Very high energy γ-ray observations of the binary PSR B1259-63/SS2883 around the 2007 Periastron

Aharonian, F.; G. Akhperjanian, A.; Akhperjanian, Ag G.; R. Bazer-Bachi, A.; Anton, G.; Barres De Almeida, U.; Bazer-Bachi, Ar R.; Becherini, Y.; Behera, B.; Bernlöhr, K.; Bochow, A.; Boisson, C.; Bolmont, J.; Borrel, V.; M. Chadwick, P.; Brucker, J.; Brun, F.; Brun, P.; Bühler, R.; C. G. Chaves, R.; Bulik, T.; Büsching, I.; Boutelier, T.; Chadwick, Pm M.; Charbonnier, A.; Chaves, Rcg C. G.; Cheesebrough, A.; C. Clapson, A.; Chounet, L.-M.; Clapson, Ac C.; Coignet, G.; Dalton, M.; K. Daniel, M.; Daniel, Mk K.; Davids, Id D.; Degrange, B.; Deil, C.; D. Davids, I.; Dickinson, Hj J.; Djannati-Ataï, A.; Domainko, W.; Drury, L. O.-'.-C; Dubois, F.; Dubus, G.; J. Dickinson, H.; Dyks, J.; Dyrda, M.; O.-'.-C. Drury, L.; Egberts, K.; Emmanoulopoulos, D.; Espigat, P.; Farnier, C.; Feinstein, F.; Fiasson, A.; Förster, A.; Fontaine, G.; Füßling, M.; Gabici, S.; Gallant, Ya A.; Gérard, L.; Gerbig, D.; Giebels, B.; Glicenstein, Jf F.; F. Glicenstein, J.; Glück, B.; Goret, P.; Oc, De Jager; Göring, D.; Hauser, D.; Hauser, M.; Heinz, S.; Heinzelmann, G.; Henri, G.; Hermann, G.; Hinton, Ja A.; Hoffmann, A.; Hofmann, W.; Holleran, M.; Hoppe, S.; A. Hinton, J.; Horns, D.; Jacholkowska, A.; de Jager, O. C.; C. De Jager, O.; Jahn, C.; Jung, I.; Katarzyński, K.; Katz, U.; Kaufmann, S.; Kerschhaggl, M.; Khangulyan, D.; Khélifi, B.; Keogh, D.; Klochkov, D.; Kluźniak, W.; Kneiske, T.; Komin, N.-U.; Kosack, K.; Kossakowski, R.; Lamanna, G.; Lenain, J.-P.; Lohse, T.; Marandon, V.; Martineau-Huynh, O.; Marcowith, A.; Masbou, J.; Maurin, D.; McComb, Tjl J. L.; J. L. Mccomb, T.; Medina, Mc C.; Moderski, R.; Moulin, E.; Naumann-Godo, M.; de Naurois, M.; C. Medina, M.; Nedbal, D.; Nekrassov, D.; Nicholas, B.; Niemiec, J.; Nolan, Sj J.; Ohm, S.; Olive, J.-F.; de Oña Wilhelmi, E.; O'Drury, Lc; Orford, Kj J.; J. Nolan, S.; Ostrowski, M.; Panter, M.; J. Orford, K.; Paz Arribas, M.; Pedaletti, G.; Pelletier, G.; Petrucci, P.-O.; Pita, S.; Pühlhofer, G.; Punch, M.; Quirrenbach, A.; Raubenheimer, Bc C.; Raue, M.; Rayner, Sm M.; Renaud, M.; C. Raubenheimer, B.; Rieger, F.; Ripken, J.; M. Rayner, S.; Rob, L.; Rosier-Lees, S.; Rowell, G.; B. Rulten, C.; Rudak, B.; Rulten, Cb B.; Ruppel, J.; Sahakian, V.; M. Schöck, F.; Santangelo, A.; Schlickeiser, R.; Schöck, Fm M.; Schwanke, U.; Schwarzburg, S.; Schwemmer, S.; Shalchi, A.; Sikora, M.; Sol, H.; L. Skilton, J.; Skilton, Jl L.; Spangler, D.; Stawarz, Ł.; Steenkamp, R.; Stegmann, C.; Stinzing, F.; Superina, G.; Szostek, A.; Tam, Ph H.; Tavernet, J.-P.; Terrier, R.; Tibolla, O.; van Eldik, C.; Tluczykont, M.; H. Tam, P.; Vasileiadis, G.; Venter, C.; Venter, L.; Vialle, Jp P.; Vincent, P.; Vivier, M.; Völk, Hj J.; J. Völk, H.; Volpe, F.; Wagner, Sj J.; J. Wagner, S.; Ward, M.; A. Zdziarski, A.; Zdziarski, Aa A.; Zech, A.

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DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912339

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@article{Aharonian2009,
  abstract = {Aims. This article presents very-high-energy (VHE; E &gt; 100 GeV) data from the $γ$-ray binary PSR B1259-63 as taken during the years 2005, 2006 and before as well as shortly after the 2007 periastron passage. These data extend the knowledge of the lightcurve of this object to all phases of the 3.4 year binary orbit. The lightcurve constrains physical mechanisms present in this TeV source. Methods. Observations of VHE $γ$-rays with the HESS telescope array using the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique were performed. The HESS instrument features an angular resolution of },
  author = {Aharonian, F. and G. Akhperjanian, A. and Akhperjanian, Ag G. and R. Bazer-Bachi, A. and Anton, G. and Barres De Almeida, U. and Bazer-Bachi, Ar R. and Becherini, Y. and Behera, B. and Bernlöhr, K. and Bochow, A. and Boisson, C. and Bolmont, J. and Borrel, V. and M. Chadwick, P. and Brucker, J. and Brun, F. and Brun, P. and Bühler, R. and C. G. Chaves, R. and Bulik, T. and Büsching, I. and Boutelier, T. and Chadwick, Pm M. and Charbonnier, A. and Chaves, Rcg C. G. and Cheesebrough, A. and C. Clapson, A. and Chounet, L.-M. and Clapson, Ac C. and Coignet, G. and Dalton, M. and K. Daniel, M. and Daniel, Mk K. and Davids, Id D. and Degrange, B. and Deil, C. and D. Davids, I. and Dickinson, Hj J. and Djannati-Ataï, A. and Domainko, W. and Drury, L. O.-'.-C and Dubois, F. and Dubus, G. and J. Dickinson, H. and Dyks, J. and Dyrda, M. and O.-'.-C. Drury, L. and Egberts, K. and Emmanoulopoulos, D. and Espigat, P. and Farnier, C. and Feinstein, F. and Fiasson, A. and Förster, A. and Fontaine, G. and Füßling, M. and Gabici, S. and Gallant, Ya A. and Gérard, L. and Gerbig, D. and Giebels, B. and Glicenstein, Jf F. and F. Glicenstein, J. and Glück, B. and Goret, P. and Oc, De Jager and Göring, D. and Hauser, D. and Hauser, M. and Heinz, S. and Heinzelmann, G. and Henri, G. and Hermann, G. and Hinton, Ja A. and Hoffmann, A. and Hofmann, W. and Holleran, M. and Hoppe, S. and A. Hinton, J. and Horns, D. and Jacholkowska, A. and de Jager, O. C. and C. De Jager, O. and Jahn, C. and Jung, I. and Katarzyński, K. and Katz, U. and Kaufmann, S. and Kerschhaggl, M. and Khangulyan, D. and Khélifi, B. and Keogh, D. and Klochkov, D. and Kluźniak, W. and Kneiske, T. and Komin, N.-U. and Kosack, K. and Kossakowski, R. and Lamanna, G. and Lenain, J.-P. and Lohse, T. and Marandon, V. and Martineau-Huynh, O. and Marcowith, A. and Masbou, J. and Maurin, D. and McComb, Tjl J. L. and J. L. Mccomb, T. and Medina, Mc C. and Moderski, R. and Moulin, E. and Naumann-Godo, M. and de Naurois, M. and C. Medina, M. and Nedbal, D. and Nekrassov, D. and Nicholas, B. and Niemiec, J. and Nolan, Sj J. and Ohm, S. and Olive, J.-F. and de Oña Wilhelmi, E. and O'Drury, Lc and Orford, Kj J. and J. Nolan, S. and Ostrowski, M. and Panter, M. and J. Orford, K. and Paz Arribas, M. and Pedaletti, G. and Pelletier, G. and Petrucci, P.-O. and Pita, S. and Pühlhofer, G. and Punch, M. and Quirrenbach, A. and Raubenheimer, Bc C. and Raue, M. and Rayner, Sm M. and Renaud, M. and C. Raubenheimer, B. and Rieger, F. and Ripken, J. and M. Rayner, S. and Rob, L. and Rosier-Lees, S. and Rowell, G. and B. Rulten, C. and Rudak, B. and Rulten, Cb B. and Ruppel, J. and Sahakian, V. and M. Schöck, F. and Santangelo, A. and Schlickeiser, R. and Schöck, Fm M. and Schwanke, U. and Schwarzburg, S. and Schwemmer, S. and Shalchi, A. and Sikora, M. and Sol, H. and L. Skilton, J. and Skilton, Jl L. and Spangler, D. and Stawarz, Ł. and Steenkamp, R. and Stegmann, C. and Stinzing, F. and Superina, G. and Szostek, A. and Tam, Ph H. and Tavernet, J.-P. and Terrier, R. and Tibolla, O. and van Eldik, C. and Tluczykont, M. and H. Tam, P. and Vasileiadis, G. and Venter, C. and Venter, L. and Vialle, Jp P. and Vincent, P. and Vivier, M. and Völk, Hj J. and J. Völk, H. and Volpe, F. and Wagner, Sj J. and J. Wagner, S. and Ward, M. and A. Zdziarski, A. and Zdziarski, Aa A. and Zech, A.},
  doi = {10.1051/0004-6361/200912339},
  journal = {Astronomy & Astrophysics},
  month = {sep},
  pages = {389-396},
  title = {Very high energy γ-ray observations of the binary PSR B1259-63/SS2883 around the 2007 Periastron},
  url = {http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2009/43/aa12339-09.pdf},
  volume = {507},
  year = {2009}
}

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Very high energy γ-ray observations of the binary PSR B1259-63/SS2883 around the 2007 Periastron

Journal article published in 2009 by F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, Ag G. Akhperjanian, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, G. Anton, U. Barres De Almeida

, Ar R. Bazer-Bachi, Y. Becherini, B. Behera, K. Bernlöhr, A. Bochow, C. Boisson, J. Bolmont, V. Borrel, P. M. Chadwick and other authors. F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, Ag G. Akhperjanian, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, G. Anton, U. Barres De Almeida

, Ar R. Bazer-Bachi, Y. Becherini, B. Behera, K. Bernlöhr, A. Bochow, C. Boisson, J. Bolmont, V. Borrel, P. M. Chadwick, J. Brucker, F. Brun, P. Brun, R. Bühler, R. C. G. Chaves, T. Bulik

, I. Büsching, T. Boutelier, Pm M. Chadwick, A. Charbonnier, Rcg C. G. Chaves, A. Cheesebrough, A. C. Clapson, L.-M. Chounet, Ac C. Clapson, G. Coignet, M. Dalton, M. K. Daniel, Mk K. Daniel, Id D. Davids, B. Degrange, C. Deil, I. D. Davids, Hj J. Dickinson, A. Djannati-Ataï, W. Domainko, L. O.-'.-C Drury, F. Dubois, G. Dubus

, H. J. Dickinson, J. Dyks, M. Dyrda, L. O.-'.-C. Drury, K. Egberts, D. Emmanoulopoulos, P. Espigat, C. Farnier, F. Feinstein, A. Fiasson, A. Förster, G. Fontaine, M. Füßling, S. Gabici, Ya A. Gallant, L. Gérard, D. Gerbig, B. Giebels, Jf F. Glicenstein, J. F. Glicenstein, B. Glück, P. Goret, De Jager Oc, D. Göring, D. Hauser, M. Hauser, S. Heinz, G. Heinzelmann, G. Henri, G. Hermann, Ja A. Hinton, A. Hoffmann, W. Hofmann, M. Holleran, S. Hoppe, J. A. Hinton, D. Horns, A. Jacholkowska, O. C. de Jager, O. C. De Jager, C. Jahn, I. Jung, K. Katarzyński, U. Katz

, S. Kaufmann, M. Kerschhaggl, D. Khangulyan, B. Khélifi, D. Keogh, D. Klochkov, W. Kluźniak, T. Kneiske, N.-U. Komin, K. Kosack, R. Kossakowski, G. Lamanna, J.-P. Lenain, T. Lohse, V. Marandon, O. Martineau-Huynh, A. Marcowith, J. Masbou, D. Maurin, Tjl J. L. McComb, T. J. L. Mccomb, Mc C. Medina, R. Moderski

, E. Moulin, M. Naumann-Godo, M. de Naurois, M. C. Medina, D. Nedbal, D. Nekrassov, B. Nicholas, J. Niemiec, Sj J. Nolan, S. Ohm, J.-F. Olive, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, Lc O'Drury, Kj J. Orford, S. J. Nolan, M. Ostrowski, M. Panter, K. J. Orford, M. Paz Arribas, G. Pedaletti, G. Pelletier, P.-O. Petrucci, S. Pita, G. Pühlhofer, M. Punch, A. Quirrenbach, Bc C. Raubenheimer, M. Raue, Sm M. Rayner, M. Renaud, B. C. Raubenheimer, F. Rieger, J. Ripken, S. M. Rayner, L. Rob, S. Rosier-Lees, G. Rowell, C. B. Rulten, B. Rudak, Cb B. Rulten

, J. Ruppel, V. Sahakian, F. M. Schöck, A. Santangelo, R. Schlickeiser, Fm M. Schöck, U. Schwanke, S. Schwarzburg, S. Schwemmer, A. Shalchi, M. Sikora

, H. Sol, J. L. Skilton, Jl L. Skilton, D. Spangler, Ł. Stawarz, R. Steenkamp, C. Stegmann, F. Stinzing, G. Superina, A. Szostek, Ph H. Tam, J.-P. Tavernet, R. Terrier, O. Tibolla, C. van Eldik, M. Tluczykont, P. H. Tam, G. Vasileiadis, C. Venter, L. Venter, Jp P. Vialle, P. Vincent, M. Vivier, Hj J. Völk, H. J. Völk, F. Volpe, Sj J. Wagner, S. J. Wagner, M. Ward, A. A. Zdziarski, Aa A. Zdziarski, A. Zech

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Aims. This article presents very-high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) data from the $γ$-ray binary PSR B1259-63 as taken during the years 2005, 2006 and before as well as shortly after the 2007 periastron passage. These data extend the knowledge of the lightcurve of this object to all phases of the 3.4 year binary orbit. The lightcurve constrains physical mechanisms present in this TeV source. Methods. Observations of VHE $γ$-rays with the HESS telescope array using the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique were performed. The HESS instrument features an angular resolution of

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