Morphological and spectral studies of the shell‐type SNRs RX J1713.7‐3946 and RX J0852.0‐4622 with H.E.S.S.

The shell‐type supernova remnants RX J1713.7‐3946 and RX J0852.0‐4622 were recently observed and detected with the complete H.E.S.S. array, a system of four Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes located in Namibia and dedicated to the observations of γ‐rays above 100 GeV. The energy spectra of these two sources have been measured over a wide energy range and revealed an integral flux above 1 TeV similar to that of the Crab Nebula. Their morphologies were resolved with high accuracy with H.E.S.S. and exhibit a striking correlation with the X‐ray images, thereby pioneering a technique of unambiguously identifying spatially extended γ‐ray sources. The results of the observations will be presented. Similarities and differences between these two sources will be pointed out as well as possible implications.