High Energy Stereoscopic System
(HESS)
(ground gamma-ray telescope array)
The High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS)
is a Cherenkov gamma-ray telescope in Namibia consisting of
an array of ground-based telescopes
to detect Cherenkov radiation
resulting from high energy gamma rays,
in the same manner as the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA).
HESS went into operation in 2003 with a 2012 upgrade.
(gamma rays,telescope,Namibia,array,ground)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Energy_Stereoscopic_System
https://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/HESS/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023NIMPA105568442O/abstract
https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.04516
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004NewAR..48..331H/abstract
| WaveL | Freq | Photon
Energy | | |
| 12×10-21m | 24×1027Hz | 100TeV | begin | High Energy Stereoscopic System |
| 41×10-18m | 7.3YHz | 0.03TeV | end | High Energy Stereoscopic System |
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| Prefix | Example | | |
| HESS | HESS J1731-347 | | |
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Referenced by pages:
Africa Millimetre Telescope (AMT)
Cherenkov detector
gamma rays (GR)
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