HESS-II reconstruction strategy and performance in the low-energy (20-150 GeV) domainShow others and affiliations
2009 (English)In: HIGH ENERGY GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY / [ed] Aharonian, FA; Hofmann, W; Rieger, FM, American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2009, p. 738-741Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
In mid-2009 a notable upgrade of the H.E.S.S. telescope system will take place: a new telescope with a 600 m(2) mirror area and very-high-resolution camera (0.07 degrees) 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).
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2009. p. 738-741
Series
AIP Conference Proceedings, ISSN 0094-243X ; 1085
Keywords [en]
Event reconstruction, angular resolution, energy resolution, effective area
National Category
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Research subject
Physics, Astroparticle Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-30270ISI: 000263556300160ISBN: 978-0-7354-0616-2 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-30270DiVA, id: diva2:663024
Conference
4th International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy, JUL 07-AUG 11, 2008, Heidelberg, GERMANY
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