H.E.S.S. Observations of Pulsars -- Cosmic Accelerators Probed by Very-High-Energy Gamma Rays

by SCHLENKER, S. (CERN)

Monday 6 Nov 2006, 16:30 → 17:30 Europe/Zurich

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

Rapidly spinning neutron stars -- pulsars -- are associated with sources of highly energetic radiation which extends to photon energies of several TeV. The characteristics of the very-high-energy gamma ray emission indicates efficient particle acceleration in the vicinity of the pulsar which is thought to be powered by the loss of the pulsar's rotational energy. Recently, the H.E.S.S. experiment, a system of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes dedicated to the detection of gamma rays with energies between 100 GeV and 100 TeV, discovered numerous pulsar-associated TeV gamma ray sources allowing for detailed studies of the high energy emission and possible particle acceleration mechanisms. In this talk, H.E.S.S. results on selected pulsars will be presented and discussed in the context of pulsar high-energy physics.

Organiser(s): M. Mulders / PH-EP

Note: * Tea & coffee will be served at 16:00.

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