TY  - JOUR
A1  - Shilon, I.
A1  - Kraus, M.
A1  - Büchele, M.
A1  - Egberts, Kathrin
A1  - Fischer, Tobias
A1  - Holch, Tim Lukas
A1  - Lohse, T.
A1  - Schwanke, U.
A1  - Steppa, Constantin Beverly
A1  - Funk, Stefan
T1  - Application of deep learning methods to analysis of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes data
JF  - Astroparticle physics
N2  - Ground based gamma-ray observations with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) play a significant role in the discovery of very high energy (E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emitters. The analysis of IACT data demands a highly efficient background rejection technique, as well as methods to accurately determine the position of its source in the sky and the energy of the recorded gamma-ray. We present results for background rejection and signal direction reconstruction from first studies of a novel data analysis scheme for IACT measurements. The new analysis is based on a set of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) applied to images from the four H.E.S.S. phase-I telescopes. As the H.E.S.S. cameras pixels are arranged in a hexagonal array, we demonstrate two ways to use such image data to train CNNs: by resampling the images to a square grid and by applying modified convolution kernels that conserve the hexagonal grid properties. The networks were trained on sets of Monte-Carlo simulated events and tested on both simulations and measured data from the H.E.S.S. array. A comparison between the CNN analysis to current state-of-the-art algorithms reveals a clear improvement in background rejection performance. When applied to H.E.S.S. observation data, the CNN direction reconstruction performs at a similar level as traditional methods. These results serve as a proof-of-concept for the application of CNNs to the analysis of events recorded by IACTs. (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier B.V.
KW  - Gamma-ray astronomy
KW  - IACT
KW  - Analysis technique
KW  - Deep learning
KW  - Convolutional neural networks
KW  - Recurrent neural networks
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2018.10.003
SN  - 0927-6505
SN  - 1873-2852
VL  - 105
SP  - 44
EP  - 53
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Balzer, Arnim
A1  - Fuessling, M.
A1  - Gajdus, M.
A1  - Goering, D.
A1  - Lopatin, A.
A1  - de Naurois, M.
A1  - Schlenker, S.
A1  - Schwanke, U.
A1  - Stegmann, Christian
T1  - The HESS central data acquisition system
JF  - Astroparticle physics
KW  - DAQ
KW  - Data acquisition
KW  - VHE
KW  - Gamma ray astronomy
KW  - HESS
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.11.007
SN  - 0927-6505
SN  - 1873-2852
VL  - 54
SP  - 67
EP  - 80
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Abramowski, Attila
A1  - Aharonian, Felix A.
A1  - Benkhali, Faical Ait
A1  - Akhperjanian, A. G.
A1  - Angüner, Ekrem Oǧuzhan
A1  - Backes, Michael
A1  - Balenderan, Shangkari
A1  - Balzer, Arnim
A1  - Barnacka, Anna
A1  - Becherini, Yvonne
A1  - Tjus, Julia Becker
A1  - Berge, David
A1  - Bernhard, Sabrina
A1  - Bernlöhr, Konrad
A1  - Birsin, E.
A1  - Biteau, Jonathan
A1  - Böttcher, Markus
A1  - Boisson, Catherine
A1  - Bolmont, J.
A1  - Bordas, Pol
A1  - Bregeon, Johan
A1  - Brun, Francois
A1  - Brun, Pierre
A1  - Bryan, Mark
A1  - Bulik, Tomasz
A1  - Carrigan, Svenja
A1  - Casanova, Sabrina
A1  - Chadwick, Paula M.
A1  - Chakraborty, Nachiketa
A1  - Chalme-Calvet, R.
A1  - Chaves, Ryan C. G.
A1  - Chretien, M.
A1  - Colafrancesco, Sergio
A1  - Cologna, Gabriele
A1  - Conrad, Jan
A1  - Couturier, Claire
A1  - Cui, Yudong
A1  - Davids, Isak Delberth
A1  - Degrange, Bernhard
A1  - Deil, Christoph
A1  - deWilt, P.
A1  - Djannati-Ataï, A.
A1  - Domainko, Wilfried
A1  - Donath, Axel
A1  - Dubus, G.
A1  - Dutson, K.
A1  - Dyks, J.
A1  - Dyrda, M.
A1  - Edwards, Tanya
A1  - Egberts, Kathrin
A1  - Eger, Peter
A1  - Espigat, P.
A1  - Farnier, C.
A1  - Fegan, Stephen
A1  - Feinstein, Fabrice
A1  - Fernandes, Milton Virgilio
A1  - Fernandez, Diane
A1  - Fiasson, A.
A1  - Fontaine, Gerard
A1  - Förster, Andreas
A1  - Fuessling, M.
A1  - Gabici, S.
A1  - Gajdus, M.
A1  - Gallant, Yves A.
A1  - Garrigoux, Tania
A1  - Giavitto, G.
A1  - Giebels, Berrie
A1  - Glicenstein, Jean-Francois
A1  - Gottschall, Daniel
A1  - Grondin, M. -H.
A1  - Grudzinska, M.
A1  - Hadasch, Daniela
A1  - Haeffner, S.
A1  - Hahn, Joachim
A1  - Harris, Jonathan
A1  - Heinzelmann, Götz
A1  - Henri, G.
A1  - Hermann, German
A1  - Hervet, O.
A1  - Hillert, Andreas
A1  - Hinton, James Anthony
A1  - Hofmann, Werner
A1  - Hofverberg, Petter
A1  - Holler, Markus
A1  - Horns, Dieter
A1  - Ivascenko, Alex
A1  - Jacholkowska, A.
A1  - Jahn, C.
A1  - Jamrozy, Marek
A1  - Janiak, M.
A1  - Jankowsky, F.
A1  - Jung-Richardt, I.
A1  - Kastendieck, Max Anton
A1  - Katarzynski, K.
A1  - Katz, U.
A1  - Kaufmann, S.
A1  - Khelifi, B.
A1  - Kieffer, Michel
A1  - Klepser, S.
A1  - Klochkov, Dmitry
A1  - Kluzniak, W.
A1  - Kolitzus, David
A1  - Komin, Nu
A1  - Kosack, Karl
A1  - Krakau, Steffen
A1  - Krayzel, F.
A1  - Krueger, Pat P.
A1  - Laffon, H.
A1  - Lamanna, G.
A1  - Lefaucheur, J.
A1  - Lefranc, Valentin
A1  - Lemiere, A.
A1  - Lemoine-Goumard, M.
A1  - Lenain, J. -P.
A1  - Lohse, Thomas
A1  - Lopatin, A.
A1  - Lu, Chia-Chun
A1  - Marandon, Vincent
A1  - Marcowith, Alexandre
A1  - Marx, Ramin
A1  - Maurin, G.
A1  - Maxted, Nigel
A1  - Mayer, Michael
A1  - McComb, T. J. Lowry
A1  - Mehault, J.
A1  - Meintjes, P. J.
A1  - Menzler, Ulf
A1  - Meyer, M.
A1  - Mitchell, Alison M. W.
A1  - Moderski, R.
A1  - Mohamed, M.
A1  - Mora, K.
A1  - Moulin, Emmanuel
A1  - Murach, Thomas
A1  - de Naurois, Mathieu
A1  - Niemiec, J.
A1  - Nolan, Sam J.
A1  - Oakes, Louise
A1  - Odaka, Hirokazu
A1  - Ohm, S.
A1  - Optiz, Björn
A1  - Ostrowski, Michal
A1  - Oya, I.
A1  - Panter, Michael
A1  - Parsons, R. Daniel
A1  - Arribas, M. Paz
A1  - Pekeur, Nikki W.
A1  - Pelletier, G.
A1  - Petrucci, P. -O.
A1  - Peyaud, B.
A1  - Pita, S.
A1  - Poon, Helen
A1  - Pühlhofer, Gerd
A1  - Punch, M.
A1  - Quirrenbach, A.
A1  - Raab, S.
A1  - Reichardt, I.
A1  - Reimer, Anita
A1  - Reimer, Olaf
A1  - Renaud, Metz
A1  - de los Reyes, Raquel
A1  - Rieger, Frank
A1  - Romoli, C.
A1  - Rosier-Lees, S.
A1  - Rowell, G.
A1  - Rudak, B.
A1  - Rulten, C. B.
A1  - Sahakian, Vardan
A1  - Salek, D.
A1  - Sanchez, David M.
A1  - Santangelo, Andrea
A1  - Schlickeiser, Reinhard
A1  - Schuessler, F.
A1  - Schulz, A.
A1  - Schwanke, Ullrich
A1  - Schwarzburg, S.
A1  - Schwemmer, S.
A1  - Sol, H.
A1  - Spanier, Felix
A1  - Spengler, G.
A1  - Spies, Franziska
A1  - Stawarz, Lukasz
A1  - Steenkamp, Riaan
A1  - Stegmann, Christian
A1  - Stinzing, F.
A1  - Stycz, K.
A1  - Sushch, Iurii
A1  - Tavernet, J. -P.
A1  - Tavernier, T.
A1  - Taylor, A. M.
A1  - Terrier, R.
A1  - Tluczykont, Martin
A1  - Trichard, C.
A1  - Valerius, K.
A1  - van Eldik, C.
A1  - van Soelen, B.
A1  - Vasileiadis, Georges
A1  - Veh, J.
A1  - Venter, Christo
A1  - Viana, Aion
A1  - Vincent, P.
A1  - Vink, Jacco
A1  - Völk, Heinrich J.
A1  - Volpe, Francesca
A1  - Vorster, Martine
A1  - Vuillaume, T.
A1  - Wagner, S. J.
A1  - Wagner, P.
A1  - Wagner, R. M.
A1  - Ward, Martin
A1  - Weidinger, Matthias
A1  - Weitzel, Quirin
A1  - White, R.
A1  - Wierzcholska, A.
A1  - Willmann, P.
A1  - Woernlein, A.
A1  - Wouters, D.
A1  - Yang, Ruizhi
A1  - Zabalza, Victor
A1  - Zaborov, Dmitry
A1  - Zacharias, M.
A1  - Zdziarski, A. A.
A1  - Zech, Alraune
A1  - Zechlin, Hannes -S.
T1  - H.E.S.S. detection of TeV emission from the interaction region between the supernova remnant G349.7+0.2 and a molecular cloud (vol 574, A100, 2015)
T2  - Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal
KW  - gamma rays: general
KW  - ISM: supernova remnants
KW  - ISM: clouds
KW  - errata, addenda
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425070e
SN  - 1432-0746
VL  - 580
PB  - EDP Sciences
CY  - Les Ulis
ER  -