Axel Donath Heidelberg

The Milky-Way observed in TeV gamma-rays with H.E.S.S.

H.E.S.S. (High Energy Stereoscopic System) is a hybrid array of five imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes in Namibia, operating in the very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray energy range between ~20 GeV and 100 TeV. In the past decade, between 2004 and 2013, H.E.S.S. has conducted a deep survey of the Galactic plane. It was the first high-resolution (~0.1 deg) and sensitive (~1.5% Crab Nebula point-source sensitivity) survey of the Milky Way in TeV gamma-rays. Comprising ~2800-hrs of observation time it revealed the existence of a diverse population of cosmic accelerators in the Galaxy. I will present the latest results from the Survey, including maps, a comprehensive source catalog, a model for Galactic diffuse VHE emission and association of H.E.S.S. sources with known pulsars and PWNe, SNRs, binary systems and GeV sources detected by the Fermi-LAT.