Discovery of Very High Energy gamma-Ray Emission from Centaurus a with H.E.S.S.

We report the discovery of faint very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from the radio galaxy Centaurus A in observations performed with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) experiment, an imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope array consisting of four telescopes lo...

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Main Authors: Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A., Anton, G., De Almeida, U., Bazer-Bachi, A., Becherini, Y., Behera, B., Benbow, W., Bernlöhr, K., Boisson, C., Bochow, A., Borrel, V., Brion, E., Brucker, J., Brun, P., BüHLER, R., Bulik, T., Büsching, I., Boutelier, T., Chadwick, P., Charbonnier, A., Chaves, R., Cheesebrough, A., Chounet, L., Clapson, A., Coignet, G., Dalton, M., Daniel, M., Davids, I., Degrange, B., Deil, C., Dickinson, H., Djannati-Ataï, A., Domainko, W., Drury, L., Dubois, F., Dubus, G., Dyks, J., Dyrda, M., Egberts, K., Emmanoulopoulos, D., Espigat, P., Farnier, C., Feinstein, F., Fiasson, A., Förster, A., Fontaine, G., Füling, M., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y., Gerard, L., Giebels, B., Glicenstein, J., Glück, B., Goret, P., Göhring, D., Häuser, D., Hauser, M., Heinz, S., Heinzelmann, G., Henri, G., Hermann, G., Hinton, J., Hoffmann, A., Hofmann, W., Holleran, M., Hoppe, P., Horns, D., Jacholkowska, A., De Jager, O., Jahn, C., Jung, I., Katarzynski, K., Katz, U., Kaufmann, S., Kendziorra, E., Kerschhaggl, M., Khangulyan, D., Khélifi, B., Keogh, D., Kluzniak, W., Kneiske, T., Komin, N., Kosack, K., Lamanna, G., Latham, I., Lenain, J., Lohse, T., Marandon, V., Martin, J., Martineau-Huynh, O., Marcowith, A., Maurin, D., McComb, T., Medina, C., Moderski, R., Moulin, E., Naumann-Godo, M., de Naurois, M., Nedbal, D., Nekrassov, D., Niemiec, J., Nolan, S., Ohm, S., Olive, J., de Oña Wilhelmi, E., Orford, K., Ostrowski, M., Panter, M., Paz Arribas, M., Pedaletti, G., Pelletier, G., Petrucci, P., Pita, S., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Raubenheimer, B., Raue, M., Rayner, S., Renaud, M., Rieger, F., Ripken, J., Rob, L., Rosier Lees, S., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Rulten, C., Ruppel, J., Sahakian, V., Santangelo, A., Schlickeiser, R., Schöck, F., Schröder, R., Schwanke, U., Schwarzburg, S., Schwemmer, S., Shalchi, A., Sikora, M., Skilton, J., Sol, H., Spangler, D., Stawarz, L., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Superina, G., Szostek, A., Tam, P., Tavernet, J., Terrier, R., Tibolla, Omar, Tluczykont, M., van Eldik, C., Vasileiadis, G., Venter, C., Venter, L., Vialle, J., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Vivier, M., Volk, H., Volpe, F., Wagner, S., Ward, M., Zdziarski, A., Zech, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2009
Online Access:http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-4357/695/1/L40/pdf/apjl_695_1_40.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23667