H.E.S.S. High Energy Stereoscopic System

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H.E.S.S. is an array of four Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located at the southern hemisphere in the Khomas Highland in Namibia. Cosmic high energetic gamma-rays of 100 GeV to 100 TeV are investigated by scientists of over 20 institutions in 9 countries. Since 2004 the system has been fully operational in its current form and has proven high sensitivity and an angular accuracy that allows studies of extended sources.

An extension of H.E.S.S. is currently under construction. In the center of the existing array of four identical telescopes arranged at a square, an additional fifth telescope is placed with a larger mirror surface to improve sensitivity even more and lower the energy threshold.

The Berlin H.E.S.S. group combines data analysis activities (supernovae as possible sources of cosmic rays, variable galactic sources, search for pulsed emission from pulsars) with the responsibility for the data acquisition system of the experiment. (more...)

There are openings for three PhD positions. Please follow this link for the job description.

 

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News

 

01/2010: The H.E.S.S.  collaboration was awarded the Rossi Prize

 

"The 2010 Rossi prize is awarded to Felix Aharonian, Werner Hoffmann,

Heinz Voelk and the H.E.S.S. collaboration for their outstanding

contributions to imaging TeV Astronomy, which addressed fundamental

questions related to particle acceleration and the origin of the Cosmic

Rays through the study of SNRs, PWN and nearby AGNs."

 

03/2007: H.E.S.S. receives the Descartes Prize 2006 of the European Union

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Open Positions

 We have recently three PhD position available. For more details please see here.

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Recent Publication

 

09/2009 Detection of Gamma Rays from a Starburst Galaxy

F. Aharonian et al. (H.E.S.S. Collaboration)

 

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