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  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.

Hillert, A. (2014). 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. PhD Thesis, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg.

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Hillert, Andreas1, Author           
Hofmann, Werner, Referee
Wagner, Stefan, Referee
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1Division Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society, ou_904550              

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 MPINP: HESS - Abteilung Hofmann
 Abstract: The H.E.S.S. experiment, with its high sensitivity and large field-of-view, is an ideal instrument to survey the Milky Way in VHE -rays. An accurate reconstruction of the gamma-ray direction as well as a strong reduction of the hadronic background is essential for the analysis of the data. In this work a reconstruction algorithm is developed that applies a fit of pixel amplitudes to an expected image obtained from a Gamma Ray Air Shower Parameterisation (GRASP). This parameterisation was obtained using Monte Carlo air shower simulations by parameterising the angular Cherenkov photon distribution with suitable analytical functions. Furthermore, it provides new classifying variables to differentiate gamma-ray induced air showers from hadronic ones. The reconstruction of air shower parameters is achieved by a maximum likelihood fit and improves the angular resolution by 20-30% with respect to traditional image moment analysis methods. In combination with a MVA-based background rejection method using these new classifying variables the sensitivity can be improved by about 70 %. An analysis of the Pulsar Wind Nebula MSH 15-5-2 and investigation of its morphology and spectral properties show an indication of energy dependent morphology in VHE gamma-rays.

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 Dates: 2014-07-24
 Publication Status: Accepted / In Press
 Pages: XI, 165 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
 Publishing info: Heidelberg : Ruprecht-Karls-Universität
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 Degree: PhD

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