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In this paper, we extended our earlier work on the reconstruction of the (time-averaged) one-dimensional velocity distribution of Galactic Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) and introduce the Bayesian fitting procedure to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-08-05 Chung-Lin Shan

The sensitivity of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) in TeV gamma-ray observations reachs its maximum at small zenith angles (< 30 degree) which provide the minimum attainable energy threshold of an instrument. However, for a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Konopelko , F. Aharonian , M. Hemberger , W. Hofmann , J. Kettler , G. Puehlhofer , H. J. Voelk

A deep learning method for the particle trajectory reconstruction with the DAMPE experiment is presented. The developed algorithms constitute the first fully machine-learned track reconstruction pipeline for space astroparticle missions.…

Ground-based $\gamma$-ray observatories, such as the VERITAS array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, provide insight into very-high-energy (VHE, $\mathrm{E}>100\,\mathrm{GeV}$) astrophysical transient events. Examples include the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-21 Konstantin Pfrang

VERITAS is an array of four 12-m diameter imaging atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes located in southern Arizona. Its aim is to study the very high energy (VHE: E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from astrophysical objects. The study of Active…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-11-02 Nicola Galante

The 499 pixel photomultiplier cameras of the VERITAS gamma ray telescopes are instrumented with 500MHz sampling Flash ADCs. This paper describes a preliminary investigation of the best methods by which to exploit this information so as to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 J. Holder

Gamma-ray astronomy from hundreds of GeV to PeV is confined to ground-based experiments that detect air showers induced by $\gamma$-rays entering Earth's atmosphere. While particle detector arrays feature huge detection areas, accurately…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-13 Markus Pirke , Youngwan Son , Jonas Glombitza , Martin Schneider , Ian James Watson , Christopher van Eldik

The Crab Nebula has long been the standard reference point source for very-high-energy (VHE, E $>$100 GeV) gamma-ray observatories such as VERITAS. It has enabled testing and improvement of analysis methods, validation of techniques, and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Ralph Bird

We present a fast and accurate method for dense depth reconstruction from sparsely sampled light fields obtained using a synchronized camera array. In our method, the source images are over-segmented into non-overlapping compact superpixels…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-12-18 Aleksandra Chuchvara , Attila Barsi , Atanas Gotchev

We present a reconstruction algorithm for extensive air showers with zenith angles between 65$^\circ$ and 85$^\circ$ measured with radio antennas in the 30-80 MHz band. Our algorithm is based on a signal model derived from CoREAS…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Tim Huege , Felix Schlüter

The Large Zenith Telescope Survey whose construction is almost completed (first light expected in spring 2002) near Vancouver (Canada) is designed to observed a total strip of ~17' x 120 deg in 40 medium-band filters spanning 4000-10000 A.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Remi A. Cabanac , Paul Hickson , Valerie de Lapparent

We present the method of multiplexed imaging designed for astronomical observations of large sky areas in the IR, visible and UV frequencies. Our method relies on the sparse nature of astronomical observations. The method consists of an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-11 Barak Zackay , Avishay Gal-Yam

Context. The response of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes to incident {\gamma}-ray-initiated showers in the atmosphere changes as the telescopes age due to exposure to light and weather. These aging processes affect the…

The generalized maximum entropy method (GMEM) is a special modification of the standard maximum entropy method (MEM) which seeks solutions in the space of complex functions. In this work a reduced version of the GMEM intended for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Anisa T. Bajkova

A simple 3D-reconstruction method for gamma-ray induced air showers is presented, which takes full advantage of the assets of a system of Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes combining stereoscopy and fine-grain imaging like the High Energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Lemoine-Goumard , B. Degrange , M. Tluczykont

The most commonly used techniques for estimating the background contribution in IACT data analysis are the ring background model and the reflected region methods. However, these two techniques are poorly suited for analyses of sources with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Joshua V. Cardenzana

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope regularly surveys the entire sky in the energy range between 0.3 and 100 GeV with an homogeneous coverage. This makes Fermi a very useful guide for ground-based Cherenkov-telescope arrays like VERITAS,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 M. Errando , M. Orr , E. Kara

In the cosmological paradigm, cold dark matter dominates the mass content of the Universe and is present at every scale. Candidates for dark mater include many extensions of the standard model, with a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Matthieu Vivier

We present a method for distance calibration without using standard fitting procedures. Instead we use random resampling to reconstruct the probability density function (PDF) of calibration data points in the fitting plane. The resulting…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-11 B. Vukotic , M. Jurkovic , D. Urosevic , B. Arbutina