Authors
H Abdalla, A Abramowski, F Aharonian, F Ait Benkhali, AG Akhperjanian, Tom Andersson, EO Angüner, M Arrieta, P Aubert, M Backes, A Balzer, M Barnard, Yvonne Becherini, J Becker Tjus, D Berge, S Bernhard, K Bernloehr, R Blackwell, M Boettcher, C Boisson, J Bolmont, Pol Bordas, J Bregeon, F Brun, P Brun, M Bryan, T Bulik, M Capasso, J Carr, Sabrina Casanova, M Cerruti, N Chakraborty, R Chalme-Calvet, RCG Chaves, A Chen, J Chevalier, M Chretien, S Colafrancesco, G Cologna, B Condon, J Conrad, Y Cui, ID Davids, J Decock, B Degrange, C Deil, J Devin, P deWilt, L Dirson, A Djannati-Atai, W Domainko, A Donath, LO’C Drury, G Dubus, K Dutson, J Dyks, T Edwards, K Egberts, P Eger, J-P Ernenwein, S Eschbach, Christian Farnier, S Fegan, MV Fernandes, A Fiasson, G Fontaine, A Foerster, T Fukuyama, S Funk, M Fuessling, S Gabici, M Gajdus, YA Gallant, T Garrigoux, G Giavitto, B Giebels, JF Glicenstein, D Gottschall, Arti Goyal, M-H Grondin, D Hadasch, J Hahn, M Haupt, J Hawkes, G Heinzelmann, G Henri, G Hermann, O Hervet, JA Hinton, W Hofmann, C Hoischen, M Holler, D Horns, A Ivascenko, A Jacholkowska, Marek Jamrozy, M Janiak, D Jankowsky, F Jankowsky, M Jingo, T Jogler, L Jouvin, I Jung-Richardt, MA Kastendieck, K Katarzyński, U Katz, D Kerszberg, B Khelifi, M Kieffer, J King, S Klepser, D Klochkov, W Kluźniak, D Kolitzus, Nu Komin, K Kosack, S Krakau, M Kraus, F Krayzel, PP Krueger, H Laffon, G Lamanna, J Lau, J-P Lees, J Lefaucheur, V Lefranc, A Lemiere, M Lemoine-Goumard, J-P Lenain, E Leser, T Lohse, M Lorentz, R Liu, R Lopez-Coto, I Lypova, V Marandon, A Marcowith, C Mariaud, R Marx, G Maurin, N Maxted, M Mayer, PJ Meintjes, M Meyer, AMW Mitchell, R Moderski, M Mohamed, L Mohrmann, Knut Morå, E Moulin
Publication date
2018/4/1
Journal
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume
612
Pages
A6
Publisher
EDP Sciences
Description
Supernova remnants exhibit shock fronts (shells) that can accelerate charged particles up to very high energies. In the past decade, measurements of a handful of shell-type supernova remnants in very high-energy gamma rays have provided unique insights into the acceleration process. Among those objects, RX J1713.7−3946 (also known as G347.3−0.5) has the largest surface brightness, allowing us in the past to perform the most comprehensive study of morphology and spatially resolved spectra of any such very high-energy gamma-ray source. Here we present extensive new H.E.S.S. measurements of RX J1713.7−3946, almost doubling the observation time compared to our previous publication. Combined with new improved analysis tools, the previous sensitivity is more than doubled. The H.E.S.S. angular resolution of 0.048° (0.036° above 2 TeV) is unprecedented in gamma-ray astronomy and probes …
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