Roma International Conference on Astroparticle Physics

Session

Parallel Session: Cherenkov Imaging Detectors

26 May 2011, 14:30

Rettorato, University Roma TRE, Roma, Italy

41. From MAGIC to MAGIC-stereo: filling the gap with HE satellite experiments.

Dr Michele Doro (Universitat Autonoma Barcelona)

26/05/2011, 14:30

The MAGIC telescope experiment was designed primarily to reach the lowest possible energy threshold with the ground-based gamma-ray Cherenkov technique, in order to fill the gap between MeV-GeV gamma-ray satellite experiments and TeV ground-based installations. The construction of a second MAGIC telescope, and the subsequent use of the stereoscopic operation mode, has already proven the...

52. The Galactic Center Region Imaged by VERITAS

Dr Matthias Beilicke (Washington University in St.Louis)

26/05/2011, 14:50

The galactic center (GC) has long been a region of interest for high-energy and very-high-energy (VHE) observations. Many potential sources of GeV/TeV gamma-ray emission have been suggested for the GC region, e.g., the accretion of matter onto the black hole, cosmic rays from a nearby shell-type supernova remnant, or the annihilation of dark matter. The GC has been detected at MeV/GeV...

101. Exploring Galactic TeV gamma-ray sources with H.E.S.S.

Mr Peter Eger (Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Univ. Erlangen-Nuernberg)

26/05/2011, 15:10

The H.E.S.S. array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes continues to observe the southern sky with unprecedented sensitivity at very-high-energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-rays. This lead to a steady increase in the number of detected VHE gamma-ray sources as well as the discovery of sources with fluxes of only a few percent of the flux of the Crab nebula. Up to now, well more than 100 VHE...