HESS-II reconstruction strategy and performance in the low-energy (20-150 GeV) domain
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, CNRS-Univ. Paris VII, 10, rue A. Domon et L. Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13 (France)
- Max-Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D-69029, Heidelberg (Germany)
- LAPP Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-vieux de Physique de Particules, Chemin de Bellevue, BP 110, 74941, Annecy-le-vieux cedex (France)
- CEA/Saclay, IRFU/SPP, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
- Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin, Newtonstr. 15, D-12489 Berlin (Germany)
- Germany
In mid-2009 a notable upgrade of the H.E.S.S. telescope system will take place: a new telescope with a 600 m{sup 2} mirror area and very-high-resolution camera (0.07 deg.) will be positioned at the centre of the present configuration, with the aim of lowering the threshold and enhance its sensitivity in the 100 GeV to several TeV energy range. HESS-II will permit the investigation of the lower energy {gamma}-ray spectra in various cosmic accelerators, giving information on the origin of the {gamma}-rays observed, and will detect AGNs with a redshift greater than 0.2 (being less affected by absorption by Extragalactic Background Light--EBL--in this energy range) and will search for new classes of very high energy {gamma}-ray emitters (pulsars, microquasars, GRB, and dark matter candidates)
- OSTI ID:
- 21255178
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1085, Issue 1; Conference: 4. international meeting on high energy gamma-ray astronomy, Heidelberg (Germany), 7-11 Jul 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3076784; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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