Guy Pelletier
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
101 Papers
235 Citations
Guy Pelletier is an academic researcher from Centre national de la recherche scientifique. The author has contributed to research in topics: High Energy Stereoscopic System & Pulsar. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 101 publications. Previous affiliations of Guy Pelletier include Joseph Fourier University.
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An Exceptional Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Flare of PKS 2155-304
Felix Aharonian,A. G. Akhperjanian,A. R. Bazer-Bachi,M. Beilicke,Wystan Benbow,David Berge,Konrad Bernlöhr,Catherine Boisson,O. Bolz,V. Borrel,Ilana M. Braun,E. Brion,A. M. Brown,Rolf Bühler,I. Büsching,Timothé Boutelier,Svenja Carrigan,P. M. Chadwick,L.-M. Chounet,G. Coignet,R. Cornils,Luigi Costamante,B. Degrange,Hugh Dickinson,A. Djannati-Ataï,L. O'Connor-Drury,Guillaume Dubus,Kathrin Egberts,Dimitrios Emmanoulopoulos,P. Espigat,C. Farnier,F. Feinstein,E. Ferrero,A. Fiasson,G. Fontaine,Seb. Funk,M. Fuling,Y. A. Gallant,B. Giebels,J.F. Glicenstein,B. Glück,P. Goret,C. Hadjichristidis,D. Hauser,M. Hauser,G. Heinzelmann,Gilles Henri,German Hermann,Jim Hinton,A. Hoffmann,Werner Hofmann,M. Holleran,S. Hoppe,Dieter Horns,A. Jacholkowska,O. C. de Jager,Eckhard Kendziorra,M. Kerschhaggl,B. Khélifi,Nu. Komin,K. Kosack,G. Lamanna,I. J. Latham,R. Le Gallou,Anne Lemiere,M. Lemoine-Goumard,Thomas Lohse,Jean Michel Martin,Olivier Martineau-Huynh,A. Marcowith,Conor Masterson,Gilles Maurin,T. J. L. McComb,Emmanuel Moulin,M. de Naurois,D. Nedbal,S. J. Nolan,A. Noutsos,J.-P. Olive,K. J. Orford,J. L. Osborne,M. Panter,Guy Pelletier,P.-O. Petrucci,S. Pita,G. Pühlhofer,Michael Punch,S. Ranchon,B. C. Raubenheimer,M. Raue,S. M. Rayner,A. Reimer,Olaf Reimer,J. Ripken,L. Rob,L. Rolland,S. Rosier-Lees,Gavin Rowell,V. Sahakian,Andrea Santangelo,L. Saugé,S. Schlenker,Reinhard Schlickeiser,R. Schröder,U. Schwanke,S. Schwarzburg,S. Schwemmer,A. Shalchi,Helene Sol,D. Spangler,Felix Spanier,R. Steenkamp,C. Stegmann,G. Superina,P. H. Tam,J. P. Tavernet,Regis Terrier,M. Tluczykont,C. van Eldik,G. Vasileiadis,Christo Venter,J. P. Vialle,P. Vincent,Heinrich J. Völk,Stefan Wagner,Martin Ward +125 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the average flux observed during an extreme gamma-ray outburst is I(>200 GeV) = (1.72$\pm$$0.05_{\rm stat}
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A low level of extragalactic background light as revealed by gamma-rays from blazars.
Felix Aharonian,A. G. Akhperjanian,A. R. Bazer-Bachi,M. Beilicke,Wystan Benbow,David Berge,Konrad Bernlöhr,Konrad Bernlöhr,Catherine Boisson,O. Bolz,V. Borrel,Ilana M. Braun,F. Breitling,A. M. Brown,P. M. Chadwick,L.-M. Chounet,R. Cornils,Luigi Costamante,B. Degrange,Hugh Dickinson,A. Djannati-Ataï,L. O'c. Drury,Guillaume Dubus,Dimitrios Emmanoulopoulos,P. Espigat,F. Feinstein,G. Fontaine,Y. Fuchs,Stefan Funk,Y. A. Gallant,B. Giebels,Stefan Gillessen,J. F. Glicenstein,P. Goret,C. Hadjichristidis,D. Hauser,M. Hauser,G. Heinzelmann,Gilles Henri,G. Hermann,Jim Hinton,Werner Hofmann,M. Holleran,Dieter Horns,A. Jacholkowska,O. C. de Jager,B. Khélifi,Sven Klages,Nu. Komin,A. Konopelko,I. J. Latham,R. Le Gallou,Anne Lemiere,M. Lemoine-Goumard,N. Leroy,Thomas Lohse,Jean Michel Martin,O. Martineau-Huynh,A. Marcowith,Conor Masterson,T. J. L. McComb,M. de Naurois,S. J. Nolan,A. Noutsos,K. J. Orford,J. L. Osborne,M. Ouchrif,M. Panter,Guy Pelletier,S. Pita,G. Pühlhofer,Michael Punch,B. C. Raubenheimer,Martin Raue,J. Raux,S. M. Rayner,A. Reimer,Olaf Reimer,J. Ripken,L. Rob,L. Rolland,Gavin Rowell,V. Sahakian,L. Saugé,S. Schlenker,Reinhard Schlickeiser,C. Schuster,Ullrich Schwanke,M. Siewert,Helene Sol,D. Spangler,R. Steenkamp,C. Stegmann,J.-P. Tavernet,Regis Terrier,C. G. Théoret,M. Tluczykont,C. van Eldik,G. Vasileiadis,Christo Venter,P. Vincent,Heinrich J. Völk,Stefan Wagner +102 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an alternative approach is proposed based on the detection and identification of EBL absorption features in high-energy spectra of objects of known redshift, which provides the most stringent upper limit to date on the EBL in the Opt-NIR band, which appears significantly lower than expected from the current direct estimates and very close to the absolute lower limit represented by the integrated light of resolved galaxies.
Discovery of very-high-energy |[gamma]|-rays from the Galactic Centre ridge
Felix Aharonian,A. G. Akhperjanian,A. R. Bazer-Bachi,M. Beilicke,Wystan Benbow,David Berge,Konrad Bernlöhr,Konrad Bernlöhr,Catherine Boisson,O. Bolz,V. Borrel,Ilana M. Braun,F. Breitling,A. M. Brown,P. M. Chadwick,L.-M. Chounet,R. Cornils,Luigi Costamante,B. Degrange,Hugh Dickinson,A. Djannati-Ataï,L. O'c. Drury,Guillaume Dubus,Dimitrios Emmanoulopoulos,P. Espigat,F. Feinstein,G. Fontaine,Y. Fuchs,Stefan Funk,Y. A. Gallant,B. Giebels,Stefan Gillessen,J. F. Glicenstein,P. Goret,C. Hadjichristidis,D. Hauser,M. Hauser,G. Heinzelmann,Gilles Henri,G. Hermann,Jim Hinton,Werner Hofmann,M. Holleran,Dieter Horns,A. Jacholkowska,O. C. de Jager,B. Khélifi,Sven Klages,Nu. Komin,A. Konopelko,I. J. Latham,R. Le Gallou,A. Lemiere,M. Lemoine-Goumard,N. Leroy,Thomas Lohse,A. Marcowith,Jean Michel Martin,O. Martineau-Huynh,Conor Masterson,T. J. L. McComb,M. de Naurois,S. J. Nolan,A. Noutsos,K. J. Orford,J. L. Osborne,M. Ouchrif,M. Panter,Guy Pelletier,S. Pita,G. Pühlhofer,Michael Punch,B. C. Raubenheimer,Martin Raue,J. Raux,S. M. Rayner,A. Reimer,Olaf Reimer,J. Ripken,L. Rob,L. Rolland,Gavin Rowell,V. Sahakian,L. Saugé,S. Schlenker,Reinhard Schlickeiser,C. Schuster,Ullrich Schwanke,M. Siewert,Helene Sol,D. Spangler,R. Steenkamp,C. Stegmann,J.-P. Tavernet,Regis Terrier,C. G. Théoret,M. Tluczykont,C. van Eldik,G. Vasileiadis,Christo Venter,P. Vincent,Heinrich J. Völk,Stefan Wagner +102 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a very high-energy γ-ray emission from the Galactic Centre region has been measured using HESS, the High Energy Stereoscopic System recently constructed in Namibia, South West Africa.
High-energy particle acceleration in the shell of a supernova remnant.
Felix Aharonian,A. G. Akhperjanian,Klaus-Michael Aye,A. R. Bazer-Bachi,M. Beilicke,Wystan Benbow,David Berge,P. Berghaus,P. Berghaus,Konrad Bernlöhr,Konrad Bernlöhr,O. Bolz,Catherine Boisson,C. Borgmeier,F. Breitling,A. M. Brown,J. Bussons Gordo,P. M. Chadwick,V. R. Chitnis,V. R. Chitnis,L-M. Chounet,R. Cornils,Luigi Costamante,B. Degrange,A. Djannati-Ataï,L. O'c. Drury,Tulun Ergin,P. Espigat,F. Feinstein,P. Fleury,G. Fontaine,Stefan Funk,Y. A. Gallant,B. Giebels,Stefan Gillessen,P. Goret,Julien Guy,Julien Guy,C. Hadjichristidis,M. Hauser,G. Heinzelmann,Gilles Henri,German Hermann,Jim Hinton,Werner Hofmann,M. Holleran,Dieter Horns,O. C. de Jager,I. Jung,I. Jung,B. Khélifi,Nu. Komin,A. Konopelko,A. Konopelko,I. J. Latham,R. Le Gallou,M. Lemoine,A. Lemière,N. Leroy,Thomas Lohse,A. Marcowith,Conor Masterson,T. J. L. McComb,M. de Naurois,M. de Naurois,S. J. Nolan,A. Noutsos,K. J. Orford,J. L. Osborne,M. Ouchrif,M. Ouchrif,M. Panter,Guy Pelletier,S. Pita,Martin Pohl,Martin Pohl,G. Pühlhofer,Michael Punch,B. C. Raubenheimer,M. Raue,J. Raux,J. Raux,S. M. Rayner,I. Redondo,I. Redondo,A. Reimer,Olaf Reimer,J. Ripken,M. Rivoal,M. Rivoal,L. Rob,L. Rolland,L. Rolland,Gavin Rowell,V. Sahakian,L. Saugé,S. Schlenker,Reinhard Schlickeiser,C. Schuster,U. Schwanke,M. Siewert,Helene Sol,R. Steenkamp,C. Stegmann,J.-P. Tavernet,J.-P. Tavernet,C. G. Théoret,M. Tluczykont,D. J. van der Walt,G. Vasileiadis,P. Vincent,P. Vincent,B. Visser,Heinrich J. Völk,Stefan Wagner +114 more
TL;DR: A TeV γ-ray image of the SNR shows the spatially resolved remnant has a shell morphology similar to that seen in X-rays, which demonstrates that very-high-energy particles are accelerated there, consistent with current ideas of particle acceleration in young SNR shocks.
Acceleration of petaelectronvolt protons in the Galactic Centre
A. Abramowski,Felix Aharonian,Faical Ait Benkhali,A. G. Akhperjanian,E. O. Anguener,Michael Backes,A. Balzer,Yvonne Becherini,J. Becker Tjus,David Berge,S. Bernhard,K. Bernloehr,E. Birsin,R. Blackwell,Markus Boettcher,Catherine Boisson,J. Bolmont,Pol Bordas Coma,Johan Bregeon,Francois Brun,Pierre Brun,M. Bryan,Tomasz Bulik,J. Carr,Sabrina Casanova,Nachiketa Chakraborty,R. Chalme-Calvet,R. C. G. Chaves,A. W. Chen,M. Chrétien,S. Colafrancesco,G. Cologna,Jan Conrad,C. Couturier,Y. Cui,I. D. Davids,B. Degrange,Christoph Deil,P. deWilt,A. Djannati-Ata,W. Domainko,Axel Donath,L. O'c. Drury,Guillaume Dubus,K. Dutson,J. Dyks,M. Dyrda,Tanya Edwards,K. Egberts,Peter Eger,J.-P. Ernenwein,P. Espigat,C. Farnier,S. J. Fegan,F. Feinstein,M. V. Fernandes,D. Fernandez,A. Fiasson,G. Fontaine,A. Förster,M. Fuessling,Stefano Gabici,M. Gajdus,Y. A. Gallant,T. Garrigoux,Gianluca Giavitto,B. Giebels,J. F. Glicenstein,D. Gottschall,Arti Goyal,M. H. Grondin,M. Grudzińska,D. Hadasch,S. Haeffner,Joachim Hahn,J. Hawkes,G. Heinzelmann,Gilles Henri,G. Hermann,O. Hervet,Andreas Hillert,Jim Hinton,Werner Hofmann,Petter Hofverberg,Clemens Hoischen,M. Holler,Dieter Horns,A. Ivascenko,A. Jacholkowska,Marek Jamrozy,M. Janiak,Felix Jankowsky,I. Jung-Richardt,M. A. Kastendieck,K. Katarzyński,Uli Katz,D. Kerszberg,Bruno Khelifi,M. Kieffer,S. Klepser,D. Klochkov,W. Kluzniak,D. Kolitzus,Nu. Komin,K. Kosack,S. Krakau,F. Krayzel,P. P. Krueger,H. Laffon,G. Lamanna,J. Lau,J. Lefaucheur,V. Lefranc,A. Lemiere,M. Lemoine-Goumard,J-P. Lenain,Thomas Lohse,A. Lopatin,C-C Lu,R. Lui,Vincent Marandon,Alexandre Marcowith,C. Mariaud,Ramin Marx,Gilles Maurin,N. Maxted,M. Mayer,P. J. Meintjes,U. Menzler,Manuel Meyer,Alison Mitchell,Rafał Moderski,M. Mohamed,K. Morå,Emmanuel Moulin,Thomas Murach,M. de Naurois,Jacek Niemiec,L. Oakes,H. Odaka,S. Oettl,Stefan Ohm,B. Opitz,Michał Ostrowski,Igor Oya,M. Panter,R. D. Parsons,M. Paz Arribas,N. W. Pekeur,Guy Pelletier,P-O. Petrucci,B. Peyaud,Santiago Pita,Helen Poon,Heike Prokoph,G. Puehlhofer,Michael Punch,Andreas Quirrenbach,S. Raab,I. Reichardt,A. Reimer,Olaf Reimer,M. Renaud,Raquel de los Reyes,Frank M. Rieger,C. Romoli,S. Rosier-Lees,Gavin Rowell,B. Rudak,C. B. Rulten,V. Sahakian,David Salek,David Sánchez,Andrea Santangelo,Manami Sasaki,Reinhard Schlickeiser,F. Schuessler,André Schulz,Ullrich Schwanke,S. Schwemmer,A. S. Seyffert,Rachel Simoni,Helene Sol,Felix Spanier,G. Spengler,F. Spies,Lukasz Stawarz,R. Steenkamp,Christian Stegmann,F. Stinzing,K. Stycz,I. Sushch,J.-P. Tavernet,T. Tavernier,Andrew M. Taylor,Regis Terrier,M. Tluczykont,C. Trichard,Richard J. Tuffs,K. Valerius,J.L. Van der Walt,C. van Eldik,B. van Soelen,G. Vasileiadis,J. Veh,Christo Venter,Aion Viana,P. Vincent,Jacco Vink,F. Voisin,H. J. Voelk,Thomas Vuillaume,Stefan Wagner,P. Wagner,Robert Wagner,Matthias Weidinger,Quirin Weitzel,R. White,Alicja Wierzcholska,P. Willmann,A. Woernlein,Denis Wouters,Ruizhi Yang,Victor Zabalza,D. Zaborov,Michael Zacharias,Andrzej A. Zdziarski,A. Zech,F. Zefi,N. Zywucka +229 more
TL;DR: Deep γ-ray observations with arcminute angular resolution of the region surrounding the Galactic Centre are reported, which show the expected tracer of the presence of petaelectronvolt protons within the central 10 parsecs of the Galaxy, and it is proposed that the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* is linked to this PeVatron.