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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 VERITAS. 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
WaveLFreqPhoton
Energy		  
12×10-21m24×1027Hz100TeVbeginHigh Energy Stereoscopic System
41×10-18m7.3YHz0.03TeVendHigh Energy Stereoscopic System
PrefixExample  
HESSHESS J1731-347 

Referenced by pages:
Africa Millimetre Telescope (AMT)
Cherenkov detector
gamma rays (GR)
imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope (IACT)
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