Rachel Simoni
University of Amsterdam
14 Papers
16 Citations
Rachel Simoni is an academic researcher from University of Amsterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: High Energy Stereoscopic System & Upgrade. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 14 publications.
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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.
H.E.S.S. And Fermi -LAT observations of PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 during its 2014 and 2017 periastron passages
H. Abdalla,R. Adam,Felix Aharonian,Felix Aharonian,F. Ait Benkhali,E. O. Angüner,M. Arakawa,C. Arcaro,C. Armand,H. Ashkar,Michael Backes,Michael Backes,V. Barbosa Martins,M. Barnard,Yvonne Becherini,David Berge,K. Bernlöhr,R. Blackwell,M. Böttcher,Catherine Boisson,J. Bolmont,S. Bonnefoy,Johan Bregeon,Mischa Breuhaus,Francois Brun,P. Brun,M. Bryan,M. Büchele,Tomasz Bulik,T. Bylund,S. Caroff,A. Carosi,Sabrina Casanova,Matteo Cerruti,Matteo Cerruti,T. Chand,S. Chandra,R. C. G. Chaves,A. W. Chen,S. Colafrancesco,M. Curyło,I. D. Davids,Christoph Deil,J. Devin,P. deWilt,L. Dirson,A. Djannati-Ataï,A. Dmytriiev,Axel Donath,Victor Doroshenko,J. Dyks,Kathrin Egberts,G. Emery,J.-P. Ernenwein,S. Eschbach,Kirsty Feijen,S. J. Fegan,A. Fiasson,Gerard Fontaine,Stefan Funk,M. Füßling,Stefano Gabici,Yves Gallant,F. Gaté,Gianluca Giavitto,L. Giunti,D. Glawion,J. F. Glicenstein,D. Gottschall,Marie-Hélène Grondin,J. Hahn,M. Haupt,G. Heinzelmann,G. Henri,German Hermann,J. Hinton,Werner Hofmann,Clemens Hoischen,Tim Holch,M. Holler,Dieter Horns,Daniel Huber,H. Iwasaki,Marek Jamrozy,D. Jankowsky,Felix Jankowsky,Armelle Jardin-Blicq,I. Jung-Richardt,M.A. Kastendieck,K. Katarzyński,M. Katsuragawa,Uli Katz,Dmitry Khangulyan,B. Khélifi,J. King,S. Klepser,Włodek Kluźniak,Nu. Komin,Karl Kosack,Dmitriy Kostunin,Michael Kreter,G. Lamanna,A. Lemière,Marianne Lemoine-Goumard,J.-P. Lenain,E. Leser,C. Levy,T. Lohse,I. Lypova,Jonathan Mackey,Jhilik Majumdar,D. Malyshev,Vincent Marandon,Alexandre Marcowith,Arnaud Mares,C. Mariaud,G. Martí-Devesa,Ramin Marx,G. Maurin,P. J. Meintjes,Alison Mitchell,Alison Mitchell,R. Moderski,Mahmoud Mohamed,Lars Mohrmann,C. Moore,E. Moulin,J. Muller,Thomas Murach,Shinya Nakashima,M. de Naurois,H. Ndiyavala,F. Niederwanger,Jacek Niemiec,L. Oakes,P. T. O'Brien,Hirokazu Odaka,Stefan Ohm,E. de Ona Wilhelmi,Michal Ostrowski,Igor Oya,M. Panter,R. D. Parsons,C. Perennes,P.-O. Petrucci,B. Peyaud,Quentin Piel,S. Pita,V. Poireau,A. Priyana Noel,D. A. Prokhorov,Heike Prokoph,Gerd Pühlhofer,Michael Punch,Michael Punch,Andreas Quirrenbach,S. Raab,R. Rauth,A. Reimer,Olaf Reimer,Q. Remy,Matthieu Renaud,Frank M. Rieger,L. Rinchiuso,Carlo Romoli,Gavin Rowell,B. Rudak,E. Ruiz-Velasco,V. Sahakian,Simon Sailer,S. Saito,D. A. Sanchez,Andrea Santangelo,Manami Sasaki,Reinhard Schlickeiser,F. Schüssler,André Schulz,H.M. Schutte,Ullrich Schwanke,S. Schwemmer,Monica Seglar-Arroyo,Mohanraj Senniappan,A.S. Seyffert,N. Shafi,K. Shiningayamwe,Rachel Simoni,Atreyee Sinha,H. Sol,A. Specovius,M. Spir-Jacob,Łukasz Stawarz,R. Steenkamp,C. Stegmann,C. Steppa,T. Takahashi,T. Tavernier,Andrew M. Taylor,Regis Terrier,D. Tiziani,M. Tluczykont,C. Trichard,Michelle Tsirou,Naomi Tsuji,Richard J. Tuffs,Yasunobu Uchiyama,D. J. van der Walt,C. van Eldik,C. van Rensburg,B. van Soelen,G. Vasileiadis,J. Veh,Christo Venter,P. Vincent,Jacco Vink,Heinrich J. Völk,T. Vuillaume,Zorawar Wadiasingh,Stefan Wagner,R. J. White,Alicja Wierzcholska,Ruizhi Yang,H. Yoneda,M. Zacharias,R. Zanin,Andrzej A. Zdziarski,Andreas Zech,J. Zorn,N. Żywucka,Pol Bordas +228 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a gamma-ray binary system consisting of a pulsar in an eccentric orbit around a bright Oe stellar-type companion star that features a dense circumstellar disc is studied.
H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT observations of PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 during its 2014 and 2017 periastron passages
H. Abdalla,R. Adam,Felix Aharonian,Felix Aharonian,F. Ait Benkhali,E. O. Angüner,M. Arakawa,C. Arcaro,C. Armand,H. Ashkar,Michael Backes,Michael Backes,V. Barbosa Martins,M. Barnard,Yvonne Becherini,David Berge,K. Bernlöhr,R. Blackwell,M. Böttcher,Catherine Boisson,J. Bolmont,S. Bonnefoy,Johan Bregeon,Mischa Breuhaus,Francois Brun,P. Brun,M. Bryan,M. Büchele,Tomasz Bulik,T. Bylund,S. Caroff,A. Carosi,Sabrina Casanova,Matteo Cerruti,Matteo Cerruti,T. Chand,S. Chandra,R. C. G. Chaves,A. W. Chen,S. Colafrancesco,M. Curyło,I. D. Davids,Christoph Deil,J. Devin,P. deWilt,L. Dirson,A. Djannati-Ataï,A. Dmytriiev,Axel Donath,Victor Doroshenko,J. Dyks,Kathrin Egberts,G. Emery,J.-P. Ernenwein,S. Eschbach,Kirsty Feijen,S. J. Fegan,A. Fiasson,Gerard Fontaine,Stefan Funk,M. Füßling,Stefano Gabici,Yves Gallant,F. Gaté,Gianluca Giavitto,L. Giunti,D. Glawion,J. F. Glicenstein,D. Gottschall,Marie-Hélène Grondin,J. Hahn,M. Haupt,G. Heinzelmann,G. Henri,German Hermann,J. Hinton,Werner Hofmann,Clemens Hoischen,Tim Holch,M. Holler,Dieter Horns,Daniel Huber,H. Iwasaki,Marek Jamrozy,D. Jankowsky,Felix Jankowsky,Armelle Jardin-Blicq,I. Jung-Richardt,M.A. Kastendieck,K. Katarzyński,M. Katsuragawa,Uli Katz,Dmitry Khangulyan,B. Khélifi,J. King,S. Klepser,Włodek Kluźniak,Nu. Komin,Karl Kosack,Dmitriy Kostunin,Michael Kreter,G. Lamanna,A. Lemière,Marianne Lemoine-Goumard,J.-P. Lenain,E. Leser,C. Levy,T. Lohse,I. Lypova,Jonathan Mackey,Jhilik Majumdar,D. Malyshev,Vincent Marandon,Alexandre Marcowith,Arnaud Mares,C. Mariaud,G. Martí-Devesa,Ramin Marx,G. Maurin,P. J. Meintjes,Alison Mitchell,Alison Mitchell,R. Moderski,Mahmoud Mohamed,Lars Mohrmann,C. Moore,E. Moulin,J. Muller,Thomas Murach,Shinya Nakashima,M. de Naurois,H. Ndiyavala,F. Niederwanger,Jacek Niemiec,L. Oakes,P. T. O'Brien,Hirokazu Odaka,Stefan Ohm,E. de Ona Wilhelmi,Michal Ostrowski,Igor Oya,M. Panter,R. D. Parsons,C. Perennes,P.-O. Petrucci,B. Peyaud,Quentin Piel,S. Pita,V. Poireau,A. Priyana Noel,D. A. Prokhorov,Heike Prokoph,Gerd Pühlhofer,Michael Punch,Michael Punch,Andreas Quirrenbach,S. Raab,R. Rauth,A. Reimer,Olaf Reimer,Q. Remy,Matthieu Renaud,Frank M. Rieger,L. Rinchiuso,Carlo Romoli,Gavin Rowell,B. Rudak,E. Ruiz-Velasco,V. Sahakian,Simon Sailer,S. Saito,D. A. Sanchez,Andrea Santangelo,Manami Sasaki,Reinhard Schlickeiser,F. Schüssler,André Schulz,H.M. Schutte,Ullrich Schwanke,S. Schwemmer,Monica Seglar-Arroyo,Mohanraj Senniappan,A.S. Seyffert,N. Shafi,K. Shiningayamwe,Rachel Simoni,Atreyee Sinha,H. Sol,A. Specovius,M. Spir-Jacob,Łukasz Stawarz,R. Steenkamp,C. Stegmann,C. Steppa,T. Takahashi,T. Tavernier,Andrew M. Taylor,Regis Terrier,D. Tiziani,M. Tluczykont,C. Trichard,Michelle Tsirou,Naomi Tsuji,Richard J. Tuffs,Yasunobu Uchiyama,D. J. van der Walt,C. van Eldik,C. van Rensburg,B. van Soelen,G. Vasileiadis,J. Veh,Christo Venter,P. Vincent,Jacco Vink,Heinrich J. Völk,T. Vuillaume,Zorawar Wadiasingh,Stefan Wagner,R. J. White,Alicja Wierzcholska,Ruizhi Yang,H. Yoneda,M. Zacharias,R. Zanin,Andrzej A. Zdziarski,Andreas Zech,J. Zorn,N. Żywucka,Pol Bordas +228 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a gamma-ray binary system consisting of a pulsar in an eccentric orbit around a bright Oe stellar-type companion star that features a dense circumstellar disc is characterized.
The upgrade of the H.E.S.S. cameras
Gianluca Giavitto,Terry Ashton,A. Balzer,David Berge,Francois Brun,Thomas Chaminade,Eric Delagnes,G. Fontaine,M. Füßling,B. Giebels,Jean-Francois Glicenstein,Tobias Gräber,Jim Hinton,Albert Jahnke,Stefan Klepser,Marko Kossatz,A. Kretzschmann,V. Lefranc,H. Leich,H. Lüdecke,Iryna Lypova,P. Manigot,Vincent Marandon,Emmanuel Moulin,Mathieu de Naurois,P. Nayman,Stefan Ohm,Marek Penno,D. Ross,D. Salek,Markus Schade,Thomas Schwab,Rachel Simoni,C. Stegmann,Constantin Steppa,J. Thornhill,Francois Toussnel +36 more
TL;DR: The High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) is an array of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) located in the Khomas highland in Namibia as discussed by the authors.
A major electronics upgrade for the H.E.S.S. Cherenkov telescopes 1-4
Gianluca Giavitto,Terry Ashton,A. Balzer,David Berge,Francois Brun,T. Chaminade,Eric Delagnes,Gerard Fontaine,M. Füßling,Berrie Giebels,J. F. Glicenstein,Tobias Gräber,Jim Hinton,Albert Jahnke,S. Klepser,Marko Kossatz,A. Kretzschmann,V. Lefranc,H. Leich,H. Lüdecke,P. Manigot,Vincent Marandon,Emmanuel Moulin,M. de,P. Nayman,Marek Penno,D. Ross,D. Salek,Markus Schade,Thomas Schwab,Rachel Simoni,C. Stegmann,J. Thornhill,F. Toussenel +33 more
- 18 Aug 2016
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed an FPGA and an embedded ARM computer to improve the performance of the H.E.S. camera electronics, reducing the dead time of the cameras and reducing the system failure rate.