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H.E.S.S. PhD theses

GRASP : Development of an event reconstruction method using a Gamma Ray Air Shower Parameterisation and application to γ-ray sources with H.E.S.S.
Andreas Hillert,
2014
MPIK, Heidelberg University
Supervisor: Werner Hofmann   
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Modeling the Evolution of Pulsar Wind Nebulae
Michael Vorster,
2013
NWU Potchefstroom
Supervisor: Harm Moraal   
Detection techniques for the HESSII telescope, data modeling of gravitational lensing and emission of blazars in HE and VHE astronomy
Anna Barnacka,
2013
CEA Saclay, CAMK
Supervisor: Rafal Moderski Jean-François Glicenstein   
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A window on stochastic processes and γ-ray cosmology through spectral and temporal studies of AGN observed with H.E.S.S.
Jonathan Biteau,
2013
LLR, Palaiseau
Supervisor: Berrie Giebels   
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Simultaneous Modelling of the Morphological and Spectral Features of the Pulsar Wind Nebula HESS J1825-137 in TeV Gamma rays
Julia Brucker,
2013
ECAP, Erlangen
Supervisor: Christian Stegmann   
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Systematic Studies of an On-Off-Analysis of H.E.S.S. data in Search for a Signal from the Dark Matter Halo of the Milky Way
Constanze Jahn,
2013
ECAP, Erlangen
Supervisor: Gisela Anton   
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An advanced direction reconstruction technique and application to the observation with H.E.S.S.
Chia-Chun Lu,
2013
MPIK, Heidelberg University
Supervisor: Werner Hofmann   
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Optical spectral states of blazars and their relation to VHE gamma ray emission in PKS 2155-304
Alicja Wierzcholska,
2013
Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Supervisor: Michał Ostrowski   
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Indirect searches of dark matter, and the Galactic center at very high energy with H.E.S.S.
Aion Viana,
2012
CEA, Saclay
Supervisor: Emmanuel Moulin Jean-François Glicenstein   
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High-Energy emission from Active Galactic Nuclei
Matteo Cerruti,
2012
LUTH, Meudon
Supervisor: Catherine Boisson , Andreas Zech   
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Optimisation logicielle des performances instrumentales de H.E.S.S. pour l’analyse des sources ténues de rayonnement gamma : Application à l’étude de l’objet HESS J1832-092
Hélène Laffon,
2012
LLR, Palaiseau
Supervisor: Gerard Fontaine   
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Gamma-Ray Astronomy Data Analysis Framework based on the Quantification of Background Morphologies using Minkowski Tensors
Daniel Göring,
2012
ECAP, Erlangen
Supervisor: Christian Stegmann   
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Searching for Signatures of Electromagnetic Cascades in the Intergalactic Medium initiated by Blazars
Lisa Fallon,
2012
DIAS, Dublin
Supervisor: Felix Aharonian   
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A Detailed Study of the Supernova Remnant RCW 86 in TeV gamma-rays
Sebastian Heinz,
2012
ECAP, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Supervisor: Christian Stegmann   
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Search for VHE γ-ray Emission from the Direction of the two Millisecond Pulsars PSR J0437−4715 and PSR J1824−2452 and the composite Supernova Remnant Kes 75 with H.E.S.S.
Matthias Fuessling,
2012
HU Berlin
Supervisor: Thomas Lohse   
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Modeling the Emission of the Galactic Very High Energy γ-Ray Sources G1.9+0.3, G330.2+1.0, HESS J1303−631 and PSR B1259−63/LS 2883 Observed with H.E.S.S.
Iurii Sushch,
2012
HU Berlin
Supervisor: Thomas Lohse   
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A Mirror Alignment Control System for Phase II of the HESS Experiment and A Morphology Study of HESSJ1837-069
Stefan Schwarzburg,
2012
IAAT, Tübingen
Supervisor: Andrea Santangelo , Gerd Pühlhofer   
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A Study of Transient Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts and Supernovae with H.E.S.S.
Dirk Lennarz,
2012
MPIK, University of Heidelberg
Supervisor: Werner Hofmann   
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Recherche de sources ténues ou transitoires dans les régions centrales de la Galaxie avec H.E.S.S. – Application à l’étude de la région du vestige de supernova W49B.
Francois Brun,
2011
LLR, Palaiseau
Supervisor: Mathieu de Naurois   
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A Detailed Study of the Pulsar Wind Nebula HESS J0835-455, Vela X, in TeV Gamma-Rays
Bernhard Glück,
2011
ECAP, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Supervisor: Christian Stegmann   
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More than 150 Ph.D. theses have been completed over the course of the experiment. Ph.D. candidates have made crucial contributions to every part of it, from hardware design to the development of advanced data analysis techniques.

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