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arxiv: 0902.1561 · v1 · pith:3GJABZSS · submitted 2009-02-10 · astro-ph.HE

Gamma-ray burst observations with H.E.S.S

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The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) consists of four Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) in Namibia for the detection of cosmic very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-rays. Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the potential VHE gamma-ray sources. VHE gamma-emission from GRBs is predicted by many GRB models. Because of its generally fast-fading nature in many wavebands, the time evolution of any VHE gamma-radiation is still unknown. In order to probe the largely unexplored VHE gamma-ray spectra of GRBs, a GRB observing program has been set up by the H.E.S.S. collaboration. With the high sensitivity of the H.E.S.S. array, VHE gamma-ray flux levels predicted by GRB models are well within reach. We report the H.E.S.S. observations of and results from some of the reported GRB positions during March 2003 - May 2006.

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