Probing the magnetic field in the GW170817 outflow using H.E.S.S. observations
H. Abdalla
,
R. Adam
(1)
,
F. Aharonian
,
F. Ait Benkhali
,
E. O. Angüner
(2)
,
M. Arakawa
,
C. Arcaro
,
C. Armand
(3)
,
T. Armstrong
,
H. Ashkar
,
M. Backes
,
V. Baghmanyan
,
V. Barbosa-Martins
,
A. Barnacka
,
M. Barnard
,
Y. Becherini
,
D. Berge
,
K. Bernlöhr
,
R. Blackwell
,
M. Böttcher
,
C. Boisson
(4)
,
J. Bolmont
(5)
,
S. Bonnefoy
,
J. Bregeon
(6)
,
M. Breuhaus
,
F. Brun
,
P. Brun
,
M. Bryan
,
M. Büchele
,
T. Bulik
,
T. Bylund
,
S. Caroff
(5)
,
A. Carosi
(3)
,
S. Casanova
,
M. Cerruti
(5)
,
T. Chand
,
S. Chandra
,
A. Chen
,
G. Cotter
,
M. Curyło
,
I. D. Davids
,
J. Davies
,
C. Deil
,
J. Devin
(7)
,
P. Dewilt
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L. Dirson
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A. Djannati-Ataï
(8)
,
A. Dmytriiev
(4)
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A. Donath
,
V. Doroshenko
,
J. Dyks
,
K. Egberts
,
F. Eichhorn
,
G. Emery
(5)
,
J. -P. Ernenwein
(2)
,
S. Eschbach
,
K. Feijen
,
S. Fegan
(1)
,
A. Fiasson
(3)
,
G. Fontaine
(1)
,
S. Funk
,
M. Füßling
,
S. Gabici
(8)
,
Y. A. Gallant
(6)
,
G. Giavitto
,
L. Giunti
(8)
,
D. Glawion
,
J. F. Glicenstein
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D. Gottschall
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M. -H. Grondin
(7)
,
J. Hahn
,
M. Haupt
,
G. Heinzelmann
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G. Hermann
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J. A. Hinton
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W. Hofmann
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C. Hoischen
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T. L. Holch
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M. Holler
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M. Hörbe
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D. Horns
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D. Huber
,
H. Iwasaki
,
M. Jamrozy
,
D. Jankowsky
,
F. Jankowsky
,
A. Jardin-Blicq
,
V. Joshi
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I. Jung-Richardt
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M. A. Kastendieck
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K. Katarzyński
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M. Katsuragawa
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U. Katz
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D. Khangulyan
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B. Khélifi
(8)
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S. Klepser
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W. Kluźniak
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Nu. Komin
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R. Konno
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K. Kosack
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D. Kostunin
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M. Kreter
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G. Lamanna
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A. Lemière
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M. Lemoine-Goumard
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J.-P. Lenain
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E. Leser
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C. Levy
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T. Lohse
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I. Lypova
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J. Mackey
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J. Majumdar
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D. Malyshev
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D. Malyshev
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V. Marandon
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P. Marchegiani
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A. Marcowith
(6)
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A. Mares
(7)
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G. Martí-Devesa
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R. Marx
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G. Maurin
(3)
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P. J. Meintjes
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R. Moderski
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M. Mohamed
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L. Mohrmann
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C. Moore
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P. Morris
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E. Moulin
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J. Muller
(1)
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T. Murach
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S. Nakashima
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K. Nakashima
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M. de Naurois
(1)
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H. Ndiyavala
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F. Niederwanger
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J. Niemiec
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L. Oakes
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P. O'Brien
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H. Odaka
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S. Ohm
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E. de Ona Wilhelmi
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M. Ostrowski
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M. Panter
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R. D. Parsons
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B. Peyaud
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Q. Piel
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S. Pita
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V. Poireau
(3)
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A. Priyana Noel
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D. A. Prokhorov
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H. Prokoph
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G. Pühlhofer
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M. Punch
(8)
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A. Quirrenbach
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S. Raab
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R. Rauth
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A. Reimer
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O. Reimer
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Q. Remy
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M. Renaud
(6)
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F. Rieger
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L. Rinchiuso
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C. Romoli
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G. Rowell
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B. Rudak
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E. Ruiz-Velasco
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V. Sahakian
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S. Sailer
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S. Saito
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D. A. Sanchez
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A. Santangelo
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M. Sasaki
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M. Scalici
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R. Schlickeiser
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F. Schüssler
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A. Schulz
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H. M. Schutte
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U. Schwanke
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S. Schwemmer
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M. Seglar-Arroyo
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M. Senniappan
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A. S. Seyffert
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N. Shafi
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K. Shiningayamwe
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R. Simoni
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A. Sinha
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H. Sol
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A. Specovius
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S. Spencer
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M. Spir-Jacob
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Ł. Stawarz
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R. Steenkamp
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C. Stegmann
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C. Steppa
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T. Takahashi
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T. Tavernier
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A. M. Taylor
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R. Terrier
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D. Tiziani
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M. Tluczykont
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L. Tomankova
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C. Trichard
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M. Tsirou
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N. Tsuji
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R. Tuffs
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Y. Uchiyama
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D. J. van der Walt
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C. van Eldik
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C. van Rensburg
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B. van Soelen
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G. Vasileiadis
(6)
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J. Veh
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C. Venter
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P. Vincent
(5)
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J. Vink
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H. J. Völk
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T. Vuillaume
(3)
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Z. Wadiasingh
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S. J. Wagner
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J. Watson
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F. Werner
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R. White
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A. Wierzcholska
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R. Yang
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H. Yoneda
,
M. Zacharias
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R. Zanin
,
A. A. Zdziarski
,
A. Zech
(4)
,
J. Zorn
,
N. Żywucka
,
X. Rodrigues
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3 LAPP - Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules
4 LUTH (UMR_8102) - Laboratoire Univers et Théories
5 LPNHE (UMR_7585) - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
6 LUPM - Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier
7 CENBG - Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan
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H. Abdalla
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R. Adam
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F. Aharonian
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F. Ait Benkhali
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M. Arakawa
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C. Arcaro
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T. Armstrong
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H. Ashkar
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M. Backes
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V. Baghmanyan
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V. Barbosa-Martins
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A. Barnacka
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M. Barnard
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Y. Becherini
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D. Berge
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K. Bernlöhr
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R. Blackwell
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M. Böttcher
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S. Bonnefoy
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M. Breuhaus
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F. Brun
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P. Brun
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M. Bryan
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M. Büchele
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T. Bulik
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T. Bylund
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S. Casanova
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T. Chand
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S. Chandra
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A. Chen
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G. Cotter
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M. Curyło
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I. D. Davids
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J. Davies
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C. Deil
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P. Dewilt
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L. Dirson
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A. Donath
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V. Doroshenko
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J. Dyks
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K. Egberts
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F. Eichhorn
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S. Eschbach
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K. Feijen
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S. Funk
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M. Füßling
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G. Giavitto
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D. Glawion
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J. F. Glicenstein
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D. Gottschall
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J. Hahn
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M. Haupt
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G. Heinzelmann
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G. Hermann
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J. A. Hinton
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W. Hofmann
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C. Hoischen
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T. L. Holch
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M. Holler
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M. Hörbe
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D. Horns
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D. Huber
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H. Iwasaki
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M. Jamrozy
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D. Jankowsky
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F. Jankowsky
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A. Jardin-Blicq
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V. Joshi
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I. Jung-Richardt
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M. A. Kastendieck
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K. Katarzyński
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M. Katsuragawa
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U. Katz
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D. Khangulyan
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S. Klepser
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W. Kluźniak
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Nu. Komin
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R. Konno
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K. Kosack
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D. Kostunin
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M. Kreter
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E. Leser
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T. Lohse
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I. Lypova
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J. Mackey
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J. Majumdar
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D. Malyshev
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D. Malyshev
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V. Marandon
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P. Marchegiani
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G. Martí-Devesa
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R. Marx
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P. J. Meintjes
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R. Moderski
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M. Mohamed
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L. Mohrmann
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C. Moore
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P. Morris
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E. Moulin
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T. Murach
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S. Nakashima
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K. Nakashima
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H. Ndiyavala
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F. Niederwanger
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J. Niemiec
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L. Oakes
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P. O'Brien
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H. Odaka
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S. Ohm
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E. de Ona Wilhelmi
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M. Ostrowski
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M. Panter
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R. D. Parsons
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B. Peyaud
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A. Priyana Noel
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D. A. Prokhorov
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H. Prokoph
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G. Pühlhofer
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A. Quirrenbach
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S. Raab
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R. Rauth
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A. Reimer
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O. Reimer
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F. Rieger
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L. Rinchiuso
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C. Romoli
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G. Rowell
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B. Rudak
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E. Ruiz-Velasco
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V. Sahakian
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S. Sailer
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S. Saito
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A. Santangelo
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M. Sasaki
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M. Scalici
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R. Schlickeiser
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F. Schüssler
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A. Schulz
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H. M. Schutte
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U. Schwanke
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S. Schwemmer
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M. Seglar-Arroyo
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M. Senniappan
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A. S. Seyffert
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N. Shafi
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K. Shiningayamwe
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R. Simoni
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A. Specovius
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S. Spencer
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Ł. Stawarz
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R. Steenkamp
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C. Stegmann
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C. Steppa
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T. Takahashi
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T. Tavernier
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A. M. Taylor
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D. Tiziani
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M. Tluczykont
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L. Tomankova
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N. Tsuji
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R. Tuffs
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Y. Uchiyama
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D. J. van der Walt
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C. van Eldik
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C. van Rensburg
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B. van Soelen
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J. Veh
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C. Venter
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J. Vink
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H. J. Völk
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Z. Wadiasingh
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S. J. Wagner
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J. Watson
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F. Werner
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R. White
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A. Wierzcholska
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R. Yang
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H. Yoneda
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M. Zacharias
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R. Zanin
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A. A. Zdziarski
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J. Zorn
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N. Żywucka
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X. Rodrigues
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Abstract
The detection of the first electromagnetic counterpart to the binary neutron star (BNS) merger remnant GW170817 established the connection between short $\gamma$-ray bursts and BNS mergers. It also confirmed the forging of heavy elements in the ejecta (a so-called $kilonova$) via the $r-process\ nucleosynthesis$. The appearance of nonthermal radio and X-ray emission, as well as the brightening, which lasted more than 100 days, were somewhat unexpected. Current theoretical models attempt to explain this temporal behavior as either originating from a relativistic off-axis jet or a kilonova-like outflow. In either scenario, there is some ambiguity regarding how much energy is transported in the nonthermal electrons versus the magnetic field of the emission region. Combining the Very Large Array (radio) and Chandra (X-ray) measurements with observations in the GeV-TeV domain can help break this ambiguity, almost independently of the assumed origin of the emission. Here we report for the first time on deep H.E.S.S. observations of GW170817/GRB 170817A between 124 and 272 days after the BNS merger with the full H.E.S.S. array of telescopes, as well as on an updated analysis of the prompt (<5 days) observations with the upgraded H.E.S.S. phase-I telescopes. We discuss implications of the H.E.S.S. measurement for the magnetic field in the context of different source scenarios.