Related papers: VERITAS Observations of the gamma-Ray Binary LS I …

VERITAS highlights of observations and results

Located in southern Arizona, VERITAS is amongst the most sensitive detectors for astrophysical very high energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma rays and has been operational since April 2007. We highlight some recent results from VERITAS…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-21 S. R. Patel

VTSCat: The VERITAS Catalog of Gamma-Ray Observations

The ground-based gamma-ray observatory VERITAS (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) is sensitive to photons of astrophysical origin with energies in the range between $\approx 85$ GeV to $\approx 30$ TeV. The instrument…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-16 A. Acharyya , C. B. Adams , A. Archer , P. Bangale , J. T. Bartkoske , P. Batista , W. Benbow , J. H. Buckley , A. Brill , M. Capasso , J. L. Christiansen , A. J. Chromey , M. K. Daniel , M. Errando , A. Falcone , K. A Farrell , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , G. M Foote , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , G. Gallagher , A. Gent , C. Giuri , O. Gueta , W. F Hanlon , D. Hanna , T. Hassan , O. Hervet , J. Hoang , J. Holder , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , W. Jin , P. Kaaret , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , T. K. Kleiner , N. Korzoun , F. Krennrich , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , M. Lundy , G. Maier , C. E McGrath , M. J Millard , C. L. Mooney , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , D. Nieto , M. Nievas-Rosillo , S. O'Brien , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , N. Park , S. R. Patel , S. Patel , K. Pfrang , A. Pichel , M. Pohl , R. R. Prado , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , D. Ribeiro , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , A. C. Rovero , C. Rulten , J. L. Ryan , I. Sadeh , M. Santander , S. Schlenstedt , G. H. Sembroski , R. Shang , M. Splettstoesser , B. Stevenson , D. Tak , V. V. Vassiliev , S. P. Wakely , A. Weinstein , D. A. Williams , T. J Williamson , L. Angelini , A. Basu-Zych , E. Sabol , A. Smale

Observations of the Crab Nebula and Pulsar with VERITAS

Observations of the Crab Nebula have proven to be the best tool to calibrate and to characterize the performance of a Cherenkov telescope. Scientifically, it is interesting to measure the energy spectrum of the Crab Nebula close to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 O. Celik

VERITAS Observations of Magnetars

Magnetars are rotating neutron stars with extremely strong magnetic fields (~ 10^14-10^15 G). X-ray and soft gamma-ray observations have revealed the existence of non-thermal particle populations which may suggest emission of very high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 R. Guenette

Investigating the peculiar emission from the new VHE gamma-ray source H1722+119

The MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov) telescopes observed the BL Lac object H1722+119 (redshift unknown) for six consecutive nights between 2013 May 17 and 22, for a total of 12.5 h. The observations were triggered by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-03 MAGIC Collaboration , M. L. Ahnen , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , A. Babic , B. Banerjee , P. Bangale , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , B. Biasuzzi , A. Biland , O. Blanch , S. Bonnefoy , G. Bonnoli , F. Borracci , T. Bretz , S. Buson , A. Carosi , A. Chatterjee , R. Clavero , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , F. Di Pierro , M. Doert , A. Domínguez , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Eisenacher Glawion , D. Elsaesser , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fernández-Barral , D. Fidalgo , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , K. Frantzen , C. Fruck , D. Galindo , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , D. Garrido Terrats , M. Gaug , P. Giammaria , N. Godinović , A. González Munoz , D. Gora , D. Guberman , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , Y. Hanabata , M. Hayashida , J. Herrera , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , G. Hughes , W. Idec , K. Kodani , Y. Konno , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , D. Lelas , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , R. López-Coto , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , K. Mallot , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , B. Marcote , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , U. Menzel , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , A. Moralejo , E. Moretti , D. Nakajima , V. Neustroev , A. Niedzwiecki , M. Nievas Rosillo , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , L. Nogués , R. Orito , A. Overkemping , S. Paiano , J. Palacio , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , X. Paredes-Fortuny , G. Pedaletti , L. Perri , M. Persic , J. Poutanen , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , J. Rodriguez Garcia , T. Saito , K. Satalecka , C. Schultz , T. Schweizer , A. Sillanpää , J. Sitarek , I. Snidaric , D. Sobczynska , A. Stamerra , T. Steinbring , M. Strzys , L. Takalo , H. Takami , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , J. Thaele , D. F. Torres , T. Toyama , A. Treves , V. Verguilov , I. Vovk , J. E. Ward , M. Will , M. H. Wu , R. Zanin , F. D'Ammando , A. Berdyugin , T. Hovatta , W. Max-Moerbeck , C. M. Raiteri , A. C. S. Readhead , R. Reinthal , J. L. Richards , F. Verrecchia , M. Villata

Rapid Gamma-ray flux variability during the 2013 March Crab Nebula flare

We report on a bright flare in the Crab Nebula detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The period of significantly increased luminosity occurred in 2013 March and lasted for approximately 2…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-09-13 M. Mayer , R. Buehler , E. Hays , M. Dutka , C. C. Cheung , M. S. Dutka , J. E. Grove , M. Kerr , R. Ojha

Discovery of VHE gamma-ray emission from 1ES1218+30.4

The MAGIC collaboration has studied the high peaked BL-Lac object 1ES1218+30.4 at a redshift z = 0.182, using the MAGIC imaging air Cherenkov telescope located on the Canary island of La Palma. A gamma-ray signal was observed with 6.4sigma…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-28 MAGIC collaboration , J. Albert , E. Aliu , H. Anderhub , P. Antoranz , A. Armada , M. Asensio , C. Baixeras , J. A. Barrio , M. Bartelt , H. Bartko , D. Bastieri , S. R. Bavikadi , W. Bednarek , K. Berger , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , E. Bisesi , R. K. Bock , T. Bretz , I. Britvitch , M. Camara , A. Chilingarian , S. Ciprini , J. A. Coarasa , S. Commichau , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , V. Curtef , V. Danielyan , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , R. de los Reyes , B. De Lotto , E. Domingo-Santamaria , D. Dorner , M. Doro , M. Errando , M. Fagiolini , D. Ferenc , E. Fernandez , R. Firpo , J. Flix , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , N. Galante , M. Garczarczyk , M. Gaug , M. Giller , F. Goebel , D. Hakobyan , M. Hayashida , T. Hengstebeck , D. Hoehne , J. Hose , P. Jacon , O. Kalekin , D. Kranich , A. Laille , T. Lenisa , P. Liebing , E. Lindfors

Super-orbital variability of LS I +61{\deg}303 at TeV energies

The gamma-ray binary LS I +61$^{\circ}$303 is a well established source from centimeter radio up to very high energy (VHE; E$>$100 GeV). Its broadband emission shows a periodicity of $\sim$26.5 days, coincident with the orbital period. A…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 MAGIC Collaboration , M. L. Ahnen , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , A. Babic , B. Banerjee , P. Bangale , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , B. Biasuzzi , A. Biland , O. Blanch , S. Bonnefoy , G. Bonnoli , F. Borracci , T. Bretz , S. Buson , A. Carosi , A. Chatterjee , R. Clavero , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , C. Delgado Mendez , F. Di Pierro , A. Domínguez , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Eisenacher Glawion , D. Elsaesser , A. Fernández-Barral , D. Fidalgo , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , K. Frantzen , C. Fruck , D. Galindo , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , D. Garrido Terrats , M. Gaug , P. Giammaria , N. Godinović , A. González Muñoz , D. Gora , D. Guberman , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , Y. Hanabata , M. Hayashida , J. Herrera , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , G. Hughes , W. Idec , K. Kodani , Y. Konno , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , D. Lelas , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , K. Mallot , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , B. Marcote , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , U. Menzel , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , A. Moralejo , E. Moretti , D. Nakajima , V. Neustroev , A. Niedzwiecki , M. Nievas Rosillo , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , R. Orito , A. Overkemping , S. Paiano , J. Palacio , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , X. Paredes-Fortuny , G. Pedaletti , M. Persic , J. Poutanen , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , J. Rodriguez Garcia , T. Saito , K. Satalecka , C. Schultz , T. Schweizer , S. N. Shore , A. Sillanpää , J. Sitarek , I. Snidaric , D. Sobczynska , A. Stamerra , T. Steinbring , M. Strzys , L. Takalo , H. Takami , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , J. Thaele , D. F. Torres , T. Toyama , A. Treves , V. Verguilov , I. Vovk , J. E. Ward , M. Will , M. H. Wu , R. Zanin , J. Casares , A. Herrero

Exploring the very high energy gamma-ray emission (E > 100 GeV) of the hard spectrum Fermi sources 1FGL J2001.1+4351 and B3-2247+381 with MAGIC

MAGIC, a stereoscopic cherenkov telescope array, sensitive to gamma-rays between 50 GeV and several tens of TeV, is ideally suited to observe promising Fermi LAT sources with a hard \gamma-ray spectrum. Here we discuss the discovery of very…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-16 K. Berger , G. Giavitto , E. Lindfors , L. Takalo , D. Paneque , A. Stamerra

Recent Observations of gamma-rays above 1.5 TeV from Mkn 501 with the HEGRA 5 m^2 Air Cherenkov Telescope

Since February 1997 the BL Lac object Mkn 501 is in a ``high state'' of gamma-ray emission. The HEGRA collaboration has studied Mkn 501 with their air Cherenkov telescopes on La Palma. Here we report on observations with the 5 m^2 telescope…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 D. Kranich , T. Deckers , E. Lorenz , D. Petry , G. Rauterberg , the HEGRA Collaboration

Observation of the Crab Nebula with the MAGIC telescope

We report about very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations of the Crab Nebula with the MAGIC telescope. The gamma-ray flux from the nebula was measured between 60 GeV and 9 TeV. The energy spectrum can be described with a curved power…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 A. Nepomuk Otte

Discovery of a very high energy gamma-ray signal from the 3C 66A/B region

The MAGIC telescope observed the region around the distant blazar 3C 66A for 54.2 h in 2007 August-December. The observations resulted in the discovery of a gamma-ray source at energies above 150 GeV centered at celestial coordinates…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-22 MAGIC Collaboration , E. Aliu

Detection of VHE radiation from the BL Lac PG 1553+113 with the MAGIC telescope

In 2005 and 2006, the MAGIC telescope has observed very high energy gamma-ray emission from the distant BL Lac object PG 1553+113. The overall significance of the signal is 8.8 sigma for 18.8h observation time. The light curve shows no…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Albert et al.

VHE Gamma-Ray Observation of the Crab Nebula and its Pulsar with the MAGIC telescope

We report about very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations of the Crab Nebula with the MAGIC telescope. The gamma-ray flux from the nebula was measured between 60 GeV and 9 TeV. The energy spectrum can be described with a curved power…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Albert

Measurement of the flux, spectrum, and variability of TeV gamma-rays from Mkn 501 during a state of high activity

Between March 16, 1997 and April 14, 1997, a high flux level of TeV gamma-rays was observed from Mkn 501, using the HEGRA stereoscopic system of four imaging Cherenkov telescopes. The flux level varied during this period from about one half…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 HEGRA-Collaboration , : , F. Aharonian et al

VERITAS Observations of Very High Energy Blazars and Potential for Cosmological Insight

Gamma-ray blazars are among the most extreme astrophysical sources, harboring phenomena far more energetic than those attainable by terrestrial accelerators. These galaxies are understood to be active galactic nuclei that are powered by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Amy Furniss

INTEGRAL serendipitous detection of the gamma-ray microquasar LS 5039

LS 5039 is the only X-ray binary persistently detected at TeV energies by the Cherenkov HESS telescope. It is moreover a gamma-ray emitter in the GeV and possibly MeV energy ranges. To understand important aspects of jet physics, like the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Goldoni , M. Ribo , T. Di Salvo , J. M. Paredes , V. Bosch-Ramon , M. Rupen

Long term observations of B2 1215+30 with VERITAS

We report on VERITAS observations of the BL Lac object B2 1215+30 between 2008 and 2012. During this period, the source was detected at very high energies (VHE; E > 100 GeV) by VERITAS with a significance of $8.9\sigma$ and showed clear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 VERITAS collaboration , E. Aliu , S. Archambault , T. Arlen , T. Aune , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , R. Bird , A. Bouvier , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , J. Dumm , M. Errando , A. Falcone , S. Federici , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , P. Fortin , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , L. Gérard , G. H. Gillanders , S. Griffin , J. Grube , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , M. Kertzman , Y. Khassen , D. Kieda , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , A. S Madhavan , G. Maier , P. Majumdar , S. McArthur , A. McCann , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , D. Nieto , A. O'Faoláin de Bhróithe , R. A. Ong , M. Orr , A. N. Otte , N. Park , J. S. Perkins , M. Pohl , A. Popkow , H. Prokoph , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , D. B. Saxon , G. H. Sembroski , C. Skole , A. W. Smith , M. Soares-Furtado , D. Staszak , I. Telezhinsky , G. Tešić , M. Theiling , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , S. P. Wakely , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , R. Welsing , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer , M. Böttcher , M. Fumagalli , J. Jadhav

Discovery of VHE gamma-rays from the BL Lac object PKS 0548-322

PKS 0548-322 (z=0.069) is a ``high-frequency-peaked'' BL Lac object and a candidate very high energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-ray emitter, due to its high X-ray and radio flux. Observations at the VHE band provide insights into the origin of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 H. E. S. S. collaboration , : , F. Aharonian , A. G. Akhperjanian , G. Anton , U. Barres de Almeida , A. R. Bazer-Bachi , Y. Becherini , B. Behera , W. Benbow , K. Bernlöhr , A. Bochow , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , V. Borrel , J. Brucker , F. Brun , P. Brun , R. Bühler , T. Bulik , I. Büsching , T. Boutelier , P. M. Chadwick , A. Charbonnier , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Cheesebrough , L. -M. Chounet , A. C. Clapson , G. Coignet , M. Dalton , M. K. Daniel , I. D. Davids , B. Degrange , C. Deil , H. J. Dickinson , A. Djannati-Ataï , W. Domainko , L. O'C. Drury , F. Dubois , G. Dubus , J. Dyks , M. Dyrda , K. Egberts , D. Emmanoulopoulos , P. Espigat , C. Farnier , F. Feinstein , A. Fiasson , A. Förster , G. Fontaine , M. Füssling , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , L. Gérard , D. Gerbig , B. Giebels , J. F. Glicenstein , B. Glück , P. Goret , D. Göring , D. Hauser , M. Hauser , S. Heinz , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , J. A. Hinton , A. Hoffmann , W. Hofmann , M. Holleran , S. Hoppe , D. Horns , A. Jacholkowska , O. C. de Jager , C. Jahn , I. Jung , K. Katarzyński , U. Katz , S. Kaufmann , E. Kendziorra , M. Kerschhagg , D. Khangulyan , B. Khélifi , D. Keogh , W. Kluźniak , T. Kneiske , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , G. Lamanna , J. -P. Lenain , T. Lohse , V. Marandon , J. M. Martin , O. Martineau-Huynh , A. Marcowith , J. Masbou , D. Maurin , T. J. L. McComb , M. C. Medina , R. Moderski , E. Moulin , M. Naumann-Godo , M. de Naurois , D. Nedbal , D. Nekrassov , B. Nicholas , J. Niemiec , S. J. Nolan , S. Ohm , J-F. Olive , E. de Oña Wilhelm , K. J. Orford , M. Ostrowski , M. Panter , M. Paz Arribas , G. Pedaletti , G. Pelletier , P. -O. Petrucci , S. Pita , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , B. C. Raubenheimer , M. Raue , S. M. Rayner , M. Renaud , F. Rieger , J. Ripken , L. Rob , S. Rosier-Lees , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , C. B. Rulten , J. Ruppel , V. Sahakian , A. Santangelo , R. Schlickeiser , F. M. Schöck , R. Schröder , U. Schwanke , S. Schwarzburg , S. Schwemmer , A. Shalchi , M. Sikora , J. L. Skilton , H. Sol , D. Spangler , L. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , F. Stinzing , G. Superina , A. Szostek , P. H. Tam , J. -P. Tavernet , R. Terrier , O. Tibolla , M. Tluczykont , C. van Eldik , G. Vasileiadis , C. Venter , L. Venter , J. P. Vialle , P. Vincent , M. Vivier , H. J. Völk , F. Volp , S. J. Wagner , M. Ward , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech

Superorbital modulation at GeV energies in the gamma-ray binary LS I +61 303

We report the results from our analysis of 8 years of the data for the gamma-ray binary LS I +61 303, obtained with the Large Area Telescope onboard the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. We find a significant dip around the binary's…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-21 Yi Xing , Zhongxiang Wang , Jumpei Takata