Search Results - "Bernlöhr, K."

Muons as a tool for background rejection in imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope arrays by Olivera-Nieto, L., Mitchell, A. M. W., Bernlöhr, K., Hinton, J. A.

“…The presence of muons in air-showers initiated by cosmic ray protons and nuclei is well established as a powerful tool to separate such showers from those…”
Get full text

Monte Carlo design studies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array by Bernlöhr, K., Barnacka, A., Becherini, Y., Blanch Bigas, O., Carmona, E., Colin, P., Decerprit, G., Di Pierro, F., Dubois, F., Farnier, C., Funk, S., Hermann, G., Hinton, J.A., Humensky, T.B., Khélifi, B., Kihm, T., Komin, N., Lenain, J.-P., Maier, G., Mazin, D., Medina, M.C., Moralejo, A., Nolan, S.J., Ohm, S., de Oña Wilhelmi, E., Parsons, R.D., Paz Arribas, M., Pedaletti, G., Pita, S., Prokoph, H., Rulten, C.B., Schwanke, U., Shayduk, M., Stamatescu, V., Vallania, P., Vorobiov, S., Wischnewski, R., Yoshikoshi, T., Zech, A.

“…► Extensive simulations for the design and optimization of CTA were carried out. ► Different sets of simulation tools were checked against each other. ►…”
Get full text

Monte Carlo performance studies for the site selection of the Cherenkov Telescope Array by Hassan, T., Arrabito, L., Bernlöhr, K., Bregeon, J., Cortina, J., Cumani, P., Di Pierro, F., Falceta-Goncalves, D., Lang, R.G., Hinton, J., Jogler, T., Maier, G., Moralejo, A., Morselli, A., Todero Peixoto, C.J., Wood, M.

“…The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) represents the next generation of ground-based instruments for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy, aimed at…”
Get full text

Cross calibration of telescope optical throughput efficiencies using reconstructed shower energies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array by Mitchell, A.M.W., Parsons, R.D., Hofmann, W., Bernlöhr, K.

“…For reliable event reconstruction of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs), calibration of the optical throughput efficiency is required. Within…”
Get full text

The optical system of the H.E.S.S. imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Part I: layout and components of the system by Bernlöhr, K, Carrol, O, Cornils, R, Elfahem, S, Espigat, P, Gillessen, S, Heinzelmann, G, Hermann, G, Hofmann, W, Horns, D, Jung, I, Kankanyan, R, Katona, A, Khelifi, B, Krawczynski, H, Panter, M, Punch, M, Rayner, S, Rowell, G, Tluczykont, M, van Staa, R

“…H.E.S.S.––the high energy stereoscopic system––is a new system of large imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, with about 100 m 2 mirror area for each of…”
Get full text

Publisher’s Note: HESS Observations of the Galactic Center Region and Their Possible Dark Matter Interpretation [Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 , 221102 (2006)] by Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A. G., Bazer-Bachi, A. R., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Boisson, C., Bolz, O., Borrel, V., Braun, I., Breitling, F., Brown, A. M., Bühler, R., Büsching, I., Carrigan, S., Chadwick, P. M., Chounet, L. M., Cornils, R., Costamante, L., Degrange, B., Dickinson, H. J., Djannati-Ataï, A., Drury, L. O’C., Dubus, G., Egberts, K., Emmanoulopoulos, D., Espigat, P., Feinstein, F., Ferrero, E., Fiasson, A., Fontaine, G., Funk, Seb, Funk, S., Gallant, Y. A., Giebels, B., Glicenstein, J. F., Goret, P., Hadjichristidis, C., Hauser, D., Hauser, M., Heinzelmann, G., Henri, G., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holleran, M., Horns, D., Jacholkowska, A., de Jager, O. C., Khélifi, B., Komin, Nu, Konopelko, A., Kosack, K., Latham, I. J., Gallou, R. Le, Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lohse, T., Martin, J. M., Martineau-Huynh, O., Marcowith, A., Masterson, C., McComb, T. J. L., de Naurois, M., Nedbal, D., Nolan, S. J., Noutsos, A., Orford, K. J., Osborne, J. L., Ouchrif, M., Panter, M., Pelletier, G., Pita, S., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Raubenheimer, B. C., Raue, M., Rayner, S. M., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Ripken, J., Rob, L., Rolland, L., Rowell, G., Sahakian, V., Saugé, L., Schlenker, S., Schlickeiser, R., Schwanke, U., Sol, H., Spangler, D., Spanier, F., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Superina, G., Tavernet, J.-P., Terrier, R., Théoret, C. G., Tluczykont, M.

Get full text

The Crab Nebula and Pulsar between 500 GeV and 80 TeV: Observations with the HEGRA Stereoscopic Air Cerenkov Telescopes by Aharonian, F, Akhperjanian, A, Beilicke, M, Bernlöhr, K, Börst, H.-G, Bojahr, H, Bolz, O, Coarasa, T, Contreras, J. L, Cortina, J, Denninghoff, S, Fonseca, M. V, Girma, M, Götting, N, Heinzelmann, G, Hermann, G, Heusler, A, Hofmann, W, Horns, D, Jung, I, Kankanyan, R, Kestel, M, Kohnle, A, Konopelko, A, Kranich, D, Lampeitl, H, Lopez, M, Lorenz, E, Lucarelli, F, Mang, O, Mazin, D, Meyer, H, Mirzoyan, R, Moralejo, A, Oña-Wilhelmi, E, Panter, M, Plyasheshnikov, A, Pühlhofer, G, de los Reyes, R, Rhode, W, Ripken, J, Rowell, G, Sahakian, V, Samorski, M, Schilling, M, Siems, M, Sobzynska, D, Stamm, W, Tluczykont, M, Vitale, V, Völk, H. J, Wiedner, C. A, Wittek, W

“…The Crab supernova remnant has been observed regularly with the stereoscopic system of five imaging air Cerenkov telescopes that was part of the High Energy…”
Get full text

Impact of aerosols and adverse atmospheric conditions on the data quality for spectral analysis of the H.E.S.S. telescopes by Hahn, J., de los Reyes, R., Bernlöhr, K., Krüger, P., Lo, Y.T.E., Chadwick, P.M., Daniel, M.K., Deil, C., Gast, H., Kosack, K., Marandon, V.

“…The Earth’s atmosphere is an integral part of the detector in ground-based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope (IACT) experiments and has to be taken into…”
Get full text

The H.E.S.S. Survey of the Inner Galaxy in Very High Energy Gamma Rays by Aharonian, F, Akhperjanian, A. G, Bazer-Bachi, A. R, Beilicke, M, Benbow, W, Berge, D, Bernlöhr, K, Boisson, C, Bolz, O, Borrel, V, Braun, I, Breitling, F, Brown, A. M, Chadwick, P. M, Chounet, L.-M, Cornils, R, Costamante, L, Degrange, B, Dickinson, H. J, Djannati-Ataï, A, Drury, L. O’C, Dubus, G, Emmanoulopoulos, D, Espigat, P, Feinstein, F, Fontaine, G, Fuchs, Y, Funk, S, Gallant, Y. A, Giebels, B, Gillessen, S, Glicenstein, J. F, Goret, P, Hadjichristidis, C, Hauser, M, Heinzelmann, G, Henri, G, Hermann, G, Hinton, J. A, Hofmann, W, Holleran, M, Horns, D, Jacholkowska, A, de Jager, O. C, Khélifi, B, Komin, Nu, Konopelko, A, Latham, I. J, Le Gallou, R, Lemière, A, Lemoine-Goumard, M, Leroy, N, Lohse, T, Martin, J. M, Martineau-Huynh, O, Marcowith, A, Masterson, C, McComb, T. J. L, de Naurois, M, Nolan, S. J, Noutsos, A, Orford, K. J, Osborne, J. L, Ouchrif, M, Panter, M, Pelletier, G, Pita, S, Pühlhofer, G, Punch, M, Raubenheimer, B. C, Raue, M, Raux, J, Rayner, S. M, Reimer, A, Reimer, O, Ripken, J, Rob, L, Rolland, L, Rowell, G, Sahakian, V, Saugé, L, Schlenker, S, Schlickeiser, R, Schuster, C, Schwanke, U, Siewert, M, Sol, H, Spangler, D, Steenkamp, R, Stegmann, C, Tavernet, J.-P, Terrier, R, Théoret, C. G, Tluczykont, M, Vasileiadis, G, Venter, C, Vincent, P, Völk, H. J, Wagner, S. J

“…We report on a survey of the inner part of the Galactic plane in very high energy gamma rays with the H.E.S.S. Cerenkov telescope system. The Galactic plane…”
Get full text

A non-parametric approach to infer the energy spectrum and the mass composition of cosmic rays by Antoni, T., Apel, W.D., Badea, F., Bekk, K., Bernlöhr, K., Blümer, H., Bollmann, E., Bozdog, H., Brancus, I.M., Büttner, C., Chilingarian, A., Daumiller, K., Doll, P., Engler, J., Feßler, F., Gils, H.J., Glasstetter, R., Haeusler, R., Hafemann, W., Haungs, A., Heck, D., Hörandel, J.R., Holst, T., Kampert, K.-H., Kempa, J., Klages, H.O., Knapp, J., Maier, G., Mathes, H.J., Mayer, H.J., Milke, J., Mühlenberg, D., Müller, M., Oehlschläger, J., Petcu, M., Rebel, H., Risse, M., Roth, M., Schatz, G., Scholz, J., Thouw, T., Ulrich, H., Vardanyan, A., Vulpescu, B., Weber, J.H., Wentz, J., Wiegert, T., Wochele, J., Zabierowski, J., Zagromski, S.

“…The experiment KASCADE observes simultaneously the electron–photon, muon, and hadron components of high-energy extensive air showers (EAS). The analysis of EAS…”
Get full text

Influence of the geomagnetic field on the IACT detection technique for possible sites of CTA observatories by Szanecki, M., Bernlöhr, K., Sobczyńska, D., Niedźwiecki, A., Sitarek, J., Bednarek, W.

“…We investigate the influence of the geomagnetic field (GF) on the Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope technique for two northern (Tenerife and San Pedro Martir)…”
Get full text

The trigger system of the H.E.S.S. telescope array by Funk, S., Hermann, G., Hinton, J., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Hofmann, W., Nayman, P., Toussenel, F., Vincent, P.

“…H.E.S.S.—The High Energy Stereoscopic System—is a new system of large atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes for GeV/TeV γ-ray astronomy. This paper describes the…”
Get full text

Simultaneous X-Ray and TeV Gamma-Ray Observation of the TeV Blazar Markarian 421 during 2000 February and May by Krawczynski, H, Sambruna, R, Kohnle, A, Coppi, P. S, Aharonian, F, Akhperjanian, A, Barrio, J, Bernlöhr, K, Börst, H, Bojahr, H, Bolz, O, Contreras, J, Cortina, J, Denninghoff, S, Fonseca, V, Gonzalez, J, Götting, N, Heinzelmann, G, Hermann, G, Heusler, A, Hofmann, W, Horns, D, Ibarra, A, Jung, I, Kankanyan, R, Kestel, M, Kettler, J, Konopelko, A, Kornmeyer, H, Kranich, D, Lampeitl, H, Lorenz, E, Lucarelli, F, Magnussen, N, Mang, O, Meyer, H, Mirzoyan, R, Moralejo, A, Padilla, L, Panter, M, Plaga, R, Plyasheshnikov, A, Pühlhofer, G, Rauterberg, G, Röhring, A, Rhode, W, Rowell, G, Sahakian, V, Samorski, M, Schilling, M, Schröder, F, Siems, M, Stamm, W, Tluczykont, M, Völk, H. J, Wiedner, C. A, Wittek, W

Get full text

A very-high-energy component deep in the [gamma]-ray burst afterglow by Abdalla, H, Adam, R, Aharonian, F, Ait Benkhali, F, Angüner, E. O, Arakawa, M, Arcaro, C

“…Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are brief flashes of [gamma]-rays and are considered to be the most energetic explosive phenomena in the Universe.sup.1. The emission…”
Get full text

Prospects for Cherenkov Telescope Array Observations of the Young Supernova Remnant RX J1713.7−3946 by Acero, F., Aloisio, R., Amato, E., Amans, J., Antonelli, L. A., Aramo, C., Armstrong, T., Arqueros, F., Barrio, J. A., Asano, K., Ashley, M., Backes, M., Balazs, C., Balzer, A., Bamba, A., Barkov, M., Benbow, W., Bernlöhr, K., others, and

“…We perform simulations for future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observations of RX J1713.7−3946, a young supernova remnant (SNR) and one of the brightest…”
Get full text

The optical system of the H.E.S.S. imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Part II: mirror alignment and point spread function by Cornils, R., Gillessen, S., Jung, I., Hofmann, W., Beilicke, M., Bernlöhr, K., Carrol, O., Elfahem, S., Heinzelmann, G., Hermann, G., Horns, D., Kankanyan, R., Katona, A., Krawczynski, H., Panter, M., Rayner, S., Rowell, G., Tluczykont, M., van Staa, R.

“…Mirror facets of the high energy stereoscopic system imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes are aligned using stars imaged onto the closed lid of the…”
Get full text

Electron, muon, and hadron lateral distributions measured in air showers by the KASCADE experiment by Antoni, T, Apel, W.D, Badea, F, Bekk, K, Bernlöhr, K, Blümer, H, Bollmann, E, Bozdog, H, Brancus, I.M, Chilingarian, A, Daumiller, K, Doll, P, Engler, J, Feßler, F, Gils, H.J, Glasstetter, R, Haeusler, R, Hafemann, W, Haungs, A, Heck, D, Holst, T, Hörandel, J.R, Kampert, K.-H, Kempa, J, Klages, H.O, Knapp, J, Martello, D, Mathes, H.J, Mayer, H.J, Milke, J, Mühlenberg, D, Oehlschläger, J, Petcu, M, Rebel, H, Risse, M, Roth, M, Schatz, G, Schmidt, F.K, Thouw, T, Ulrich, H, Vardanyan, A, Vulpescu, B, Weber, J.H, Wentz, J, Wiegert, T, Wochele, J, Zabierowski, J

“…Measurements of electron, muon and hadron lateral distributions of extensive air showers as recorded in the Karlsruhe shower core and array detector experiment…”
Get full text

Publisher Correction: Resolving acceleration to very high energies along the jet of Centaurus A by Abdalla, H., Adam, R., Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Angüner, E. O., Arakawa, M., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Barbosa Martins, V., Barnard, M., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Blackwell, R., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Bonnefoy, S., Bregeon, J., Breuhaus, M., Brun, F., Brun, P., Bryan, M., Büchele, M., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Capasso, M., Caroff, S., Carosi, A., Casanova, S., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Colafrancesco, S., Curyło, M., Davids, I. D., Deil, C., Devin, J., deWilt, P., Dirson, L., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Drury, L. O’C., Dyks, J., Egberts, K., Emery, G., Ernenwein, J.-P., Eschbach, S., Feijen, K., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Füßling, M., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Gaté, F., Giavitto, G., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Gottschall, D., Grondin, M.-H., Hahn, J., Haupt, M., Heinzelmann, G., Henri, G., Hermann, G., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huber, D., Iwasaki, H., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, D., Jankowsky, F., Jardin-Blicq, A., Jung-Richardt, I., Kastendieck, M. A., Katarzyński, K., Katsuragawa, M., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Khélifi, B., King, J., Klepser, S., Kluźniak, W., Komin, N., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Kraus, M., Lamanna, G., Lau, J.

“…An Amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
Get full text

The TeV Energy Spectrum of Markarian 501 Measured with the Stereoscopic Telescope System of HEGRA during 1998 and 1999 by Aharonian, F, Akhperjanian, A, Barrio, J, Bernlöhr, K, Börst, H, Bojahr, H, Bolz, O, Contreras, J, Cortina, J, Denninghoff, S, Fonseca, V, Gonzalez, J, Götting, N, Heinzelmann, G, Hermann, G, Heusler, A, Hofmann, W, Horns, D, Iserlohe, C, Ibarra, A, Jung, I, Kankanyan, R, Kestel, M, Kettler, J, Kohnle, A, Konopelko, A, Kornmeyer, H, Kranich, D, Krawczynski, H, Lampeitl, H, Lorenz, E, Lucarelli, F, Magnussen, N, Mang, O, Meyer, H, Mirzoyan, R, Moralejo, A, Padilla, L, Panter, M, Plaga, R, Plyasheshnikov, A, Prahl, J, Pühlhofer, G, Röhring, A, Rhode, W, Rowell, G. P, Sahakian, V, Samorski, M, Schilling, M, Schröder, F, Siems, M, Stamm, W, Tluczykont, M, Völk, H, Wiedner, C, Wittek, W

Get full text

Changes of the cosmic-ray mass composition in the 1014–1016 eV energy range by Bernlöhr, K., Hofmann, W., Leffers, G., Matheis, V., Panter, M., Zink, R.

Get full text