The Galactic Center Region Imaged by VERITAS
Abstract
The Galactic Center has long been a region of interest for high-energy and very-high-energy observations. Many potential sources of GeV/TeV gamma-ray emission have been suggested, e.g., the accretion of matter onto the black hole, cosmic rays from a nearby supernova remnant, or the annihilation of dark matter particles. The Galactic Center has been detected at MeV/GeV energies by EGRET and recently by Fermi/LAT. At GeV/TeV energies, the Galactic Center was detected by different ground-based Cherenkov telescopes such as CANGAROO, Whipple 10m, H.E.S.S., and MAGIC. We present the results from 15 hrs of VERITAS observations conducted at large zenith angles, resulting in a >10 standard deviation detection and confirmation of the high-energy spectrum observed by H.E.S.S. The combined Fermi/VERITAS results are compared to astrophysical models.
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@article{arxiv.1109.6836,
title = {The Galactic Center Region Imaged by VERITAS},
author = {M. Beilicke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.6836},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
2011 Fermi Symposium proceedings - eConf C110509