., Aguasca-Cabot, A., Agudo, I., Aguirre-Santaella, A., Alfaro, J., Aloisio, R., Crespo, N. Álvarez, Batista, R. Alves, Amati, L., Amato, E., Ambrosi, G., Angüner, E. O., Aramo, C., Arcaro, C., Armstrong, T., Asano, K., Ascasibar, Y., Aschersleben, J., Backes, M., Baktash, A., Balazs, C., Balbo, M., Ballet, J., Larriva, A. Baquero, Martins, V. Barbosa, de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., Bastieri, D., Baxter, J. R., Tjus, J. Becker, Benbow, W., Bernardos-Martín, M. I., Bernete, J., Berti, A., Bertucci, B., Beshley, V., Bhattacharjee, P., Bhattacharyya, S., Biland, A., Bissaldi, E., Biteau, J., Blanch, O., Bordas, P., Bottacini, E., Bregeon, J., Brose, R., Bucciantini, N., Bulgarelli, A., Capasso, M., Dolcetta, R. A. Capuzzo, Caraveo, P., Cardillo, M., Carosi, R., Casanova, S., Cascone, E., Cassol, F., Catalani, F., Cerruti, M., Chadwick, P., Chaty, S., Chen, A., Chernyakova, M., Chiavassa, A., Chudoba, J., Coimbra-Araujo, C., Conforti, V., Contreras, J. L., Costa, A., Costantini, H., Cristofari, P., Crocker, R., D'Amico, G., D'Ammando, F., De Angelis, A., De Caprio, V., Pino, E. M. de Gouveia Dal, Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, de Souza, V., Delgado, C., della Volpe, D., Depaoli, D., Di Girolamo, T., Di Pierro, F., Di Tria, R., Di Venere, L., Diebold, S., Djuvsland, J. I., Donini, A., Doro, M., Anjos, R. d. C. Dos, Dwarkadas, V. V., Einecke, S., Elsässer, D., Emery, G., Evoli, C., Falceta-Goncalves, D., Fedorova, E., Fegan, S., Ferrand, G., Fiandrini, E., Filipovic, M., Fioretti, V., Fiori, M., Foffano, L., Fontaine, G., Fukami, S., Galanti, G., Galaz, G., Gammaldi, V., Gasbarra, C., Ghalumyan, A., Ghirlanda, G., Giarrusso, M., Giavitto, G., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Giroletti, M., Giuliani, A., Giunti, L., Godinovic, N., Coelho, J. Goulart, Gréaux, L., Green, D., Grondin, M-H., Gueta, O., Gunji, S., Hassan, T., Heller, M., Hernández-Cadena, S., Hinton, J., Hnatyk, B., Hnatyk, R., Hoffmann, D., Hofmann, W., Holder, J., Horan, D., Horvath, P., Hrabovsky, M., Hrupec, D., Inada, T., Incardona, F., Inoue, S., Ishio, K., Jamrozy, M., Janecek, P., Martínez, I. Jiménez, Jin, W., Jung-Richardt, I., Jurysek, J., Kaaret, P., Karas, V., Katz, U., Kerszberg, D., Khélifi, B., Kieda, D. B., Kissmann, R., Kleiner, T., Kluge, G., Kluzniak, W., Knödlseder, J., Kobayashi, Y., Kohri, K., Komin, N., Kornecki, P., Kubo, H., La Palombara, N., Láinez, M., Lamastra, A., Lapington, J., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P., Leone, F., Leto, G., Leuschner, F., Lindfors, E., Liodakis, I., Lohse, T., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López-Coto, R., López-Moya, M., López-Oramas, A., Loporchio, S., Luque-Escamilla, P. L., Macias, O., Mackey, J., Majumdar, P., Mandat, D., Manganaro, M., Manicò, G., Marconi, M., Martí, J., Martínez, G., Martinez, M., Martinez, O., Mello, A. J. T. S., Menchiari, S., Meyer, D. M. -A., Micanovic, S., Miceli, D., Miceli, M., Michalowski, J., Miener, T., Miranda, J. M., Mitchell, A., Mode, B., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Molina, E., Montaruli, T., Morcuende, D., Morlino, G., Morselli, A., Mosè, M., Moulin, E., Mukherjee, R., Munari, K., Murach, T., Nagai, A., Nagataki, S., Nemmen, R., Niemiec, J., Nieto, D., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nikolajuk, M., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Novosyadlyj, B., Nozaki, S., Ohishi, M., Ohm, S., Ohtani, Y., Okumura, A., Olmi, B., Ong, R. A., Orienti, M., Orito, R., Orlandini, M., Orlando, E., Orlando, S., Ostrowski, M., Oya, I., Pantaleo, F. R., Paredes, J. M., Patricelli, B., Pecimotika, M., Peresano, M., Pérez-Romero, J., Persic, M., Petruk, O., Piano, G., Pietropaolo, E., Pirola, G., Pittori, C., Pohl, M., Ponti, G., Prandini, E., Principe, G., Priyadarshi, C., Pueschel, E., Pühlhofer, G., Pumo, M. L., Quirrenbach, A., Rando, R., Razzaque, S., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reposeur, T., Ribó, M., Richtler, T., Rico, J., Rieger, F., Rigoselli, M., Riitano, L., Rizi, V., Roache, E., Romano, P., Romeo, G., Rosado, J., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Sadeh, I., Safi-Harb, S., Saha, L., Sailer, S., Sánchez-Conde, M., Sarkar, S., Satalecka, K., Saturni, F. G., Scherer, A., Schovánek, P., Schussler, F., Schwanke, U., Scuderi, S., Seglar-Arroyo, M., Sergijenko, O., Servillat, M., Shang, R-Y., Sharma, P., Siejkowski, H., Sliusar, V., Słowikowska, A., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S. T., Spengler, G., Stamerra, A., Stanič, S., Starecki, T., Starling, R., Stolarczyk, T., Pereira, L. A. Stuani, Suda, Y., Suomijarvi, T., Sushch, I., Tajima, H., Tam, P-H. T., Tanaka, S. J., Tavecchio, F., Testa, V., Tian, W., Tibaldo, L., Torres, D. F., Tothill, N., Vallage, B., Vallania, P., van Eldik, C., van Scherpenberg, J., Vandenbroucke, J., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Vecchi, M., Vercellone, S., Verna, G., Viana, A., Vignatti, J., Vitale, V., Vodeb, V., Vorobiov, S., Vuillaume, T., Wagner, S. J., Walter, R., White, M., Wierzcholska, A., Will, M., Williams, D., Yang, L., Yoshida, T., Yoshikoshi, T., Zaharijas, G., Zampieri, L., Zavrtanik, D., Zavrtanik, M., Zhdanov, V. I., and Živec, M.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
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The local Cosmic Ray (CR) energy spectrum exhibits a spectral softening at energies around 3~PeV. Sources which are capable of accelerating hadrons to such energies are called hadronic PeVatrons. However, hadronic PeVatrons have not yet been firmly identified within the Galaxy. Several source classes, including Galactic Supernova Remnants (SNRs), have been proposed as PeVatron candidates. The potential to search for hadronic PeVatrons with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is assessed. The focus is on the usage of very high energy $\gamma$-ray spectral signatures for the identification of PeVatrons. Assuming that SNRs can accelerate CRs up to knee energies, the number of Galactic SNRs which can be identified as PeVatrons with CTA is estimated within a model for the evolution of SNRs. Additionally, the potential of a follow-up observation strategy under moonlight conditions for PeVatron searches is investigated. Statistical methods for the identification of PeVatrons are introduced, and realistic Monte--Carlo simulations of the response of the CTA observatory to the emission spectra from hadronic PeVatrons are performed. Based on simulations of a simplified model for the evolution for SNRs, the detection of a $\gamma$-ray signal from in average 9 Galactic PeVatron SNRs is expected to result from the scan of the Galactic plane with CTA after 10 hours of exposure. CTA is also shown to have excellent potential to confirm these sources as PeVatrons in deep observations with $\mathcal{O}(100)$ hours of exposure per source., Comment: 34 pages, 16 figures, Accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics

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2023
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4. HESS J1809$-$193: a halo of escaped electrons around a pulsar wind nebula?

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Aschersleben, J., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Borowska, J., Bouyahiaoui, M., Bradascio, F., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chambery, P., Chand, T., Chen, A., Chibueze, J., Chibueze, O., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Einecke, S., Ernenwein, J. -P., Feijen, K., Filipovic, M., Fontaine, G., Füßling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Goswami, P., Grolleron, G., Grondin, M. -H., Haerer, L., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzyński, K., Khélifi, B., Kluźniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lang, R. G., Stum, S. Le, 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., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Nakashima, K., 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., Prokhorov, D. A., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Sahakian, V., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, Ł., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., van Eldik, C., Vecchi, M., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wach, T., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zouari, S., and Żywucka, N.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Context. HESS J1809$-$193 is an unassociated very-high-energy $\gamma$-ray source located on the Galactic plane. While it has been connected to the nebula of the energetic pulsar PSR J1809$-$1917, supernova remnants and molecular clouds present in the vicinity also constitute possible associations. Recently, the detection of $\gamma$-ray emission up to energies of $\sim$100 TeV with the HAWC observatory has led to renewed interest in HESS J1809$-$193. Aims. We aim to understand the origin of the $\gamma$-ray emission of HESS J1809$-$193. Methods. We analysed 93.2 h of data taken on HESS J1809$-$193 above 0.27 TeV with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), using a multi-component, three-dimensional likelihood analysis. In addition, we provide a new analysis of 12.5 yr of Fermi-LAT data above 1 GeV within the region of HESS J1809$-$193. The obtained results are interpreted in a time-dependent modelling framework. Results. For the first time, we were able to resolve the emission detected with H.E.S.S. into two components: an extended component that exhibits a spectral cut-off at $\sim$13 TeV, and a compact component that is located close to PSR J1809$-$1917 and shows no clear spectral cut-off. The Fermi-LAT analysis also revealed extended $\gamma$-ray emission, on scales similar to that of the extended H.E.S.S. component. Conclusions. Our modelling indicates that based on its spectrum and spatial extent, the extended H.E.S.S. component is likely caused by inverse Compton emission from old electrons that form a halo around the pulsar wind nebula. The compact component could be connected to either the pulsar wind nebula or the supernova remnant and molecular clouds. Due to its comparatively steep spectrum, modelling the Fermi-LAT emission together with the H.E.S.S. components is not straightforward. (abridged), Comment: 14 pages, 10 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A. Corresponding authors: Vikas Joshi, Lars Mohrmann

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2023
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5. Constraining leptonic emission scenarios for the PeVatron candidate HESS J1702-420 with deep XMM-Newton observations

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Giunti, L., Acero, F., Khelifi, B., Kosack, K., Lemiere, A., and Terrier, R.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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The unidentified TeV source HESS J1702-420 has recently been proposed as a new hadronic PeVatron candidate, based on the discovery of a small-scale emission sub-region with extremely hard gamma-ray spectrum up to 100 TeV (named HESS J1702-420A). Given the difficulty to discriminate between a hadronic or leptonic origin of the TeV emission, based on the H.E.S.S. measurement alone, we opted for a multi-wavelength approach. A deep X-ray observation was carried out using the XMM-Newton satellite, with the goal of probing a possible association with a hidden leptonic accelerator. No evidence of a clear counterpart for HESS J1702-420A was found in the X-ray data. After excluding an association with all nearby X-ray point sources, we derived strict upper limits on the diffuse X-ray emission and average magnetic field in the HESS J1702-420A region. We additionally report the serendipitous discovery of a new extended X-ray source, whose association with HESS J1702-420A is not obvious but cannot be ruled out either. A set of scripts dedicated to the multi-wavelength modeling of X-ray and gamma-ray data, based on Gammapy, Naima and Xspec, was developed in the context of this work and is made publicly available along with this paper., Comment: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 13 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables

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2022
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6. A deep spectromorphological study of the $\gamma$-ray emission surrounding the young massive stellar cluster Westerlund 1

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Aharonian, F., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bi, B., Böttcher, M., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Bradascio, F., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Chibueze, O., Cristofari, P., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Djannati-Ataï, A., Ernenwein, J. -P., Feijen, K., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Goswami, P., Grondin, M. -H., Härer, L. K., Haupt, M., Hinton, J. A., Hörbe, M., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Jamrozy, M., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzyński, K., Katz, U., Khélifi, B., Kluźniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Mezek, G. Kukec, Lang, R. G., Stum, S. Le, Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P., Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Martí-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., Nayerhoda, A., Niemiec, J., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Prokhorov, D. A., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Rauth, R., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schüssler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, Ł., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Unbehaun, T., van Eldik, C., van Soelen, B., Vecchi, M., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zhu, S. J., Zouari, S., Żywucka, N., Blackwell, R., Braiding, C., Burton, M., Cubuk, K., Filipović, M., Tothill, N., and Wong, G.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Young massive stellar clusters are extreme environments and potentially provide the means for efficient particle acceleration. Indeed, they are increasingly considered as being responsible for a significant fraction of cosmic rays (CRs) accelerated within the Milky Way. Westerlund 1, the most massive known young stellar cluster in our Galaxy is a prime candidate for studying this hypothesis. While the very-high-energy $\gamma$-ray source HESS J1646-458 has been detected in the vicinity of Westerlund 1 in the past, its association could not be firmly identified. We aim to identify the physical processes responsible for the $\gamma$-ray emission around Westerlund 1 and thus to better understand the role of massive stellar clusters in the acceleration of Galactic CRs. Using 164 hours of data recorded with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), we carried out a deep spectromorphological study of the $\gamma$-ray emission of HESS J1646-458. We furthermore employed H I and CO observations of the region to infer the presence of gas that could serve as target material for interactions of accelerated CRs. We detected large-scale ($\sim 2^\circ$ diameter) $\gamma$-ray emission with a complex morphology, exhibiting a shell-like structure and showing no significant variation with $\gamma$-ray energy. The combined energy spectrum of the emission extends to several tens of TeV, and is uniform across the entire source region. We did not find a clear correlation of the $\gamma$-ray emission with gas clouds as identified through H I and CO observations. We conclude that, of the known objects within the region, only Westerlund 1 can explain the bulk of the $\gamma$-ray emission. Several CR acceleration sites and mechanisms are conceivable, and discussed in detail. (abridged), Comment: 15 pages, 9 figures. Corresponding authors: L. Mohrmann, S. Ohm, R. Rauth, A. Specovius. v2: corrected affiliation of M. Vecchi (still incorrect in journal version)

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2022
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7. Time-resolved hadronic particle acceleration in the recurrent Nova RS Ophiuchi

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Angüner, E. O., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Böttcher, 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-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Doroshenko, V., Duffy, C., Egberts, K., Ernenwein, J. -P., Fegan, S., Feijen, K., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Füßling, 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., Hörbe, M., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., 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., Stum, S. Le, 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., Martí-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., 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., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., 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., Schäfer, J., Schüssler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Senniappan, M., Shapopi, J. N. S., Simoni, R., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, Ł., 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 Żywucka, N.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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 by ejected material slamming into the companion star's wind, accelerates particles to very-high-energies. We report very-high-energy (VHE, $\gtrsim100$\,GeV) gamma rays from the recurrent nova RS\,Ophiuchi up to a month after its 2021 outburst, using the High Energy Stereoscopic System. The VHE emission has a similar temporal profile to lower-energy GeV emission, indicating a common origin, with a two-day delay in peak flux. These observations constrain models of time-dependent particle energization, favouring a hadronic emission scenario over the leptonic alternative. This confirms that shocks in dense winds provide favourable environments for efficient cosmic-ray acceleration to very-high-energies., Comment: Submitted 1st Nov. 2021, first release 10th March 2022 (accepted version)

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2022
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8. Evidence for gamma-ray emission from the remnant of Kepler's supernova based on deep H.E.S.S. observations

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Anguner, E. O., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernloehr, K., Boettcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chen, A., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., Cristofari, P., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Devin, J., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Egberts, K., Einecke, S., Ernenwein, J. -P., Feijen, K., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grondin, M. -H., Hoerbe, M., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Katz, U., Khelifi, B., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., 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., Marti-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., 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., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Poireau, V., Prokhorov, D. A., Puehlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ricarte, H. Rueda, Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schafer, J., Schussler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Simoni, R., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, L., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Sushch, I., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Tsirou, M., Uchiyama, Y., Unbehaun, T., van Eldik, C., Veh, J., Vink, J., Voelk, H. 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.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Observations with imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) have enhanced our knowledge of nearby supernova (SN) remnants with ages younger than 500 years by establishing Cassiopeia A and the remnant of Tycho's SN as very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray sources. The remnant of Kepler's SN, which is the product of the most recent naked-eye supernova in our Galaxy, is comparable in age to the other two, but is significantly more distant. If the gamma-ray luminosities of the remnants of Tycho's and Kepler's SNe are similar, then the latter is expected to be one of the faintest gamma-ray sources within reach of the current generation IACT arrays. Here we report evidence at a statistical level of 4.6 sigma for a VHE signal from the remnant of Kepler's SN based on deep observations by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) with an exposure of 152 hours. The measured integral flux above an energy of 226 GeV is ~0.3% of the flux of the Crab Nebula. The spectral energy distribution (SED) reveals a gamma-ray emitting component connecting the VHE emission observed with H.E.S.S. to the emission observed at GeV energies with Fermi-LAT. The overall SED is similar to that of the remnant of Tycho's SN, possibly indicating the same non-thermal emission processes acting in both these young remnants of thermonuclear SNe., Comment: Published in Astronomy and Astrophysics. A typo in the normalization constant in Sect. 4 was corrected

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2022
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9. H.E.S.S. follow-up observations of Binary Black Hole Coalescence events during the second and third Gravitational Waves observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

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

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

We report on the observations of four well-localized binary black hole (BBH) mergers by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) during the second and third observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo, O2 and O3. H.E.S.S. can observe $\mathrm{20\,deg^2}$ of the sky at a time and follows up gravitational-wave (GW) events by ``tiling'' localization regions to maximize the covered localization probability. During O2 and O3, H.E.S.S. observed large portions of the localization regions, between 35\% and 75\%, for four BBH mergers (GW170814, GW190512\_180714, GW190728\_064510, and S200224ca). For these four GW events, we find no significant signal from a pointlike source in any of the observations, and set upper limits on the very high energy ($>$100 GeV) $\gamma$-ray emission. The 1-10 TeV isotropic luminosity of these GW events is below $10^{45}$ erg s$^{-1}$ at the times of the H.E.S.S. observations, around the level of the low-luminosity GRB 190829A. Assuming no changes are made to how follow-up observations are conducted, H.E.S.S. can expect to observe over 60 GW events per year in the fourth GW observing run, O4, of which eight would be observable with minimal latency.

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2021
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10. Searching for TeV gamma-ray emission from SGR\,1935+2154 during its 2020 X-ray and radio bursting phase

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Abdalla, H., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Anguner, E. O., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Martins, V. Barbosa, Barnacka, A., Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlohr, K., Bi, B., Bottcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Buchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Casanova, S., Chambery, P., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Cotter, G., lo, M. Cury, Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Deil, C., Devin, J., Dirson, L., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dreyer, L., Duffy, C., Plessis, L. Du, Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Eichhorn, F., Einecke, S., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J. -P., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Füßling, M., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizade, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grondin, M. -H., Hahn, J., Haupt, M., Hattingh, S., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horbe, M., Horns, D., Huang, Z., Huber, D., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, D., Jankowsky, F., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., 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., Mezek, G. Kukec, Kundu, A., Lamanna, G., Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P., Stum, S. Le, Leuschner, F., Levy, C., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., 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., Montanari, A., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., Nayerhoda, A., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., O'Brien, P., Odaka, H., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Noel, A. Priyana, 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., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rinchiuso, L., Romoli, C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ricarte, H. Rueda, Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schäfer, J., Schüssler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Seglar-Arroyo, M., Senniappan, M., Seyffert, A. S., Shafi, N., Shapopi, J. N. S., Shiningayamwe, K., Simoni, R., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Spackman, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Spir-Jacob, M., Stawarz, L., Sun, L., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Thiersen, J. H. E., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tiziani, D., Tluczykont, M., Tomankova, L., Trichard, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., Watson, J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., deWilt, P., Wong, Yu Wun, Yassin, H., Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zorn, J., Zouari, S., and Żywucka, N.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Magnetar hyperflares are the most plausible explanation for fast radio bursts (FRB) -- enigmatic powerful radio pulses with durations of several milliseconds and high brightness temperatures. The first observational evidence for this scenario was obtained in 2020 April when a FRB was detected from the direction of the Galactic magnetar and soft gamma-ray repeater SGR\,1935+2154. The FRB was preceded by two gamma-ray outburst alerts by the BAT instrument aboard the Swift satellite, which triggered follow-up observations by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). H.E.S.S. has observed SGR\,1935+2154 for 2 hr on 2020 April 28. The observations are coincident with X-ray bursts from the magnetar detected by INTEGRAL and Fermi-GBM, thus providing the first very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations of a magnetar in a flaring state. High-quality data acquired during these follow-up observations allow us to perform a search for short-time transients. No significant signal at energies $E>0.6$~TeV is found and upper limits on the persistent and transient emission are derived. We here present the analysis of these observations and discuss the obtained results and prospects of the H.E.S.S. follow-up program for soft gamma-ray repeaters., Comment: Received 2021 June 13; accepted 2021 June 28; published 2021 September 29

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2021
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11. Revisiting the PeVatron candidate MGRO J1908+06 with an updated H.E.S.S. analysis

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Kostunin, D., Mohrmann, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Joshi, V., Mitchell, A., Ohm, S., Khélifi, B., Giunti, L., and Sinha, A.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Detecting and studying galactic gamma-ray sources emitting very-high energy photons sheds light on the acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays presumably created in these sources. Currently, there are few sources emitting photons with energies exceeding 100 TeV. In this work we revisit the unidentified source MGRO J1908+06, initially detected by Milagro, using an updated H.E.S.S. dataset and analysis pipeline. The vicinity of the source contains a supernova remnant and pulsars as well as molecular clouds. This makes the identification of the primary source(s) of galactic cosmic rays as well as the nature of the gamma-ray emission challenging, especially in light of the recent HAWC and LHAASO detection of the high energy tail of its spectrum. Exploiting the better angular resolution as compared to particle detectors, we investigate the morphology of the source as well as its spectral properties., Comment: Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2021), 12-23 July 2021, Berlin, Germany - Online

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12. Evidence of 100 TeV ${\gamma}$-ray emission from HESS J1702-420: A new PeVatron candidate

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Giunti, L., Khelifi, B., Kosack, K., and Terrier, R.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The identification of active PeVatrons, hadronic particle accelerators reaching the knee of the cosmic-ray spectrum (at the energy of few PeV), is crucial to understand the origin of cosmic rays in the Galaxy. In this context, we report on new H.E.S.S. observations of the PeVatron candidate HESS J1702-420, which reveal the presence of gamma-rays up to 100 TeV. This is the first time in the history of H.E.S.S. that photons with such high energy are clearly detected. Remarkably, the new deep observations allowed the discovery of a new gamma-ray source component, called HESS J1702-420A, that was previously hidden under the bulk emission traditionally associated with HESSJ1702-420. This new object has a power-law spectral slope < 2 and a gamma-ray spectrum that, extending with no sign of curvature up to 100 TeV, makes it an excellent candidate site for the presence of PeV-energy cosmic rays. This discovery brings new information to the ongoing debate on the nature of the unidentified source HESSJ1702-420, one of the most compelling PeVatron candidates in the gamma-ray sky, and on the origin of Galactic cosmic rays.

Published
2021

13. LMC N132D: A mature supernova remnant with a power-law gamma-ray spectrum extending beyond 8 TeV

Author

Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Abdalla, H., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Angüner, E. O., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Martins, V. Barbosa, Barnacka, A., Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Breuhaus, M., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Büchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Casanova, S., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Curyło, M., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Deil, C., Devin, J., Dirson, L., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dreyer, L., Duffy, C., Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Eichhorn, F., Einecke, S., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J. -P., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Füßling, M., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., 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., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzynski, 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., Leuschner, F., Levy, C., Lohse, T., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., 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., Montanari, A., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., Nayerhoda, A., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., O'Brien, P., Odaka, H., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Noel, A. Priyana, 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., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Scalici, M., Schäfer, J., Schüssler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Seglar-Arroyo, M., Senniappan, M., Seyffert, A. S., Shafi, N., Shapopi, J. N. S., Shiningayamwe, K., Simoni, R., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Spir-Jacob, M., Stawarz, L., Sun, L., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Thiersen, J. H. E., Tiziani, D., Tluczykont, M., Tomankova, L., Trichard, C., Tsirou, M., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., Watson, J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zorn, J., Zouari, S., and Żywucka, N.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

We analyzed 252 hours of High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) observations towards the supernova remnant (SNR) LMC N132D that were accumulated between December 2004 and March 2016 during a deep survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud, adding 104 hours of observations to the previously published data set to ensure a > 5 sigma detection. To broaden the gamma-ray spectral coverage required for modeling the spectral energy distribution, an analysis of Fermi-LAT Pass 8 data was also included. We unambiguously detect N132D at very high energies (VHE) with a significance of 5.7 sigma. We report the results of a detailed analysis of its spectrum and localization based on the extended H.E.S.S. data set. The joint analysis of the extended H.E.S.S and Fermi-LAT data results in a spectral energy distribution in the energy range from 1.7 GeV to 14.8 TeV, which suggests a high luminosity of N132D at GeV and TeV energies. We set a lower limit on a gamma-ray cutoff energy of 8 TeV with a confidence level of 95%. The new gamma-ray spectrum as well as multiwavelength observations of N132D when compared to physical models suggests a hadronic origin of the VHE gamma-ray emission. SNR N132D is a VHE gamma-ray source that shows a spectrum extending to the VHE domain without a spectral cutoff at a few TeV, unlike the younger oxygen-rich SNR Cassiopeia A. The gamma-ray properties of N132D may be affected by an interaction with a nearby molecular cloud that partially lies inside the 95% confidence region of the source position. [Abridged], Comment: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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2021
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14. TeV emission of Galactic plane sources with HAWC and H.E.S.S

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Abdalla, H., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Angüner, E. O., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Martins, V. Barbosa, Barnacka, A., Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., 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., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Deil, C., Devin, J., Dirson, L., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dreyer, L., Duffy, C., Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Eichhorn, F., Einecke, S., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J. -P., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, 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., Leuschner, F., Levy, C., Lohse, T., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Mares, A., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A. M. W., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., Nayerhoda, A., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., Brien, P. O, Odaka, H., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Noel, A. Priyana, 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., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schäfer, J., Schüssler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Seglar-Arroyo, M., Senniappan, M., Seyffert, A. S., Shafi, N., Shapopi, J. N. S., 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., Thiersen, J. H. E., Tiziani, D., Tluczykont, M., Tomankova, L., Trichard, C., Tsirou, M., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., Watson, J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zmija, A., Zorn, J., Zouari, S., Żywucka, N., Albert, A., Alfaro, R., Alvarez, C., Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C., Arunbabu, K. P., Rojas, D. Avila, Belmont-Moreno, E., BenZvi, S. Y., Brisbois, C., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Capistrán, T., Carramiñana, A., Casanova, S., Cotti, U., Cotzomi, J., de León, S. Coutiño, De la Fuente, E., de León, C., Hernandez, R. Diaz, Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dingus, B. L., DuVernois, M. A., Durocher, M., Ellsworth, R. W., Engel, K., Espinoza, C., Fan, K. L., Alonso, M. Fernández, Fraija, N., Galván-Gámez, A., Garcia, D., García-González, J. A., Garfias, F., Giacinti, G., González, M. M., Goodman, J. A., Harding, J. P., Hernandez, S., Hona, B., Huang, D., Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, F., Hüntemeyer, P., Iriarte, A., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., Kieda, D., Lee, W. H., Vargas, H. León, Linnemann, J. T., Longinotti, A. L., Luis-Raya, G., López-Coto, R., Malone, K., Martinez, O., Martinez-Castellanos, I., Martínez-Castro, J., Matthews, J. A., Miranda-Romagnoli, P., Morales-Soto, J. A., Moreno, E., Mostafá, M., Nellen, L., Newbold, M., Nisa, M. U., Noriega-Papaqui, R., Omodei, N., Peisker, A., Araujo, Y. Pérez, Pérez-Pérez, E. G., Rho, C. D., Rosa-González, D., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Greus, F. Salesa, Sandoval, A., Schneider, M., Schoorlemmer, H., Serna-Franco, J., Smith, A. J., Springer, R. W., Surajbali, P., Tollefson, K., Torres, I., Torres-Escobedo, R., Turner, R., Ureña-Mena, F., Villaseñor, L., Weisgarber, T., Willox, E., and Zhou, H.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory and the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) are two leading instruments in the ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray domain. HAWC employs the water Cherenkov detection (WCD) technique, while H.E.S.S. is an array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). The two facilities therefore differ in multiple aspects, including their observation strategy, the size of their field of view and their angular resolution, leading to different analysis approaches. Until now, it has been unclear if the results of observations by both types of instruments are consistent: several of the recently discovered HAWC sources have been followed up by IACTs, resulting in a confirmed detection only in a minority of cases. With this paper, we go further and try to resolve the tensions between previous results by performing a new analysis of the H.E.S.S. Galactic plane survey data, applying an analysis technique comparable between H.E.S.S. and HAWC. Events above 1 TeV are selected for both datasets, the point spread function of H.E.S.S. is broadened to approach that of HAWC, and a similar background estimation method is used. This is the first detailed comparison of the Galactic plane observed by both instruments. H.E.S.S. can confirm the gamma-ray emission of four HAWC sources among seven previously undetected by IACTs, while the three others have measured fluxes below the sensitivity of the H.E.S.S. dataset. Remaining differences in the overall gamma-ray flux can be explained by the systematic uncertainties. Therefore, we confirm a consistent view of the gamma-ray sky between WCD and IACT techniques.

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2021
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15. Evidence of 100 TeV $\gamma$-ray emission from HESS J1702-420: A new PeVatron candidate

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Abdalla, H., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Angüner, E. O., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Martins, V. Barbosa, Barnacka, A., Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Breuhaus, M., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Büchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Casanova, S., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Curyło, M., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Deil, C., Devin, J., Dirson, L., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dreyer, L., Duffy, C., Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Eichhorn, F., Einecke, S., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J. -P., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Füßling, M., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., 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., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzynski, 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., Leuschner, F., Levy, C., Lohse, T., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., 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., Montanari, A., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., Nayerhoda, A., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., O'Brien, P., Odaka, H., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Noel, A. Priyana, 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., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Scalici, M., Schäfer, J., Schüssler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Seglar-Arroyo, M., Senniappan, M., Seyffert, A. S., Shafi, N., Shapopi, J. N. S., Shiningayamwe, K., Simoni, R., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Spir-Jacob, M., Stawarz, L., Sun, L., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Thiersen, J. H. E., Tiziani, D., Tluczykont, M., Tomankova, L., Trichard, C., Tsirou, M., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., Watson, J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zorn, J., Zouari, S., Żywucka, N., and Acero, F.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The identification of PeVatrons, hadronic particle accelerators reaching the knee of the cosmic ray spectrum (few $10^{15}$ eV), is crucial to understand the origin of cosmic rays in the Galaxy. We provide an update on the unidentified source HESS J1702-420, a promising PeVatron candidate. We present new observations of HESS J1702-420 made with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), and processed using improved analysis techniques. The analysis configuration was optimized to enhance the collection area at the highest energies. We applied a three-dimensional (3D) likelihood analysis to model the source region and adjust non thermal radiative spectral models to the $\gamma$-ray data. We also analyzed archival data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) to constrain the source spectrum at $\gamma$-ray energies >10 GeV. We report the detection of a new source component called HESS J1702-420A, that was separated from the bulk of TeV emission at a $5.4\sigma$ confidence level. The power law $\gamma$-ray spectrum of HESS J1702-420A extends with an index of $\Gamma=1.53\pm0.19_\text{stat}\pm0.20_\text{sys}$ and without curvature up to the energy band 64-113 TeV, in which it was detected by H.E.S.S. at a $4.0\sigma$ confidence level. This brings evidence for the source emission up to $100\,\text{TeV}$, which makes HESS J1702-420A a compelling candidate site for the presence of extremely high energy cosmic rays. Remarkably, in a hadronic scenario, the cut-off energy of the proton distribution powering HESS J1702-420A is found to be higher than 0.5 PeV at a 95% confidence level. HESS J1702-420A becomes therefore one of the most solid PeVatron candidates detected so far in H.E.S.S. data, altough a leptonic origin of its emission could not be ruled out either., Comment: Accepted for publication in the 2. Astrophysical processes section of Astronomy & Astrophysics

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2021
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16. Search for dark matter annihilation signals from unidentified Fermi-LAT objects with H.E.S.S

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Abdallah, H., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Angüner, E. O., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Martins, V. Barbosa, Barnacka, A., Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Chambery, P., Chand, J. Catalano T., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Curylo, M., Dalgleish, H., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Devin, J., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dreyer, L., Plessis, L. Du, Duffy, C., Egberts, K., Einecke, S., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J. -P., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Füßling, M., 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., Hörbe, M., Horns, D., Huang, Z., Huber, D., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, D., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzyński, K., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Khèlifi, B., Klepser, S., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Konno, R., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Kreter, M., Mezek, G. Kukec, Kundu, A., Lamanna, G., Stum, S. Le, Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P., Leuschner, F., Levy, C., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Mares, A., Martì-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., Nayerhoda, A., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niemiec, J., Noel, A., Oberholzer, L., O'Brien, P., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panter, M., Panny, S., 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., Rieger, F., Romoli, C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ricarte, H. Rueda, Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schüssler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., 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, L., Sun, L., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Morgan, C. Thorpe, Thiersen, J. H. E., Tluczykont, M., Tomankova, L., Trichard, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, M., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Viana, A., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Wagner, S. J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Yassin, H., Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S., Zmija, A., Zorn, J., Zouari, S., and Zywucka, N.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Cosmological $N$-body simulations show that Milky Way-sized galaxies harbor a population of unmerged dark matter subhalos. These subhalos could shine in gamma-rays and be eventually detected in gamma-ray surveys as unidentified sources. We performed a thorough selection among unidentified Fermi-LAT Objects (UFOs) to identify them as possible TeV-scale dark matter subhalo candidates. We search for very-high-energy (E $\gtrsim$ 100 GeV) gamma-ray emissions using H.E.S.S. observations towards four selected UFOs. Since no significant very-high-energy gamma-ray emission is detected in any dataset of the four observed UFOs nor in the combined UFO dataset, strong constraints are derived on the product of the velocity-weighted annihilation cross section $\langle \sigma v \rangle$ by the $J$-factor for the dark matter models. The 95% C.L. observed upper limits derived from combined H.E.S.S. observations reach $\langle \sigma v \rangle J$ values of 3.7$\times$10$^{-5}$ and 8.1$\times$10$^{-6}$ GeV$^2$cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$ in the $W^+W^-$ and $\tau^+\tau^-$ channels, respectively, for a 1 TeV dark matter mass. Focusing on thermal WIMPs, the H.E.S.S. constraints restrict the $J$-factors to lie in the range 6.1$\times$10$^{19}$ - 2.0$\times$10$^{21}$ GeV$^2$cm$^{-5}$, and the masses to lie between 0.2 and 6 TeV in the $W^+W^-$ channel. For the $\tau^+\tau^-$ channel, the $J$-factors lie in the range 7.0$\times$10$^{19}$ - 7.1$\times$10$^{20}$ GeV$^2$cm$^{-5}$ and the masses lie between 0.2 and 0.5 TeV. Assuming model-dependent predictions from cosmological N-body simulations on the $J$-factor distribution for Milky Way-sized galaxies, the dark matter models with masses greater than 0.3 TeV for the UFO emissions can be ruled out at high confidence level., Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures, matches accepted version in The Astrophysical Journal

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2021
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17. Search for dark matter annihilation in the dwarf irregular galaxy WLM with H.E.S.S

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Abdallah, H., Adam, R., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Angüner, E. O., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Martins, V. Barbosa, Barnacka, A., Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Breuhaus, M., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Büchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Casanova, S., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Curylo, M., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, 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., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, 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., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzyński, K., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Khèlifi, B., Klepser, S., Kluzniak, 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., Marandon, V., 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., Nayerhoda, A., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niederwanger, F., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., O'Brien, P., Odaka, H., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panter, M., Panny, S., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Noel, A. Priyana, 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., Ruiz-Velasco, E., 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, L., 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., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Vuillaume, T., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., Watson, J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S., Zorn, J., Zouari, S., and Zywucka, N.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment
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We search for an indirect signal of dark matter through very high-energy gamma rays from the Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM) dwarf irregular galaxy. The pair annihilation of dark matter particles would produce Standard Model particles in the final state such as gamma rays, which might be detected by ground-based Cherenkov telescopes. Dwarf irregular galaxies represent promising targets as they are dark matter dominated objects with well measured kinematics and small uncertainties on their dark matter distribution profiles. In 2018, the H.E.S.S. five-telescope array observed the dwarf irregular galaxy WLM for 18 hours. We present the first analysis based on data obtained from an imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope for this subclass of dwarf galaxy. As we do not observe any significant excess in the direction of WLM, we interpret the result in terms of constraints on the velocity-weighted cross section for dark matter pair annihilation as a function of the dark matter particle mass for various continuum channels as well as the prompt gamma-gamma emission. For the $\tau^+\tau^-$ channel the limits reach a $\langle \sigma v \rangle$ value of about $4\times 10^{-22}$ cm3s-1 for a dark matter particle mass of 1 TeV. For the prompt gamma-gamma channel, the upper limit reaches a $\langle \sigma v \rangle$ value of about $5 \times10^{-24}$ cm3s-1 for a mass of 370 GeV. These limits represent an improvement of up to a factor 200 with respect to previous results for the dwarf irregular galaxies for TeV dark matter search., Comment: 13 pages, 5 figures

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2021
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18. Observation of a sudden cessation of a very-high-energy gamma-ray flare in PKS 1510-089 with H.E.S.S. and MAGIC in May 2016

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Abdalla, H., Adam, R., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Angüner, E. O., Arcaro, C., Arm, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Martins, V. Barbosa, Barnacka, A., Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Bonnefoy, S., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Bregeon, J., Breuhaus, M., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Büchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Casanova, S., Ch, T., Ch, S., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Curyło, M., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Deil, C., Devin, J., deWilt, P., Dirson, L., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Eichhorn, F., Einecke, S., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J. -P., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Filipovic, M., 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., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., 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., Mar, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Mares, A., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A. M. W., Moderski, R., Mohamed, M., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., Nayerhoda, A., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niederwanger, F., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., O'Brien, P., Odaka, H., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panter, M., Panny, S., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Noel, A. Priyana, 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., Ruiz-Velasco, E., 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., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Vuillaume, T., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., Watson, J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zorn, J., Zouari, S., Żywucka, N., Collaboration, MAGIC, Acciari, V. A., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Engels, A. Arbet, Asano, K., Baack, D., Babić, A., Baquero, A., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., González, J. Becerra, Bednarek, W., Bellizzi, L., Bernardini, E., Berti, A., Besenrieder, J., Bhattacharyya, W., Bigongiari, C., Bil, A., Blanch, O., Bonnoli, G., Bošnjak, Ž., Busetto, G., Carosi, R., Ceribella, G., Cerruti, M., Chai, Y., Chilingarian, A., Cikota, S., Colak, S. M., Colin, U., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., 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., Depaoli, D., Di Pierro, F., Di Venere, L., neira, E. Do Souto Espi\, Prester, D. Dominis, Donini, A., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Elsaesser, D., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Fattorini, A., Ferrara, G., Foffano, L., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Fukami, S., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Gasparyan, S., Gaug, M., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Gliwny, P., Godinović, N., Green, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Heckmann, L., Herrera, J., Hoang, J., Hrupec, D., Hütten, M., Inada, T., Inoue, S., Ishio, K., Iwamura, Y., Jouvin, L., Kajiwara, Y., Karjalainen, M., Kerszberg, D., Kobayashi, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lamastra, A., Lelas, D., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López, M., López-Coto, R., López-Oramas, A., Loporchio, S., Fraga, B. Machado de Oliveira, Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallamaci, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Mender, S., Mićanović, S., Miceli, D., Miener, T., Minev, M., Mir, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Molina, E., Moralejo, A., Morcuende, D., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Munar-Adrover, P., Neustroev, V., Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nozaki, S., Ohtani, Y., Oka, T., Otero-Santos, J., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pavletić, L., nil, P. Pe\, Perennes, C., Persic, M., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Pr, E., Priyadarshi, C., Puljak, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Saha, L., Sahakyan, N., Saito, T., Sakurai, S., Satalecka, K., Schleicher, B., Schmidt, K., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Spolon, A., Stamerra, A., Strom, D., Strzys, M., Suda, Y., Surić, T., Takahashi, M., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Teshima, M., Torres-Albà, N., Tosti, L., Truzzi, S., van Scherpenberg, J., Vanzo, G., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Ventura, S., Verguilov, V., Vigorito, C. F., Vitale, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Zarić, D., Jorstad, S. G., Marscher, A. P., Boccardi, B., Casadio, C., Hodgson, J., Kim, J. -Y., Krichbaum, T. P., Lähteenmäki, A., Tornikoski, M., Traianou, E., and Weaver, Z. R.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
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The flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) PKS 1510-089 is known for its complex multiwavelength behavior, and is one of only a few FSRQs detected at very high energy (VHE, $E>100\,$GeV) $\gamma$-rays. VHE $\gamma$-ray observations with H.E.S.S. and MAGIC during late May and early June 2016 resulted in the detection of an unprecedented flare, which reveals for the first time VHE $\gamma$-ray intranight variability in this source. While a common variability timescale of $1.5\,$hr is found, there is a significant deviation near the end of the flare with a timescale of $\sim 20\,$min marking the cessation of the event. The peak flux is nearly two orders of magnitude above the low-level emission. For the first time, curvature is detected in the VHE $\gamma$-ray spectrum of PKS 1510-089, which is fully explained through absorption by the extragalactic background light. Optical R-band observations with ATOM reveal a counterpart of the $\gamma$-ray flare, even though the detailed flux evolution differs from the VHE ightcurve. Interestingly, a steep flux decrease is observed at the same time as the cessation of the VHE flare. In the high energy (HE, $E>100\,$MeV) $\gamma$-ray band only a moderate flux increase is observed with Fermi-LAT, while the HE $\gamma$-ray spectrum significantly hardens up to a photon index of 1.6. A search for broad-line region (BLR) absorption features in the $\gamma$-ray spectrum indicates that the emission region is located outside of the BLR. Radio VLBI observations reveal a fast moving knot interacting with a standing jet feature around the time of the flare. As the standing feature is located $\sim 50\,$pc from the black hole, the emission region of the flare may have been located at a significant distance from the black hole. If this correlation is indeed true, VHE $\gamma$ rays have been produced far down the jet where turbulent plasma crosses a standing shock., Comment: 25 pages, 17 figures. Accepted for publication by Astronomy & Astrophysics. Corresponding authors: M. Zacharias, J. Sitarek, D. Sanchez, T. Terzic

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2020
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19. An extreme particle accelerator in the Galactic plane: HESS J1826$-$130

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Abdalla, H., Adam, R., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Angüner, E. O., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Martins, V. Barbosa, Barnacka, A., Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Bordas, P., Breuhaus, M., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Büchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Casanova, S., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Curyło, M., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, 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., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, 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., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., 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., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Mares, A., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohamed, M., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., Nayerhoda, A., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niederwanger, F., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., O'Brien, P., Odaka, H., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Oya, I., Panter, M., Panny, S., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Noel, A. Priyana, 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., Ruiz-Velasco, E., 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., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Vuillaume, T., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., Watson, J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Ziegler, A., Zorn, J., Zouari, S., and Żywucka, N.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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The unidentified very-high-energy (VHE; E $>$ 0.1 TeV) $\gamma$-ray source, HESS J1826$-$130, was discovered with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) in the Galactic plane. The analysis of 215 h of HESS data has revealed a steady $\gamma$-ray flux from HESS J1826$-$130, which appears extended with a half-width of 0.21$^{\circ}$ $\pm$ 0.02$^{\circ}_{\text{stat}}$ $\pm$ 0.05$^{\circ}_{\text{sys}}$. The source spectrum is best fit with either a power-law function with a spectral index $\Gamma$ = 1.78 $\pm$ 0.10$_{\text{stat}}$ $\pm$ 0.20$_{\text{sys}}$ and an exponential cut-off at 15.2$^{+5.5}_{-3.2}$ TeV, or a broken power-law with $\Gamma_{1}$ = 1.96 $\pm$ 0.06$_{\text{stat}}$ $\pm$ 0.20$_{\text{sys}}$, $\Gamma_{2}$ = 3.59 $\pm$ 0.69$_{\text{stat}}$ $\pm$ 0.20$_{\text{sys}}$ for energies below and above $E_{\rm{br}}$ = 11.2 $\pm$ 2.7 TeV, respectively. The VHE flux from HESS J1826$-$130 is contaminated by the extended emission of the bright, nearby pulsar wind nebula (PWN), HESS J1825$-$137, particularly at the low end of the energy spectrum. Leptonic scenarios for the origin of HESS J1826$-$130 VHE emission related to PSR J1826$-$1256 are confronted by our spectral and morphological analysis. In a hadronic framework, taking into account the properties of dense gas regions surrounding HESS J1826$-$130, the source spectrum would imply an astrophysical object capable of accelerating the parent particle population up to $\gtrsim$200 TeV. Our results are also discussed in a multiwavelength context, accounting for both the presence of nearby supernova remnants (SNRs), molecular clouds, and counterparts detected in radio, X-rays, and TeV energies., Comment: 9 Pages, 5 Figures

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2020
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20. Search for dark matter signals towards a selection of recently-detected DES dwarf galaxy satellites of the Milky Way with H.E.S.S

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Abdallah, H., Adam, R., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Angüner, E. O., Arakawa, M., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Martins, V. Barbosa, Barnacka, A., Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Bonnefoy, S., Breuhaus, M., Bregeon, J., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Büchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Casanova, S., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Curyło, M., Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Deil, C., Devin, J., deWilt, P., Dirson, L., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Eichhorn, F., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J. -P., Eschbach, S., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., 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., Iwasaki, H., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, D., Jankowsky, F., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzyński, K., Katsuragawa, M., 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., Leser, E., Levy, C., Lohse, T., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Mares, A., Martì-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Moderski, R., Mohamed, M., Mohrmann, L., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., Nakashima, S., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niederwanger, F., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., O'Brien, P., Odaka, H., Ohm, S., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Noel, A. Priyana, Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Raab, S., Rauth, R., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Remy, Q., Renaud, M., Rieger, F., Rinchiuso, L., Romoli, C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Saito, S., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Scalici, M., Schüssler, F., Schutter, 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., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Tiziani, D., Tluczykont, M., Tomankova, L., Trichard, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Viana, A., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Vuillaume, T., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., Watson, J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Yang, R., Yoneda, H., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S., Zorn, J., and Żywucka, N.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Dwarf spheroidal galaxy satellites of the Milky Way are prime targets for indirect detection of dark matter with gamma rays due to their proximity, high dark matter content and absence of non-thermal emission processes. Recently, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) revealed the existence of new ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal galaxies in the southern-hemisphere sky, therefore ideally located for ground-based observations with the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope array H.E.S.S. We present a search for very-high-energy ($E\gtrsim100$ GeV) gamma-ray emission using H.E.S.S. observations carried out recently towards Reticulum II, Tucana II, Tucana III, Tucana IV and Grus II satellites. No significant very-high-energy gamma-ray excess is found from the observations on any individual object nor in the combined analysis of all the datasets. Using the most recent modeling of the dark matter distribution in the dwarf galaxy halo, we compute for the first time on DES satellites individual and combined constraints from Cherenkov telescope observations on the annihilation cross section of dark matter particles in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles. The combined 95% C.L. observed upper limits reach $\langle \sigma v \rangle \simeq 1 \times 10^{-23}$ cm$^3$s$^{-1}$ in the $W^+W^-$ channel and $4 \times 10^{-26}$ cm$^3$s$^{-1}$ in the $\gamma\gamma$ channels for a dark matter mass of 1.5 TeV. The H.E.S.S. constraints well complement the results from Fermi-LAT, HAWC, MAGIC and VERITAS and are currently the most stringent in the $\gamma\gamma$ channels in the multi-GeV/multi-TeV mass range., Comment: 20 pages, 12 figures

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21. Probing the magnetic field in the GW170817 outflow using H.E.S.S. observations

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Abdalla, H., Adam, R., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Angüner, E. O., Arakawa, M., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Barbosa-Martins, V., Barnacka, A., Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Blackwell, R., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Bonnefoy, S., Bregeon, J., Breuhaus, M., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Büchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Casanova, S., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Curyło, M., Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Deil, C., Devin, J., deWilt, P., Dirson, L., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Eichhorn, F., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J. -P., Eschbach, S., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., 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., Heinzelmann, G., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Hörbe, M., Horns, D., Huber, D., Iwasaki, H., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, D., Jankowsky, F., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzyński, K., Katsuragawa, M., 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., Leser, E., Levy, C., Lohse, T., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Mares, A., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Moderski, R., Mohamed, M., Mohrmann, L., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, S., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niederwanger, F., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., O'Brien, P., Odaka, H., Ohm, S., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Noel, A. Priyana, Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Raab, S., Rauth, R., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Remy, Q., Renaud, M., Rieger, F., Rinchiuso, L., Romoli, C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Saito, S., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Scalici, M., Schlickeiser, R., Schüssler, F., Schulz, A., Schutte, H., 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., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Tiziani, D., Tluczykont, M., Tomankova, L., Trichard, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Vuillaume, T., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., Watson, J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Yang, R., Yoneda, H., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zorn, J., Zywucka, N., and Rodrigues, X.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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The detection of the first electromagnetic counterpart to the binary neutron star (BNS) merger remnant GW170817 established the connection between short $\gamma$-ray bursts and BNS mergers. It also confirmed the forging of heavy elements in the ejecta (a so-called kilonova) via the r-process nucleosynthesis. The appearance of non-thermal radio and X-ray emission, as well as the brightening, which lasted more than 100 days, were somewhat unexpected. Current theoretical models attempt to explain this temporal behavior as either originating from a relativistic off-axis jet or a kilonova-like outflow. In either scenario, there is some ambiguity regarding how much energy is transported in the non-thermal electrons versus the magnetic field of the emission region. Combining the VLA (radio) and Chandra (X-ray) measurements with observations in the GeV-TeV domain can help break this ambiguity, almost independently of the assumed origin of the emission. Here we report for the first time on deep H.E.S.S. observations of GW170817 / GRB 170817A between 124 and 272 days after the BNS merger with the full H.E.S.S. array of telescopes, as well as on an updated analysis of the prompt (<5 days) observations with the upgraded H.E.S.S. phase-I telescopes. We discuss implications of the H.E.S.S. measurement for the magnetic field in the context of different source scenarios., Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, 1 table

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22. Very high energy $\gamma$-ray emission from two blazars of unknown redshift and upper limits on their distance

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Abdalla, H., Adam, R., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Angüner, E. O., Arakawa, M., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Martins, V. Barbosa, Barnacka, A., Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Bonnefoy, S., Bregeon, J., Breuhaus, M., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Büchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Casanova, S., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Curyło, M., Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Deil, C., Devin, J., deWilt, P., Dirson, L., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Eichhorn, F., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J. -P., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., 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., H{\"}orbe, M., Horns, D., Huber, D., Iwasaki, H., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, D., Jankowsky, F., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzynski, K., Katsuragawa, M., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Khélifi, B., Klepser, S., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Konno, R., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Kreter, M., Lamanna, G., Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P., Leser, E., Levy, C., Lohse, T., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Mares, A., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Moderski, R., Mohamed, M., Mohrmann, L., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, S., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niederwanger, F., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., O'Brien, P., Odaka, H., Ohm, S., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Noel, A. Priyana, Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Raab, S., Rauth, R., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Remy, Q., Renaud, M., Rieger, F., Rinchiuso, L., Romoli, C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Saito, 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., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Tiziani, D., Tluczykont, M., Tomankova, L., Trichard, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Vuillaume, T., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., Watson, J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Yang, R., Yoneda, H., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zorn, J., Żywucka, N., and Cerruti, M.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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We report on the detection of very-high-energy (VHE; $E > 100$ GeV) $\gamma$-ray emission from the BL Lac objects KUV 00311-1938 and PKS 1440-389 with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). H.E.S.S. observations were accompanied or preceded by multi-wavelength observations with Fermi/LAT, XRT and UVOT on board the Swift satellite, and ATOM. Based on an extrapolation of the Fermi/LAT spectrum towards the VHE $\gamma$-ray regime, we deduce a 95% confidence level upper limit on the unknown redshift of KUV 00311-1938 of z < 0.98, and of PKS 1440-389 of z < 0.53. When combined with previous spectroscopy results the redshift of KUV 00311-1938 is constrained to $0.51 \leq z < 0.98$ and for PKS 1440-389 to $0.14 \lessapprox z < 0.53$., Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 13 pages, 4 figures

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23. Detection of very-high-energy {\gamma}-ray emission from the colliding wind binary {\eta} Car with H.E.S.S

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Abdalla, H., Adam, R., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Angüner, E. O., Arakawa, M., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Blackwell, R., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Bonnefoy, S., Bregeon, J., Breuhaus, M., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Büchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Casanova, S., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Colafrancesco, S., Cotter, G., Curyło, M., Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Deil, C., Devin, J., deWilt, P., Dirson, L., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Eichhorn, F., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J. -P., Eschbach, S., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Füßling, M., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Gaté, F., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Gottschall, D., Grondin, M. -H., Hahn, J., Haupt, M., Heinzelmann, G., Henri, G., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Hörbe, M., Horns, D., Huber, D., Iwasaki, H., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, D., Jankowsky, F., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzyński, K., Katsuragawa, M., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Khélifi, B., King, J., Klepser, S., Kluźniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Kreter, M., Lamanna, G., Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P., Leser, E., Levy, C., Lohse, T., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Mares, A., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Moderski, R., Mohamed, M., Mohrmann, L., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, S., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niederwanger, F., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., O'Brien, P., Odaka, H., Ohm, S., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Perennes, C., Petrucci, P. -O., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Noel, A. Priyana, Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Raab, S., Rauth, R., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Remy, Q., Renaud, M., Rieger, F., Rinchiuso, L., Romoli, C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Saito, S., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Scalici, M., Schlickeiser, R., Schüssler, F., Schulz, A., 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., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Tiziani, D., Tluczykont, M., Tomankova, L., Trichard, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Vuillaume, T., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., Watson, J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Yang, R., Yoneda, H., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zorn, J., and Zywucka, N.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Aims. Colliding wind binary systems have long been suspected to be high-energy (HE; 100 MeV < E < 100 GeV) {\gamma}-ray emitters. {\eta} Car is the most prominent member of this object class and is confirmed to emit phase-locked HE {\gamma} rays from hundreds of MeV to ~100 GeV energies. This work aims to search for and characterise the very-high-energy (VHE; E >100 GeV) {\gamma}-ray emission from {\eta} Car around the last periastron passage in 2014 with the ground-based High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). Methods. The region around {\eta} Car was observed with H.E.S.S. between orbital phase p = 0.78 - 1.10, with a closer sampling at p {\approx} 0.95 and p {\approx} 1.10 (assuming a period of 2023 days). Optimised hardware settings as well as adjustments to the data reduction, reconstruction, and signal selection were needed to suppress and take into account the strong, extended, and inhomogeneous night sky background (NSB) in the {\eta} Car field of view. Tailored run-wise Monte-Carlo simulations (RWS) were required to accurately treat the additional noise from NSB photons in the instrument response functions. Results. H.E.S.S. detected VHE {\gamma}-ray emission from the direction of {\eta} Car shortly before and after the minimum in the X-ray light-curve close to periastron. Using the point spread function provided by RWS, the reconstructed signal is point-like and the spectrum is best described by a power law. The overall flux and spectral index in VHE {\gamma} rays agree within statistical and systematic errors before and after periastron. The {\gamma}-ray spectrum extends up to at least ~400 GeV. This implies a maximum magnetic field in a leptonic scenario in the emission region of 0.5 Gauss. No indication for phase-locked flux variations is detected in the H.E.S.S. data., Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables, in press with A&A

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24. H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT observations of PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 during its 2014 and 2017 periastron passages

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Abdalla, H., Adam, R., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Angüner, E. O., Arakawa, M., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Blackwell, R., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Bonnefoy, S., Bregeon, J., Breuhaus, M., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Büchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Casanova, S., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chaves, R. C. G., Chen, A., Colafrancesco, S., Curyło, M., Davids, I. D., Deil, C., Devin, J., deWilt, P., Dirson, L., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J. -P., Eschbach, S., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Füßling, M., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Gaté, F., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Gottschall, D., Grondin, M. -H., Hahn, J., Haupt, M., Heinzelmann, G., Henri, G., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huber, D., Iwasaki, H., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, D., Jankowsky, F., Jardin-Blicq, A., Jung-Richardt, I., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzyński, K., Katsuragawa, M., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Khélifi, B., King, J., Klepser, S., Kluźniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Kreter, M., Lamanna, G., Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P., Leser, E., Levy, C., Lohse, T., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marcowith, A., Mares, A., Mariaud, C., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Mitchell, A. M. W., Moderski, R., Mohamed, M., Mohrmann, L., Moore, C., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, S., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niederwanger, F., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., O'Brien, P., Odaka, H., Ohm, S., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Oya, I., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Perennes, C., Petrucci, P. -O., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Noel, A. Priyana, Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Raab, S., Rauth, R., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Remy, Q., Renaud, M., Rieger, F., Rinchiuso, L., Romoli, C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Saito, S., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schlickeiser, R., Schüssler, F., Schulz, A., 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., Spir-Jacob, M., Stawarz, Ł., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Tiziani, D., Tluczykont, M., Trichard, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Vuillaume, T., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Yang, R., Yoneda, H., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zorn, J., Żywucka, N., and Bordas, P.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 is a gamma-ray binary system consisting of a pulsar in an eccentric orbit around a bright Oe stellar-type companion star that features a dense circumstellar disc. The high- and very-high-energy (HE, VHE) gamma-ray emission from PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around the times of its periastron passage are characterised, in particular, at the time of the HE gamma-ray flares reported to have occurred in 2011, 2014, and 2017. Spectra and light curves were derived from observations conducted with the H.E.S.S.-II array in 2014 and 2017. A local double-peak profile with asymmetric peaks in the VHE light curve is measured, with a flux minimum at the time of periastron $t_p$ and two peaks coinciding with the times at which the neutron star crosses the companion's circumstellar disc ($\sim t_p \pm 16$ d). A high VHE gamma-ray flux is also observed at the times of the HE gamma-ray flares ($\sim t_p + 30$ d) and at phases before the first disc crossing ($\sim t_p - 35$ d). PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 displays periodic flux variability at VHE gamma-rays without clear signatures of super-orbital modulation in the time span covered by H.E.S.S. observations. In contrast, the photon index of the measured power-law spectra remains unchanged within uncertainties for about 200 d around periastron. Lower limits on exponential cut-off energies up to $\sim 40$ TeV are placed. At HE gamma-rays, PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 has now been detected also before and after periastron, close to the disc crossing times. Repetitive flares with distinct variability patterns are detected in this energy range. Such outbursts are not observed at VHEs, although a relatively high emission level is measured. The spectra obtained in both energy regimes displays a similar slope, although a common physical origin either in terms of a related particle population, emission mechanism, or emitter location is ruled out., Comment: 16 pages, 7 figures Accepted for publication in A&A

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2019
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25. A very-high-energy component deep in the Gamma-ray Burst afterglow

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Arakawa, H. Abdalla R. Adam F. Aharonian F. Ait Benkhali E. O. Anguener M., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Becherini, M. Barnard Y., Berge, D., Bernloehr, K., Bissaldi, E., Blackwell, R., Boettcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Bonnefoy, S., Bregeon, J., Breuhaus, M., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Buechele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Capasso, M., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Casanova, S., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Colafrancesco, S., Curylo, M., Davids, I. D., Deil, C., Devin, J., deWilt, P., Dirson, L., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J. -P., Eschbach, S., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Fuessling, M., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Gate, F., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Gottschall, D., Grondin, M. -H., Hahn, J., Haupt, M., Heinzelmann, G., Henri, G., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huber, D., Iwasaki, H., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, D., Jankowsky, F., Jardin-Blicq, A., Jung-Richardt, I., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzynski, K., Katsuragawa, M., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Khelifi, B., King, J., Klepser, S., Kluzniak, W., Komin, N., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Kreter, M., Lamanna, G., Lemiere, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P., Leser, E., Levy, C., Lohse, T., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marcowith, A., Mares, A., Mariaud, C., Marti-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Mitchell, A. M. W., Moderski, R., Mohamed, M., Mohrmann, L., Moore, C., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, S., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niederwanger, F., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., Brien, P. O, Odaka, H., Ohm, S., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Oya, I., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Perennes, C., Petrucci, P. -O., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Noel, A. Priyana, Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Puehlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Raab, S., Rauth, R., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Remy, Q., Renaud, M., Rieger, F., Rinchiuso, L., Romoli, C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Saito, S., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schlickeiser, R., Schuessler, F., Schulz, A., 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., Spir-Jacob, M., Stawarz, L., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Tiziani, D., Tluczykont, M., Trichard, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Voelk, H. J., Vuillaume, T., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Yang, R., Yoneda, H., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Ziegler, A., Zorn, J., Zywucka, N., de Palma, F., Axelsson, M., and Roberts, O. J.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are brief flashes of gamma rays, considered to be the most energetic explosive phenomena in the Universe. The emission from GRBs comprises a short (typically tens of seconds) and bright prompt emission, followed by a much longer afterglow phase. During the afterglow phase, the shocked outflow -- produced by the interaction between the ejected matter and the circumburst medium -- slows down, and a gradual decrease in brightness is observed. GRBs typically emit most of their energy via gamma-rays with energies in the kiloelectronvolt-to-megaelectronvolt range, but a few photons with energies of tens of gigaelectronvolts have been detected by space-based instruments. However, the origins of such high-energy (above one gigaelectronvolt) photons and the presence of very-high-energy (more than 100 gigaelectronvolts) emission have remained elussive. Here we report observations of very-high-energy emission in the bright GRB 180720B deep in the GRB afterglow -ten hours after the end of the prompt emission phase, when the X-ray flux had already decayed by four orders of magnitude. Two possible explanations exist for the observed radiation: inverse Compton emission and synchrotron emission of ultrarelativistic electrons. Our observations show that the energy fluxes in the X-ray and gamma-ray range and their photon indices remain comparable to each other throughout the afterglow. This discovery places distinct constraints on the GRB environment for both emission mechanisms, with the inverse Compton explanation alleviating the particle energy requirements for the emission observed at late times. The late timing of this detection has consequences for the future observations of GRBs at the highest energies., Comment: Preprint version of Nature paper. Contacts: E.Ruiz-Velasco, F. Aharonian, E.Bissaldi, C.Hoischen, R.D Parsons, Q.Piel, A.Taylor, D.Khangulyan

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2019
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26. Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to spectral signatures of hadronic PeVatrons with application to Galactic Supernova Remnants

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Acero, F., Acharyya, A., Adam, R., Aguasca-Cabot, A., Agudo, I., Aguirre-Santaella, A., Alfaro, J., Aloisio, R., Crespo, N. Álvarez, Batista, R. Alves, Amati, L., Amato, E., Ambrosi, G., Angüner, E.O., Aramo, C., Arcaro, C., Armstrong, T., Asano, K., Ascasibar, Y., Aschersleben, J., Backes, M., Baktash, A., Balazs, C., Balbo, M., Ballet, J., Larriva, A. Baquero, Martins, V. Barbosa, de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J.A., Bastieri, D., Baxter, J.R., Tjus, J. Becker, Benbow, W., Bernardos-Martín, M.I., Bernete, J., Berti, A., Bertucci, B., Beshley, V., Bhattacharjee, P., Bhattacharyya, S., Biland, A., Bissaldi, E., Biteau, J., Blanch, O., Bordas, P., Bottacini, E., Bregeon, J., Brose, R., Bucciantini, N., Bulgarelli, A., Capasso, M., Dolcetta, R.A. Capuzzo, Caraveo, P., Cardillo, M., Carosi, R., Casanova, S., Cascone, E., Cassol, F., Catalani, F., Cerruti, M., Chadwick, P., Chaty, S., Chen, A., Chernyakova, M., Chiavassa, A., Chudoba, J., Coimbra-Araujo, C., Conforti, V., Contreras, J.L., Costa, A., Costantini, H., Cristofari, P., Crocker, R., D’Amico, G., D’Ammando, F., De Angelis, A., De Caprio, V., de Gouveia Dal Pino, E.M., de Ona Wilhelmi, E., de Souza, V., Delgado, C., della Volpe, D., Depaoli, D., Di Girolamo, T., Di Pierro, F., Di Tria, R., Di Venere, L., Diebold, S., Djuvsland, J.I., Donini, A., Doro, M., Dos Anjos, R.d.C., Dwarkadas, V.V., Einecke, S., Elsässer, D., Emery, G., Evoli, C., Falceta-Goncalves, D., Fedorova, E., Fegan, S., Ferrand, G., Fiandrini, E., Filipovic, M., Fioretti, V., Fiori, M., Foffano, L., Fontaine, G., Fukami, S., Galanti, G., Galaz, G., Gammaldi, V., Gasbarra, C., Ghalumyan, A., Ghirlanda, G., Giarrusso, M., Giavitto, G., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Giroletti, M., Giuliani, A., Giunti, L., Godinovic, N., Coelho, J. Goulart, Gréaux, L., Green, D., Grondin, M.-H., Gueta, O., Gunji, S., Hassan, T., Heller, M., Hernández-Cadena, S., Hinton, J., Hnatyk, B., Hnatyk, R., Hoffmann, D., Hofmann, W., Holder, J., Horan, D., Horvath, P., Hrabovsky, M., Hrupec, D., Inada, T., Incardona, F., Inoue, S., Ishio, K., Jamrozy, M., Janecek, P., Martínez, I. Jiménez, Jin, W., Jung-Richardt, I., Jurysek, J., Kaaret, P., Karas, V., Katz, U., Kerszberg, D., Khélifi, B., Kieda, D.B., Kissmann, R., Kleiner, T., Kluge, G., Kluzniak, W., Knödlseder, J., Kobayashi, Y., Kohri, K., Komin, N., Kornecki, P., Kubo, H., La Palombara, N., Láinez, M., Lamastra, A., Lapington, J., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J.-P., Leone, F., Leto, G., Leuschner, F., Lindfors, E., Liodakis, I., Lohse, T., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López-Coto, R., López-Moya, M., López-Oramas, A., Loporchio, S., Luque-Escamilla, P.L., Macias, O., Mackey, J., Majumdar, P., Mandat, D., Manganaro, M., Manicò, G., Marconi, M., Martí, J., Martínez, G., Martinez, M., Martinez, O., Mello, A.J.T.S., Menchiari, S., Meyer, D.M.-A., Micanovic, S., Miceli, D., Miceli, M., Michalowski, J., Miener, T., Miranda, J.M., Mitchell, A., Mode, B., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Molina, E., Montaruli, T., Morcuende, D., Morlino, G., Morselli, A., Mosè, M., Moulin, E., Mukherjee, R., Munari, K., Murach, T., Nagai, A., Nagataki, S., Nemmen, R., Niemiec, J., Nieto, D., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nikolajuk, M., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Novosyadlyj, B., Nozaki, S., Ohishi, M., Ohm, S., Ohtani, Y., Okumura, A., Olmi, B., Ong, R.A., Orienti, M., Orito, R., Orlandini, M., Orlando, E., Orlando, S., Ostrowski, M., Oya, I., Pantaleo, F.R., Paredes, J.M., Patricelli, B., Pecimotika, M., Peresano, M., Pérez-Romero, J., Persic, M., Petruk, O., Piano, G., Pietropaolo, E., Pirola, G., Pittori, C., Pohl, M., Ponti, G., Prandini, E., Principe, G., Priyadarshi, C., Pueschel, E., Pühlhofer, G., Pumo, M.L., Quirrenbach, A., Rando, R., Razzaque, S., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reposeur, T., Ribó, M., Richtler, T., Rico, J., Rieger, F., Rigoselli, M., Riitano, L., Rizi, V., Roache, E., Romano, P., Romeo, G., Rosado, J., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Sadeh, I., Safi-Harb, S., Saha, L., Sailer, S., Sánchez-Conde, M., Sarkar, S., Satalecka, K., Saturni, F.G., Scherer, A., Schovánek, P., Schussler, F., Schwanke, U., Scuderi, S., Seglar-Arroyo, M., Sergijenko, O., Servillat, M., Shang, R.-Y., Sharma, P., Siejkowski, H., Sliusar, V., Słowikowska, A., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S.T., Spengler, G., Stamerra, A., Stanič, S., Starecki, T., Starling, R., Stolarczyk, T., Pereira, L.A. Stuani, Suda, Y., Suomijarvi, T., Sushch, I., Tajima, H., Tam, P.-H.T., Tanaka, S.J., Tavecchio, F., Testa, V., Tian, W., Tibaldo, L., Torres, D.F., Tothill, N., Vallage, B., Vallania, P., van Eldik, C., van Scherpenberg, J., Vandenbroucke, J., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Vecchi, M., Vercellone, S., Verna, G., Viana, A., Vignatti, J., Vitale, V., Vodeb, V., Vorobiov, S., Vuillaume, T., Wagner, S.J., Walter, R., White, M., Wierzcholska, A., Will, M., Williams, D., Yang, L., Yoshida, T., Yoshikoshi, T., Zaharijas, G., Zampieri, L., Zavrtanik, D., Zavrtanik, M., Zhdanov, V.I., and Z̆ivec, M.

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2023
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28. Improving stray-light characterization beyond blooming: the experience of the FLORIS Optical Model Refurbished

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Nuzzi, D., primary, Pettinato, L., additional, Fossati, E., additional, Gabrieli, R., additional, Coppo, P., additional, Baroni, M., additional, De Luca, E., additional, Giunti, L., additional, Cavanna, A., additional, Romano, J., additional, Postiglione, G., additional, Galeotti, F., additional, Pompei, C., additional, Barilli, M., additional, Barillot, M., additional, and Taccola, M., additional

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2023
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29. Detection of extended gamma-ray emission around the Geminga pulsar with HESS

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Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Aschersleben, J., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bernloehr, K., Bi, B., Bottcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Borowska, J., Bouyahiaoui, M., Bradascio, F., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chambery, P., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Chibueze, J., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Devin, J., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Egberts, K., Einecke, S., Ernenwein, J. -P, Feijen, K., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Filipovic, M., Fontaine, G., Fuessling, 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., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Khelifi, B., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lang, R. G., Le Stum, S., Leitl, F., 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., Meintjes, P. J., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., 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., Prokhorov, D. A., Puehlhofer, G., Quirrenbach, A., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reville, B., 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., Shapopi, J. N. S., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, L., Steinmassl, S., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., 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., Zouari, S., Zywucka, N., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Aschersleben, J., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Bernloehr, K., Bi, B., Bottcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Borowska, J., Bouyahiaoui, M., Bradascio, F., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chambery, P., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Chibueze, J., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Devin, J., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Egberts, K., Einecke, S., Ernenwein, J. -P, Feijen, K., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Filipovic, M., Fontaine, G., Fuessling, 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., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Khelifi, B., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lang, R. G., Le Stum, S., Leitl, F., 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., Meintjes, P. J., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., 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., Prokhorov, D. A., Puehlhofer, G., Quirrenbach, A., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reville, B., 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., Shapopi, J. N. S., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, L., Steinmassl, S., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., 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., Zouari, S., and Zywucka, N.

Abstract

Geminga is an enigmatic radio-quiet gamma-ray pulsar located at a mere 250 pc distance from Earth. Extended very-high-energy gamma-ray emission around the pulsar was discovered by Milagro and later confirmed by HAWC, which are both water Cherenkov detector-based experiments. However, evidence for the Geminga pulsar wind nebula in gamma rays has long evaded detection by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) despite targeted observations. The detection of gamma-ray emission on angular scales greater than or similar to 2 degrees poses a considerable challenge for the background estimation in IACT data analysis. With recent developments in understanding the complementary background estimation techniques of water Cherenkov and atmospheric Cherenkov instruments, the H.E.S.S. IACT array can now confirm the detection of highly extended gamma-ray emission around the Geminga pulsar with a radius of at least 3 degrees in the energy range 0.5-40 TeV. We find no indications for statistically significant asymmetries or energy-dependent morphology. A flux normalisation of (2.8 +/- 0.7) x 10-12 cm-2 s-1 TeV-1 at 1 TeV is obtained within a 1 degrees radius region around the pulsar. To investigate the particle transport within the halo of energetic leptons around the pulsar, we fitted an electron diffusion model to the data. The normalisation of the diffusion coefficient obtained of D-0 = 7.6-1.2+1.5 x 1027 cm2 s-1, at an electron energy of 100 TeV, is compatible with values previously reported for the pulsar halo around Geminga, which is considerably below the Galactic average.

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30. HESS J1809-193 : A halo of escaped electrons around a pulsar wind nebula?

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Aharonian, F., Ait Benkhali, F., Aschersleben, J., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Barbosa Martins, V., Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Boettcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Borowska, J., Bouyahiaoui, M., Bradascio, F., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Bylund, Tomas, Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chambery, P., Chand, T., Chen, A., Chibueze, J., Chibueze, O., Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Einecke, S., Ernenwein, J. -p., Feijen, K., Filipovic, M., Fontaine, G., Fuessling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Goswami, P., Grolleron, G., Grondin, M. -h., Haerer, L., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Khelifi, B., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lang, R. G., Le Stum, S., Leitl, F., 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., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Niemiec, J., Priyana Noel, A., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., de Ona Wilhelmi, E., Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Prokhorov, D. A., Puehlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Sahakian, V., 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., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., van Eldik, C., Vecchi, M., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wach, T., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zouari, S., Zywucka, N., Aharonian, F., Ait Benkhali, F., Aschersleben, J., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Barbosa Martins, V., Batzofin, R., Becherini, Yvonne, Berge, D., Boettcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Borowska, J., Bouyahiaoui, M., Bradascio, F., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Bylund, Tomas, Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chambery, P., Chand, T., Chen, A., Chibueze, J., Chibueze, O., Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Einecke, S., Ernenwein, J. -p., Feijen, K., Filipovic, M., Fontaine, G., Fuessling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Goswami, P., Grolleron, G., Grondin, M. -h., Haerer, L., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Khelifi, B., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Lang, R. G., Le Stum, S., Leitl, F., 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., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Niemiec, J., Priyana Noel, A., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., de Ona Wilhelmi, E., Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Prokhorov, D. A., Puehlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Sahakian, V., 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., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., van Eldik, C., Vecchi, M., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wach, T., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zouari, S., and Zywucka, N.

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Context. HESS J1809-193 is an unassociated very-high-energy gamma-ray source located on the Galactic plane. While it has been connected to the nebula of the energetic pulsar PSR J1809-1917, supernova remnants and molecular clouds present in the vicinity also constitute possible associations. Recently, the detection of gamma-ray emission up to energies of similar to 100 TeV with the HAWC observatory has led to renewed interest in HESS J1809-193.Aims. We aim to understand the origin of the gamma-ray emission of HESS J1809-193.Methods. We analysed 93.2 h of data taken on HESS J1809-193 above 0.27 TeV with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), using a multi-component, three-dimensional likelihood analysis. In addition, we provide a new analysis of 12.5 yr of Fermi-LAT data above 1 GeV within the region of HESS J1809-193. The obtained results are interpreted in a time-dependent modelling framework.Results. For the first time, we were able to resolve the emission detected with H.E.S.S. into two components: an extended component (modelled as an elongated Gaussian with a 1-sigma semi-major and semi-minor axis of similar to 0.62 degrees and similar to 0.35 degrees, respectively) that exhibits a spectral cutoff at similar to 13 TeV, and a compact component (modelled as a symmetric Gaussian with a 1-sigma radius of similar to 0.1 degrees) that is located close to PSR J1809-1917 and shows no clear spectral cutoff. The Fermi-LAT analysis also revealed extended gamma-ray emission, on scales similar to that of the extended H.E.S.S. component.Conclusions. Our modelling indicates that based on its spectrum and spatial extent, the extended H.E.S.S. component is likely caused by inverse Compton emission from old electrons that form a halo around the pulsar wind nebula. The compact component could be connected to either the pulsar wind nebula or the supernova remnant and molecular clouds. Due to its comparatively steep spectrum, modelling the Fermi-LAT emission together with

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31. 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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32. HESS J1809−193 : a halo of escaped electrons around a pulsar wind nebula?

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Aharonian, F., Ait Benkhali, F., Aschersleben, J., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Barbosa Martins, V., Batzofin, R., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Borowska, J., Bouyahiaoui, M., Bradascio, F., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chambery, P., Chand, T., Chen, A., Chibueze, J., Chibueze, O., Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Einecke, S., Ernenwein, J. -P., Feijen, K., Filipovic, M., Fontaine, G., Füßling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Goswami, P., Grolleron, G., Grondin, M. -H., Haerer, L., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, Marek, Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzyński, K., 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., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Niemiec, J., Noel, Angel, Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., de Ona Wilhelmi, E., Ostrowski, Michał, Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Prokhorov, D. A., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Sahakian, V., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, Łukasz, Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., van Eldik, C., Vecchi, M., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wach, T., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, Alicja, Wong, Yu Wun, Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zouari, S., and Żywucka, N.

Subjects
non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], general [gamma rays], acceleration of particles, individual: PSR J1809-1917 [pulsars]
Abstract

Context. HESS J1809−193 is an unassociated very-high-energy γ-ray source located on the Galactic plane. While it has been connected to the nebula of the energetic pulsar PSR J1809−1917, supernova remnants and molecular clouds present in the vicinity also constitute possible associations. Recently, the detection of γ-ray emission up to energies of ∼100 TeV with the HAWC observatory has led to renewed interest in HESS J1809−193. Aims. We aim to understand the origin of the γ-ray emission of HESS J1809−193. Methods. We analysed 93.2 h of data taken on HESS J1809−193 above 0.27 TeV with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), using a multi-component, three-dimensional likelihood analysis. In addition, we provide a new analysis of 12.5 yr of Fermi-LAT data above 1 GeV within the region of HESS J1809−193. The obtained results are interpreted in a time-dependent modelling framework. Results. For the first time, we were able to resolve the emission detected with H.E.S.S. into two components: an extended component (modelled as an elongated Gaussian with a 1-σ semi-major and semi-minor axis of ∼0.62° and ∼0.35°, respectively) that exhibits a spectral cutoff at ∼13 TeV, and a compact component (modelled as a symmetric Gaussian with a 1-σ radius of ∼0.1°) that is located close to PSR J1809−1917 and shows no clear spectral cutoff. The Fermi-LAT analysis also revealed extended γ-ray emission, on scales similar to that of the extended H.E.S.S. component. Conclusions. Our modelling indicates that based on its spectrum and spatial extent, the extended H.E.S.S. component is likely caused by inverse Compton emission from old electrons that form a halo around the pulsar wind nebula. The compact component could be connected to either the pulsar wind nebula or the supernova remnant and molecular clouds. Due to its comparatively steep spectrum, modelling the Fermi-LAT emission together with the H.E.S.S. components is not straightforward.

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2023

33. HESS J1809$-$193: a halo of escaped electrons around a pulsar wind nebula?

Author

Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Aschersleben, J., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Barbosa Martins, V., Batzofin, R., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Borowska, J., Bouyahiaoui, M., Bradascio, F., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bruno, B., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Celic, J., Cerruti, M., Chambery, P., Chand, T., Chen, A., Chibueze, J., Chibueze, O., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Einecke, S., Ernenwein, J.-P., Feijen, K., Filipovic, M., Fontaine, G., Füßling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Goswami, P., Grolleron, G., Grondin, M.-H., Haerer, L., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Khélifi, B., Klúzniak, 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., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Niemiec, J., Noel, A. Priyana, Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., de Ona Wilhelmi, E., Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Prokhorov, D. A., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Sahakian, V., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, Ł., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., van Eldik, C., Vecchi, M., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wach, T., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zouari, S., Żywucka, N., H. E. S. S. Collaboration, 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), 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), 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), 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 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.

Subjects
electron, dimension: 3, halo, FOS: Physical sciences, GeV, GLAST, VHE, dimension, HESS, supernova, TeV, cloud, pulsar, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), energy: high, high, observatory, 3 [dimension], ddc:520, high [energy], spectral, time dependence, galaxy, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], HAWC, energy
Abstract

Astronomy and astrophysics 672, A103 (2023). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202245459, Context. HESS J1809−193 is an unassociated very-high-energy γ-ray source located on the Galactic plane. While it has been connected to the nebula of the energetic pulsar PSR J1809−1917, supernova remnants and molecular clouds present in the vicinity also constitute possible associations. Recently, the detection of γ-ray emission up to energies of ∼100 TeV with the HAWC observatory has led to renewed interest in HESS J1809−193.Aims. We aim to understand the origin of the γ-ray emission of HESS J1809−193.Methods. We analysed 93.2 h of data taken on HESS J1809−193 above 0.27 TeV with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), using a multi-component, three-dimensional likelihood analysis. In addition, we provide a new analysis of 12.5 yr of Fermi-LAT data above 1 GeV within the region of HESS J1809−193. The obtained results are interpreted in a time-dependent modelling framework.Results. For the first time, we were able to resolve the emission detected with H.E.S.S. into two components: an extended component (modelled as an elongated Gaussian with a 1-σ semi-major and semi-minor axis of ∼0.62° and ∼0.35°, respectively) that exhibits a spectral cutoff at ∼13 TeV, and a compact component (modelled as a symmetric Gaussian with a 1-σ radius of ∼0.1°) that is located close to PSR J1809−1917 and shows no clear spectral cutoff. The Fermi-LAT analysis also revealed extended γ-ray emission, on scales similar to that of the extended H.E.S.S. component.Conclusions. Our modelling indicates that based on its spectrum and spatial extent, the extended H.E.S.S. component is likely caused by inverse Compton emission from old electrons that form a halo around the pulsar wind nebula. The compact component could be connected to either the pulsar wind nebula or the supernova remnant and molecular clouds. Due to its comparatively steep spectrum, modelling the Fermi-LAT emission together with the H.E.S.S. components is not straightforward.Key words: acceleration of particles / radiation mechanisms: non-thermal / pulsars: individual: PSR J1809-1917 / gamma rays: general⋆ Corresponding authors; e-mail: contact.hess@hess-experiment.eu, Published by EDP Sciences, Les Ulis

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2023
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34. A deep spectromorphological study of the γ-ray emission surrounding the young massive stellar cluster Westerlund 1

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Aharonian, F., Ashkar, H., Brose, R., Quirrenbach, A., Rauth, R., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Brun, F., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schüssler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Bulik, T., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, Ł., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Unbehaun, T., van Eldik, C., van Soelen, B., Vecchi, M., Veh, J., Cangemi, F., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zhu, S. J., Caroff, S., Zouari, S., Zywucka, N., Blackwell, R., Braiding, C., Burton, M., Cubuk, K., Filipovic, M., Tothill, N., Wong, G., H. E. S. S. Collaboration, Casanova, S., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Backes, M., Chen, A., Chibueze, O., Cristofari, P., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Djannati-Ataï, A., Ernenwein, J.-P., Feijen, K., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Barbosa Martins, V., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Goswami, P., Grondin, M.-H., Härer, L. K., Becherini, Y., Haupt, M., Hinton, J. A., Hörbe, M., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Jamrozy, M., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Berge, D., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Katz, U., Khélifi, B., Klúzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Mezek, G. Kukec, Lang, R. G., Bi, B., Le Stum, S., Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J.-P., Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Böttcher, M., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., de Bony de Lavergne, M., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Nayerhoda, A., Niemiec, J., Ohm, S., Bradascio, F., Olivera-Nieto, L., de Ona Wilhelmi, E., Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Prokhorov, D. A., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Astronomy, 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 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 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 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), 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 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), H.E.S.S., and H.E.S.S. Collaboration

Subjects
Astronomy and Astrophysics, gamma rays: general, shock waves, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], stars: massive, massive [stars], Space and Planetary Science, galaxies: star clusters: individual: Westerlund 1, HESS - Abteilung Hinton, ddc:520, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, general [gamma rays], star clusters: individual: Westerlund 1 [galaxies], acceleration of particles
Abstract

Astronomy and astrophysics 666, A124 (2022). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244323, Context. Young massive stellar clusters are extreme environments and potentially provide the means for efficient particle acceleration. Indeed, they are increasingly considered as being responsible for a significant fraction of cosmic rays (CRs) that are accelerated within the Milky Way. Westerlund 1, the most massive known young stellar cluster in our Galaxy, is a prime candidate for studying this hypothesis. While the very-high-energy $\gamma$-ray source HESS J1646−458 has been detected in the vicinity of Westerlund 1 in the past, its association could not be firmly identified.Aims. We aim to identify the physical processes responsible for the γ-ray emission around Westerlund 1 and thus to understand the role of massive stellar clusters in the acceleration of Galactic CRs better.Methods. Using 164 h of data recorded with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), we carried out a deep spectromorphological study of the $\gamma$-ray emission of HESS J1646−458. We furthermore employed H I and CO observations of the region to infer the presence of gas that could serve as target material for interactions of accelerated CRs.Results. We detected large-scale (∼2° diameter) $\gamma$-ray emission with a complex morphology, exhibiting a shell-like structure and showing no significant variation with $\gamma$-ray energy. The combined energy spectrum of the emission extends to several tens of TeV, and it is uniform across the entire source region. We did not find a clear correlation of the $\gamma$-ray emission with gas clouds as identified through H I and CO observations.Conclusions. We conclude that, of the known objects within the region, only Westerlund 1 can explain the majority of the $\gamma$-ray emission. Several CR acceleration sites and mechanisms are conceivable and discussed in detail. While it seems clear that Westerlund 1 acts as a powerful particle accelerator, no firm conclusions on the contribution of massive stellar clusters to the flux of Galactic CRs in general can be drawn at this point., Published by EDP Sciences, Les Ulis

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37. Evidence for γ-ray emission from the remnant of Kepler's supernova based on deep H.E.S.S. observations

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Anguner, E. O., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Batzofin, R., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernloehr, K., Boettcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chen, A., Chibueze, O., Cotter, G., Cristofari, P., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Devin, J., Djannati-Atai, A., Dmytriiev, A., Egberts, K., Einecke, S., Ernenwein, J. -P., Feijen, K., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grondin, M. -H., Hoerbe, M., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Zhiqiu, Jamrozy, M., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzynski, K., Katz, U., Khelifi, B., Kluzniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., 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., Marti-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., 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., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Poireau, V., Prokhorov, D. A., Puehlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ricarte, H. Rueda, Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schafer, J., Schussler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Simoni, R., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, L., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Sushch, I., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Tsirou, M., Uchiyama, Y., Unbehaun, T., van Eldik, C., Veh, J., Vink, J., Voelk, H. 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., 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 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), H.E.S.S., High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), and API Other Research (FNWI)

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Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, atmosphere [Cherenkov counter], energy spectrum, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Cherenkov counter: atmosphere, GeV, VHE, GLAST, individual: Kepler [supernovae], emission [gamma ray], HESS, supernova, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, supernovae: individual: Kepler’s SN, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, ISM: supernova remnants, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), energy: high, supernova remnants [ISM], Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, imaging, Astronomy and Astrophysics, gamma rays: general, gamma-rays: general, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], flux, supernovae: individual: Kepler, gamma ray: emission, Space and Planetary Science, HESS - Abteilung Hinton, ddc:520, high [energy], spectral, galaxy, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, general [gamma rays], statistical, general [gamma-rays], individual: Kepler’s SN [supernovae]
Abstract

Astronomy and astrophysics 662, A65 (2022). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243096, Observations with imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) have enhanced our knowledge of nearby supernova (SN) remnants with ages younger than 500 yr by establishing Cassiopeia A and the remnant of Tycho’s SN as very-high-energy (VHE) γ-ray sources. The remnant of Kepler’s SN, which is the product of the most recent naked-eye SN in our Galaxy, is comparable in age to the other two, but is significantly more distant. If the γ-ray luminosities of the remnants of Tycho’s and Kepler’s SNe are similar, then the latter is expected to be one of the faintest γ-ray sources within reach of the current generation IACT arrays. Here we report evidence at a statistical level of 4.6σ for a VHE signal from the remnant of Kepler’s SN based on deep observations by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) with an exposure of 152 h. The measured integral flux above an energy of 226 GeV is ∼0.3% of the flux of the Crab Nebula. The spectral energy distribution (SED) reveals a γ-ray emitting component connecting the VHE emission observed with H.E.S.S. to the emission observed at GeV energies with Fermi-LAT. The overall SED is similar to that of the remnant of Tycho’s SN, possibly indicating the same nonthermal emission processes acting in both these young remnants of thermonuclear SNe., Published by EDP Sciences, Les Ulis

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2022

38. 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

Subjects
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

39. 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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41. 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. 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C., Siejkowski, H., Silk, J., Siqueira, C., Sliusar, V., S??owikowska, A., Sokolenko, A., Sol, H., Spencer, S., Stamerra, A., Stani??, S., Starling, R., Stolarczyk, T., Straumann, U., Stri??kovi??, J., Suda, Y., Suomijarvi, T., wierk, 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., V??zquez 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. 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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., Slowikowska A., Sokolenko A., Sol H., Spencer S., Stamerra A., Stanic S., Starling R., Stolarczyk T., Straumann U., Striskovic J., Suda Y., Suomijarvi T., Swierk 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., Vazquez 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., 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
Abstract

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

42. 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

44. 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.

Abstract

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

45. 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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46. Searching for TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from SGR 1935+2154 during Its 2020 X-Ray and Radio Bursting Phase

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Collaboration, H. E. S. S., Abdalla, H., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Anguner, E. O., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Martins, V. Barbosa, Barnacka, A., Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlohr, K., Bi, B., Bottcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Buchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Casanova, S., Chambery, P., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Cotter, G., lo, M. Cury, Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Deil, C., Devin, J., Dirson, L., Djannati-Ata��, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dreyer, L., Duffy, C., Plessis, L. Du, Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Eichhorn, F., Einecke, S., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J. -P., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Funk, S., F����ling, M., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizade, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grondin, M. -H., Hahn, J., Haupt, M., Hattingh, S., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horbe, M., Horns, D., Huang, Z., Huber, D., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, D., Jankowsky, F., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzy��ski, K., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Kh��lifi, B., Klepser, S., Klu��niak, W., Komin, Nu., Konno, R., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Kreter, M., Mezek, G. Kukec, Kundu, A., Lamanna, G., Lemi��re, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P., Stum, S. Le, Leuschner, F., Levy, C., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Mares, A., Mart��-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., Nayerhoda, A., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., O'Brien, P., Odaka, H., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Noel, A. Priyana, Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., P��hlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Raab, S., Rauth, R., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Remy, Q., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rinchiuso, L., Romoli, C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ricarte, H. Rueda, Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Sch��fer, J., Sch��ssler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Seglar-Arroyo, M., Senniappan, M., Seyffert, A. S., Shafi, N., Shapopi, J. N. S., Shiningayamwe, K., Simoni, R., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Spackman, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Spir-Jacob, M., Stawarz, L., Sun, L., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Thiersen, J. H. E., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tiziani, D., Tluczykont, M., Tomankova, L., Trichard, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., V��lk, H. J., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., Watson, J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., deWilt, P., Wong, Yu Wun, Yassin, H., Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zorn, J., Zouari, S., ��ywucka, N., 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 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), 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), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-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 Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-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), Linnaeus University, North-West University [Potchefstroom] (NWU), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), and Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Radio transient sources, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Gamma-ray telescopes, VHE [gamma ray], satellite, brightness, FOS: Physical sciences, GLAST, Burst astrophysics, Gamma-ray transient sources, emission [gamma ray], HESS, TeV, Magnetars, Soft gamma-ray repeaters, ddc:530, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), radio wave, Gamma-ray sources, Gamma-ray astronomy, temperature, magnetar, ddc:520, high [energy], galaxy, Gamma-rays, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], High energy astrophysics, burst [X-ray]
Abstract

Magnetar hyperflares are the most plausible explanation for fast radio bursts (FRB) -- enigmatic powerful radio pulses with durations of several milliseconds and high brightness temperatures. The first observational evidence for this scenario was obtained in 2020 April when a FRB was detected from the direction of the Galactic magnetar and soft gamma-ray repeater SGR\,1935+2154. The FRB was preceded by two gamma-ray outburst alerts by the BAT instrument aboard the Swift satellite, which triggered follow-up observations by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). H.E.S.S. has observed SGR\,1935+2154 for 2 hr on 2020 April 28. The observations are coincident with X-ray bursts from the magnetar detected by INTEGRAL and Fermi-GBM, thus providing the first very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations of a magnetar in a flaring state. High-quality data acquired during these follow-up observations allow us to perform a search for short-time transients. No significant signal at energies $E>0.6$~TeV is found and upper limits on the persistent and transient emission are derived. We here present the analysis of these observations and discuss the obtained results and prospects of the H.E.S.S. follow-up program for soft gamma-ray repeaters., Received 2021 June 13; accepted 2021 June 28; published 2021 September 29

Published
2021

47. Searching for TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from SGR 1935+2154 during Its 2020 X-Ray and Radio Bursting Phase

Author

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., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Bony de Lavergne, M., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Büchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Casanova, S., Chambery, P., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Curyło, M., Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J., Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Deil, C., Devin, J., Dirson, L., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dreyer, L., Duffy, C., Du Plessis, L., Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Eichhorn, F., Einecke, S., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J.-P., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., Fichet de Clairfontaine, G., Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Füßling, M., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizade, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grondin, M.-H., Hahn, J., Haupt, M., Hattingh, S., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Hörbe, M., Horns, D., Huang, Z., Huber, D., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, D., Jankowsky, F., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzyński, K., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Khélifi, B., Klepser, S., and Kluźniak, W.

Subjects
ddc:520, ddc:530, 520 Astronomie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften, 530 Physik
Abstract

Magnetar hyperflares are the most plausible explanation for fast radio bursts (FRBs)—enigmatic powerful radio pulses with durations of several milliseconds and high brightness temperatures. The first observational evidence for this scenario was obtained in 2020 April when an FRB was detected from the direction of the Galactic magnetar and soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 1935+2154. The FRB was preceded by two gamma-ray outburst alerts by the BAT instrument aboard the Swift satellite, which triggered follow-up observations by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). H.E.S.S. observed SGR 1935+2154 for 2 hr on 2020 April 28. The observations are coincident with X-ray bursts from the magnetar detected by INTEGRAL and Fermi-GBM, thus providing the first very high energy gamma-ray observations of a magnetar in a flaring state. High-quality data acquired during these follow-up observations allow us to perform a search for short-time transients. No significant signal at energies E > 0.6 TeV is found, and upper limits on the persistent and transient emission are derived. We here present the analysis of these observations and discuss the obtained results and prospects of the H.E.S.S. follow-up program for soft gamma-ray repeaters.

Published
2021

48. Evidence of 100 TeV γ-ray emission from HESS J1702-420

Author

Abdalla, H., Aharonian, F., Barbosa Martins, Victor, Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J.-P., Leuschner, F., Levy, C., Lohse, T., Lypova, Iryna, Mackey, J., Majumdar, Jhilik, Malyshev, D., Barnacka, A., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Mares, A., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Barnard, M., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, Thomas, Nakashima, K., Nayerhoda, A., Becherini, Y., de Naurois, M., Ndiyavala, H., Niemiec, J., Oakes, L., O'Brien, P., Odaka, H., Ohm, Stefan, Olivera-Nieto, L., de Ona Wilhelmi, Emma Maria, Ostrowski, M., Berge, D., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Peyaud, B., Piel, Q., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Noel, A. Priyana, Prokhorov, D. A., Bernlöhr, K., Prokoph, Heike, Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Raab, S., Rauth, R., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Remy, Q., Bi, B., Renaud, M., Rieger, F., Rinchiuso, L., Romoli, C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Böttcher, M., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Scalici, M., Schäfer, J., Schüssler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Seglar-Arroyo, M., Senniappan, M., Boisson, C., Seyffert, A. S., Shafi, N., Shapopi, J. N. S., Shiningayamwe, K., Simoni, R., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Spir-Jacob, M., Bolmont, J., Stawarz, L., Sun, L., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, Christian, Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Takahashi, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, Andrew, Terrier, R., Benkhali, F. Ait, de Bony de Lavergne, M., Thiersen, J. H. E., Tiziani, D., Tluczykont, M., Tomankova, L., Trichard, C., Tsirou, M., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., van der Walt, D. J., van Eldik, C., Breuhaus, M., van Rensburg, C., van Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Wadiasingh, Z., Wagner, S. J., Brun, F., Watson, J., Werner, F., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Brun, P., Zech, A., Zhu, Sylvia Jiechen, Zorn, J., Zouari, S., Żywucka, N., Acero, F., H. E. S. S. Collaboration, Bryan, M., Büchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Angüner, E. O., Casanova, S., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Curyło, M., Mbarubucyeye, Jean Damascene, Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Deil, C., Arcaro, C., Devin, J., Dirson, L., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dreyer, L., Duffy, C., Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Armand, C., Eichhorn, F., Einecke, S., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J.-P., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., Fichet de Clairfontaine, G., Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Armstrong, T., Füssling, Matthias, Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Giavitto, Gianluca, Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grondin, M.-H., Hahn, J., Haupt, Maria, Ashkar, H., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, Tim Lukas, Holler, M., Hörbe, M., Horns, D., Huber, D., Jamrozy, M., Backes, M., Jankowsky, D., Jankowsky, F., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzyński, K., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Baghmanyan, V., Khélifi, B., Klepser, S., Kluźniak, W., Komin, Nu., Konno, Ruslan, Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Kreter, M., Lamanna, G., Lemière, A., 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 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 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), 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 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 Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), H.E.S.S., Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2), Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam, and High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI)

Subjects
Photon, dimension: 3, Hadron, Astrophysics, GeV, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, law, HESS, Spectral slope, site, High Energy Stereoscopic System, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, energy spectrum [gamma ray], Physics, energy: high, cosmic radiation: spectrum, Gamma ray, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], 3. Good health, curvature, 3 [dimension], high [energy], Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, UHE [cosmic radiation], Context (language use), Cosmic ray, gamma ray: energy spectrum, GLAST, energy [p], solids, cosmic rays, 5/3, 0103 physical sciences, data analysis [methods], TeV, spectrum [cosmic radiation], cosmic radiation: UHE, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Particle accelerator, acceleration, Galaxy, p: energy, Space and Planetary Science, ddc:520, spectral, galaxy, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], general [gamma rays], Energy (signal processing), Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

The identification of PeVatrons, hadronic particle accelerators reaching the knee of the cosmic ray spectrum (few $10^{15}$ eV), is crucial to understand the origin of cosmic rays in the Galaxy. We provide an update on the unidentified source HESS J1702-420, a promising PeVatron candidate. We present new observations of HESS J1702-420 made with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), and processed using improved analysis techniques. The analysis configuration was optimized to enhance the collection area at the highest energies. We applied a three-dimensional (3D) likelihood analysis to model the source region and adjust non thermal radiative spectral models to the $\gamma$-ray data. We also analyzed archival data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) to constrain the source spectrum at $\gamma$-ray energies >10 GeV. We report the detection of a new source component called HESS J1702-420A, that was separated from the bulk of TeV emission at a $5.4\sigma$ confidence level. The power law $\gamma$-ray spectrum of HESS J1702-420A extends with an index of $\Gamma=1.53\pm0.19_\text{stat}\pm0.20_\text{sys}$ and without curvature up to the energy band 64-113 TeV, in which it was detected by H.E.S.S. at a $4.0\sigma$ confidence level. This brings evidence for the source emission up to $100\,\text{TeV}$, which makes HESS J1702-420A a compelling candidate site for the presence of extremely high energy cosmic rays. Remarkably, in a hadronic scenario, the cut-off energy of the proton distribution powering HESS J1702-420A is found to be higher than 0.5 PeV at a 95% confidence level. HESS J1702-420A becomes therefore one of the most solid PeVatron candidates detected so far in H.E.S.S. data, altough a leptonic origin of its emission could not be ruled out either., Comment: Accepted for publication in the 2. Astrophysical processes section of Astronomy & Astrophysics

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2021

49. Search for enhanced TeV gamma ray emission from Giant Molecular Clouds using H.E.S.S

Author

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., Dalgleish, H., 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., Malyshev, D., 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., Montanari, A., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., 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., Żywucka, N., Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2), HESS, for the H.E.S.S. collaboration, and H.E.S.S.

Subjects
dimension: 3, accelerator, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hadron, FOS: Physical sciences, Neutral pions, Cosmic ray, cosmic radiation: density, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Cherenkov counter: atmosphere, 7. Clean energy, Dense gas, Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Clouds, Cosmology, Gamma rays, Cosmic ray interactions, diffuse emission, Giant molecular clouds, Ray density, TeV gamma-ray emission, VHE, Pion, TRACER, gas, HESS, TeV, cloud, matter: density, Cherenkov radiation, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Molecular cloud, Gamma ray, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, imaging, model: hadronic, Galaxy, background: hadronic, Cherenkov counter, gamma ray: emission, 13. Climate action, cosmic radiation: galaxy, HESS - Abteilung Hinton, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract

Cosmic Ray (CR) interactions with the dense gas inside Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs) produce neutral pions, which in turn decay into gamma rays. Thus, the gamma ray emission from GMCs is a direct tracer of the cosmic ray density and the matter density inside the clouds. Detection of enhanced TeV emission from GMCs, i.e., an emission significantly larger than what is expected from the average Galactic cosmic rays illuminating the cloud, can imply a variation in the local cosmic ray density, due to, for example, the presence of a recent accelerator in proximity to the cloud. Such gamma-ray observations can be crucial in probing the cosmic ray distribution across our Galaxy, but are complicated to perform with present generation Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). These studies require differentiating between the strong cosmic-ray induced background, the large scale diffuse emission, and the emission from the clouds, which is difficult to the small field of view of present generation IACTs. In this contribution, we use H.E.S.S. data collected over 16 years to search for TeV emission from GMCs in the inner molecular galacto-centric ring of our Galaxy. We implement a 3D FoV likelihood technique, and simultaneously model the hadronic background, the galactic diffuse emission and the emission expected from known VHE sources to probe for excess TeV gamma ray emission from GMCs., PoS: Proceedings of Science, 395, ISSN:1824-8039, Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference

Published
2021

50. Searching for TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from SGR 1935+2154 during Its 2020 X-Ray and Radio Bursting Phase

Author

Abdalla, H., primary, Aharonian, F., additional, Ait Benkhali, F., additional, Angüner, E. O., additional, Arcaro, C., additional, Armand, C., additional, Armstrong, T., additional, Ashkar, H., additional, Backes, M., additional, Baghmanyan, V., additional, Barbosa Martins, V., additional, Barnacka, A., additional, Barnard, M., 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, Breuhaus, M., additional, Brose, R., additional, Brun, F., additional, Brun, P., additional, Bryan, M., additional, Büchele, M., additional, Bulik, T., additional, Bylund, T., additional, Cangemi, F., additional, Caroff, S., additional, Carosi, A., additional, Casanova, S., additional, Chambery, P., additional, Chand, T., additional, Chandra, S., additional, Chen, A., additional, Cotter, G., additional, Curyło, M., additional, Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J., additional, Davids, I. D., additional, Davies, J., additional, Deil, C., additional, Devin, J., additional, Dirson, L., additional, Djannati-Ataï, A., additional, Dmytriiev, A., additional, Donath, A., additional, Doroshenko, V., additional, Dreyer, L., additional, Duffy, C., additional, Du Plessis, L., additional, Dyks, J., additional, Egberts, K., additional, Eichhorn, F., additional, Einecke, S., additional, Emery, G., additional, Ernenwein, J.-P., additional, Feijen, K., additional, Fegan, S., additional, Fiasson, A., additional, Fichet de Clairfontaine, G., additional, Fontaine, G., additional, Funk, S., additional, Füßling, M., additional, Gabici, S., additional, Gallant, Y. A., additional, Ghafourizade, S., additional, Giavitto, G., additional, Giunti, L., additional, Glawion, D., additional, Glicenstein, J. F., additional, Grondin, M.-H., additional, Hahn, J., additional, Haupt, M., additional, Hattingh, S., additional, Hermann, G., additional, Hinton, J. A., additional, Hofmann, W., additional, Hoischen, C., additional, Holch, T. L., additional, Holler, M., additional, Hörbe, M., additional, Horns, D., additional, Huang, Z., additional, Huber, D., additional, Jamrozy, M., additional, Jankowsky, D., additional, Jankowsky, F., additional, Jardin-Blicq, A., additional, Joshi, V., additional, Jung-Richardt, I., additional, Kasai, E., additional, Kastendieck, M. A., additional, Katarzyński, K., additional, Katz, U., additional, Khangulyan, D., additional, Khélifi, B., additional, Klepser, S., additional, Kluźniak, W., additional, Komin, Nu., additional, Konno, R., additional, Kosack, K., additional, Kostunin, D., additional, Kreter, M., additional, Kukec Mezek, G., additional, Kundu, A., additional, Lamanna, G., additional, Lemière, A., additional, Lemoine-Goumard, M., additional, Lenain, J.-P., additional, Le Stum, S., additional, Leuschner, F., additional, Levy, C., 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, Marcowith, A., additional, Mares, A., additional, Martí-Devesa, G., additional, Marx, R., additional, Maurin, G., additional, Meintjes, P. J., additional, Meyer, M., additional, Mitchell, A., additional, Moderski, R., additional, Mohrmann, L., additional, Montanari, A., additional, Moore, C., additional, Morris, P., additional, Moulin, E., additional, Muller, J., additional, Murach, T., additional, Nakashima, K., additional, Nayerhoda, A., additional, de Naurois, M., additional, Ndiyavala, H., additional, Niemiec, J., additional, Oakes, L., additional, O’Brien, P., additional, Odaka, H., 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, Peyaud, B., additional, Piel, Q., additional, Pita, S., additional, Poireau, V., additional, Priyana Noel, A., additional, Prokhorov, D. A., additional, Prokoph, H., additional, Pühlhofer, G., additional, Punch, M., additional, Quirrenbach, A., additional, Raab, S., additional, Rauth, R., additional, Reichherzer, P., additional, Reimer, A., additional, Reimer, O., additional, Remy, Q., additional, Renaud, M., additional, Reville, B., additional, Rieger, F., additional, Rinchiuso, L., additional, Romoli, C., 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, Schäfer, J., additional, Schüssler, F., additional, Schutte, H. M., additional, Schwanke, U., additional, Seglar-Arroyo, M., additional, Senniappan, M., additional, Seyffert, A. S., additional, Shafi, N., additional, Shapopi, J. N. S., additional, Shiningayamwe, K., additional, Simoni, R., additional, Sinha, A., additional, Sol, H., additional, Spackman, H., additional, Specovius, A., additional, Spencer, S., additional, Spir-Jacob, M., additional, Stawarz, Ł., additional, Sun, L., additional, Steenkamp, R., additional, Stegmann, C., additional, Steinmassl, S., additional, Steppa, C., additional, Takahashi, T., additional, Tanaka, T., additional, Tavernier, T., additional, Taylor, A. M., additional, Terrier, R., additional, Thiersen, J. H. E., additional, Thorpe-Morgan, C., additional, Tiziani, D., additional, Tluczykont, M., additional, Tomankova, L., additional, Trichard, C., additional, Tsirou, M., additional, Tsuji, N., additional, Tuffs, R., additional, Uchiyama, Y., additional, van der Walt, D. J., additional, van Eldik, C., additional, van Rensburg, C., additional, van Soelen, B., additional, Vasileiadis, G., additional, Veh, J., additional, Venter, C., additional, Vincent, P., additional, Vink, J., additional, Völk, H. J., additional, Wadiasingh, Z., additional, Wagner, S. J., additional, Watson, J., additional, Werner, F., additional, White, R., additional, Wierzcholska, A., additional, deWilt, P., additional, Wong, Yu Wun, additional, Yassin, H., additional, Yusafzai, A., additional, Zacharias, M., additional, Zanin, R., additional, Zargaryan, D., additional, Zdziarski, A. A., additional, Zech, A., additional, Zhu, S. J., additional, Zorn, J., additional, Zouari, S., additional, and Żywucka, N., additional

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2021
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