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Discovery of very-high-energy gamma-rays from the Galactic Centre ridge

F.A. Aharonian et al. (H.E.S.S. Collaboration), Nature 439 (695) 2006, astro-ph/0603021


Fits file for Fig. 1 (upper panel)

Fits file for Fig. 1 (lower panel) - point source subtracted image

H.E.S.S. data points for Figure 3 (solid points - GC region)

Mean energy     Flux      Flux Error ( - / + )
[TeV] [/TeV cm^2 s] [/TeV cm^2 s]
0.27 5.31e-11 3.87e-11 3.86e-11 0.44 1.89e-11 5.33e-12 5.34e-12 0.71 9.70e-12 1.44e-12 1.44e-12 1.15 3.07e-12 4.44e-13 4.45e-13 1.85 9.76e-13 1.55e-13 1.56e-13 2.98 3.67e-13 6.22e-14 6.27e-14 4.81 1.01e-13 2.71e-14 2.73e-14 7.76 3.60e-14 1.12e-14 1.13e-14 12.51 7.89e-15 3.91e-15 4.01e-15

H.E.S.S. data points for Figure 3 (open points - Sgr B2 region)

Mean energy     Flux      Flux Error ( - / + )
[TeV] [/TeV cm^2 s] [/TeV cm^2 s]
0.38 1.06e-11 3.41e-12 3.41e-12 0.98 1.76e-12 2.83e-13 2.83e-13 2.55 1.74e-13 3.34e-14 3.36e-14 6.63 1.87e-14 6.07e-15 6.13e-15 17.23 3.60e-15 9.49e-16 1.01e-15

Remarks: Statistical errors only. Systematic error on energy scale estimated at 20%. See paper for details