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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 73: Gammaastronomie II

T 73.4: Talk

Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 17:35–17:50, KGII-HS 2006

The H.E.S.S. survey of the Galactic plane — •Stefan Hoppe and Ryan Chaves for the H.E.S.S. collaboration — Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), located in the Khomas Highlands of Namibia, is an array of four imaging atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes designed to detect γ-rays in the very high energy (VHE; > 100 GeV) domain. Its high sensitivity and large field of view (5 deg.) make it an ideal instrument to perform a survey within the Galactic plane for new VHE sources. Previous observations in 2004/2005 resulted in numerous detections of VHE gamma-ray emitters in the region l = 330 deg. - 30 deg. Galactic longitude. In the recent years the survey was extended, covering the regions l = 280 deg. - 330 deg. and l = 30 deg. - 60 deg., leading to the discovery of several previously unknown sources. The current status of the survey will be presented.