Speaker
Prof.
Markus Boettcher
(North-West University)
Description
This talk provides a general introduction of the High Energy Stereoscopic
System (H.E.S.S.), the world's largest ground-based gamma-ray observatory,
located near Windhoek, Namibia. I will then present some highlights of
extragalactic science done with H.E.S.S., including the study of active
galactic nuclei, rapid follow-up observations of transients (including
gamma-ray bursts), the search for signatures of dark-matter annihilation,
and the study of physics beyond the standard model.
