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Graduation Commencement

Astronomy & Space Physics Seminar Abstract

Date: Oct 24 (215 Conference Room Shap Lab at 4:00pm)

Speaker: Jim Hinton, University of Leeds

Title: The High Energy View of the Galactic Centre

Abstract:

The inner few hundred parsecs of our galaxy provide a laboratory for the study of the production and propagation of energetic particles. Very-high-energy gamma-rays provide an effective probe of these processes and, especially when combined with data from other wave-bands, gamma-rays observations are a powerful diagnostic tool. Within this central region, data from the H.E.S.S. instrument have revealed three discrete sources of very-high-energy gamma-rays and diffuse emission correlated with the distribution of molecular material. I will provide an overview of these recent results from H.E.S.S. in the context of our multi-wavelength knowledge of the Galactic Centre.