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

Journal Article · Mon Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2005 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1878433· OSTI ID:20630525

Schmidt, P; Breitling, F; Lohse, T; Schlenker, S; Schwanke, U; Stegmann, C ^[1]; Gillessen, S ^[2]; Konopelko, A ^[1]

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1. Institut fuer Physik, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Newtonstr. 15, D-12489 Berlin (Germany)
2. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D-69029 Heidelberg (Germany)

The H.E.S.S. experiment is a next-generation imaging atmospheric Cherenkov detector with a {approx}1% Crab flux sensitivity for gamma-rays above 100 GeV. The full 4-telescope array has been operational since December 2003. The three young pulsars, Crab, Vela, and PSR B1706-44, are among the six pulsars whose pulsed emission has been detected up to energies of several GeV by EGRET. These pulsars have been selected for H.E.S.S. observations on grounds of their high rank in apparent spin-down luminosity Esd/d2 and observability for the H.E.S.S. array. No pulsed emission was found and flux upper limits are given.

• OSTI ID: 20630525
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 745, Issue 1; Conference: 2. international symposium on high energy gamma-ray astronomy, Heidelberg (Germany), 26-30 Jul 2004; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1878433; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); H.E.S.S. Collaboration; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COSMIC PHOTONS
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GAMMA RADIATION
GEV RANGE
LUMINOSITY
PHOTON EMISSION
PULSARS
SENSITIVITY
TELESCOPE COUNTERS
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