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A Search for Prompt Very High Energy Emission from Satellite-detected Gamma-ray Bursts using Milagro

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been detected up to GeV energies and are predicted by many models to emit in the very high energy (VHE, > 100 GeV) regime too. Detection of such emission would allow us to constrain GRB models. Since its launch,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-15 Milagro Collaboration , P. M. Saz Parkinson , B. L. Dingus

The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS)

We give an overview of the current status and scientific goals of VERITAS, a proposed hexagonal array of seven 10 m aperture imaging Cherenkov telescopes. The selected site is Montosa Canyon (1390 m a.s.l.) at the Whipple Observatory,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-13 S. M. Bradbury , I. H. Bond , A. C. Breslin , J. H. Buckley , D. A. Carter-Lewis , M. Catanese , S. Criswell , B. L. Dingus , D. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , J. Gaidos , J. Grindlay , A. M. Hillas , K. Harris , G. Hermann , P. Kaaret , D. Kieda , J. Knapp , F. Krennrich , S. LeBohec , R. W. Lessard , J. Lloyd-Evans , B. McKernan , D. Mueller , R. Ong , J. J. Quenby , J. Quinn , G. Rochester , H. J. Rose , M. Salamon , G. H. Sembroski , T. Sumner , S. Swordy , V. V. Vassiliev , T. C. Weekes

Detection of the Crab Pulsar with VERITAS above 100 GeV

We discuss the recent detection of pulsed gamma-ray emission from the Crab Pulsar above 100 GeV with the VERITAS array of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Gamma-ray emission at theses energies is not expected in present pulsar models. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Andrew McCann

VERITAS Observations of HESS J1943+213

HESS J1943+213 is a very-high-energy (VHE; >100 GeV) gamma-ray point source detected during the H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey. Radio, infrared, X-ray, and GeV gamma-ray counterparts have been identified for HESS J1943+213; however, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Karlen Shahinyan

A search for enhanced very high energy gamma-ray emission from the March 2013 Crab Nebula flare

In March 2013, a flaring episode from the Crab Nebula lasting ~2 weeks was detected by the Fermi-LAT (Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope). VERITAS provides simultaneous observations throughout this period.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-01-09 The VERITAS Collaboration , E. Aliu , S. Archambault , T. Aune , W. Benbow , K. Berger , R. Bird , A. Bouvier , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , M. Cerruti , X. Chen , 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 , G. H. Gillanders , S. Griffin , S. T. Griffiths , J. Grube , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , M. Kertzman , Y. Khassen , D. Kieda , F. Krennrich , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , M. Lyutikov , G. Maier , S. McArthur , A. McCann , K. Meagher , J. Millis , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , A. O'Faolain de Bhroithe , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , J. S. Perkins , M. Pohl , A. Popkow , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , J. Rajotte , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , G. H. Sembroski , F. Sheidaei , A. W. Smith , D. Staszak , I. Telezhinsky , M. Theiling , J. V. Tucci , J. Tyler , A. Varlotta , S. P. Wakely , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , R. Welsing , D. A. Williams , A. Zajczyk , B. Zitzer

VERITAS detection of VHE emission from the optically bright quasar OJ 287

We report on the VERITAS detection of very-high-energy (VHE, $E > 100~\mathrm{GeV}$) $\gamma$-ray emission from the optically bright quasar OJ 287 which is located at a redshift of z = 0.306. OJ 287 has been observed to display regular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-08 Stephan O'Brien

VERITAS Upper Limit on the VHE Emission from the Radio Galaxy NGC 1275

The recent detection by the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope of high-energy gamma-rays from the radio galaxy NGC 1275 makes the observation of the very high energy (VHE: E > 100 GeV) part of its broadband spectrum particularly interesting,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 VERITAS Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , E. Aliu , T. Arlen , T. Aune , M. Bautista , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , D. Boltuch , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , A. Cannon , O. Celik , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , P. Cogan , W. Cui , R. Dickherber , C. Duke , S. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , P. Fortin , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , D. Gall , K. Gibbs , G. H. Gillanders , S. Godambe , J. Grube , R. Guenette , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , D. Horan , C. M. Hui , T. B. Humensky , A. Imran , P. Kaaret , N. Karlsson , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , A. Konopelko , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , S. LeBohec , G. Maier , A. McCann , M. McCutcheon , J. Millis , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , J. S. Perkins , M. Pohl , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , E. Roache , H. J. Rose , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , A. W. Smith , D. Steele , S. P. Swordy , M. Theiling , J. A. Toner , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , R. G. Wagner , S. P. Wakely , J. E. Ward , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , T. Weisgarber , D. A. Williams , S. Wissel , M. Wood , B. Zitzer , J. Kataoka , E. Cavazzuti , C. C. Cheung , B. Lott , D. J. Thompson , G. Tosti

Observing FRB 121102 with VERITAS; Searching for Associated TeV Emission

Fast radio bursts are bright, unresolved and short flashes of radio emission originating from outside the Milky Way. The origin of these mysterious outbursts is unknown, but their high luminosity and short duration has prompted much…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Ralph Bird

A 3-Dimensional Likelihood analysis method for detecting extended sources in VERITAS

Gamma ray observations from a few hundred MeV up to tens of TeV are a valuable tool for studying particle acceleration and diffusion within our galaxy. Constructing a coherent physical picture of particle accelerators such as supernova…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-16 Alisha Chromey

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

Observation of binary systems at very-high energies with VERITAS

Non-thermal variable emission from radio to very-high energy gamma rays (VHE; >100 GeV) are the prime characteristics of gamma-ray binaries. The underlying physical processes leading to the observed VHE emission are not well understood, as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Gernot Maier

VERITAS Observations of the Unidentified Point Source HESS J1943+213

The H.E.S.S. Galactic plane scan has revealed a large population of Galactic very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) emitters. The majority of the galactic sources are extended and can typically be associated with pulsar wind nebulae (35%) and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Karlen Shahinyan

New hard X-ray sources discovered in the ongoing INTEGRAL Galactic Plane survey after 14 years of observations

The International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) continues to successfully work in orbit after its launch in 2002. The mission provides the deepest ever survey of hard X-ray sources throughout the Galaxy at energies above 20…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-26 Roman Krivonos , Sergey Tsygankov , Ilya Mereminskiy , Alexander Lutovinov , Sergey Sazonov , Rashid Sunyaev

VERITAS: Status and Performance

VERITAS is an atmospheric Cherenkov telescope array sited in Tucson, Arizona. The array is nearing completion and consists of four, 12m diameter telescopes. The first telescope in the array has been operating since February 2005, while…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 J. Holder , the VERITAS collaboration

VERITAS and H.E.S.S. observations of the gamma-ray binary HESS J0632+057

HESS J0632+057 has been recently identified as a new gamma-ray binary system. The source, located in the Monoceros region and associated with the massive Be star MWC 148, shows variability from radio to very high energy (VHE) gamma-rays,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Pol Bordas , Gernot Maier

Deep Broadband Observations of the Distant Gamma-ray Blazar PKS 1424+240

We present deep VERITAS observations of the blazar PKS 1424+240, along with contemporaneous Fermi Large Area Telescope, Swift X-ray Telescope and Swift UV Optical Telescope data between 2009 February 19 and 2013 June 8. This blazar resides…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 S. Archambault , T. Aune , B. Behera , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , K. Berger , R. Bird , J. Biteau , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , J. V Cardenzana , M. Cerruti , X. Chen , L. Ciupik , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , J. Dumm , M. Errando , A. Falcone , S. Federici , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , H. Fleischhack , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , G. H. Gillanders , S. Griffin , S. T. Griffiths , J. Grube , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , C. A. Johnson , P. Kaaret , M. Kertzman , Y. Khassen , D. Kieda , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , A. S Madhavan , G. Maier , A. McCann , K. Meagher , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , D. Nieto , A. O'Faolain de Bhroithe , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , N. Park , M. Pohl , A. Popkow , H. Prokoph , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , J. Rajotte , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , D. Staszak , I. Telezhinsky , J. V. Tucci , J. Tyler , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , S. P. Wakely , A. Weinstein , R. Welsing , A. Wilhelm , D. A. Williams , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , A. Albert , L. Baldini , D. Bastieri , R. Bellazzini , E. Bissaldi , J. Bregeon , R. Buehler , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , E. Cavazzuti , E. Charles , J. Chiang , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , S. Cutini , F. D'Ammando , A. de Angelis , F. de Palma , C. D. Dermer , S. W. Digel , L. Di Venere , P. S. Drell , C. Favuzzi , A. Franckowiak , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , I. A. Grenier , S. Guiriec , T. Jogler , M. Kuss , S. Larsson , L. Latronico , F. Longo , F. Loparco , P. Lubrano , G. M. Madejski , M. Mayer , M. N. Mazziotta , P. F. Michelson , T. Mizuno , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , S. Murgia , E. Nuss , T. Ohsugi , J. F. Ormes , J. S. Perkins , F. Piron , G. Pivato , S. Raino , M. Razzano , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , S. Ritz , M. Schaal , C. Sgro , E. J. Siskind , P. Spinelli , H. Takahashi , L. Tibaldo , M. Tinivella , E. Troja , G. Vianello , M. Werner , M. Wood

Discovery of a new TeV gamma-ray source: VER J0521+211

We report the detection of a new TeV gamma-ray source, VER J0521+211, based on observations made with the VERITAS imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope array. These observations were motivated by the discovery of a cluster of >30GeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-10-04 VERITAS Collaboration , S. Archambault , T. Arlen , T. Aune , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , R. Bird , A. Bouvier , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , M. Errando , A. Falcone , S. Federici , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , D. Gall , 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 , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , A. S Madhavan , G. Maier , P. Majumdar , S. McArthur , A. McCann , J. Millis , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , A. O'Faolain de Bhroithe , R. A. Ong , 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 , A. W. Smith , D. Staszak , I. Telezhinsky , 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. Bottcher , S. J. Fegan , P. Fortin , J. P. Halpern , Y. Y. Kovalev , M. L. Lister , J. Liu , A. B. Pushkarev , P. S. Smith

VERITAS Observations of Mgro J1908+06/Hess J1908+063

The unidentified TeV gamma-ray source MGRO J1908+06/HESS J1908+063 was observed with the VERITAS Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Array during October 2007 and May-June 2008. This extended source is located on the galactic plane at a galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 John E Ward

A maximum-likelihood-based technique for detecting extended gamma-ray sources with VERITAS

Gamma-ray observations ranging from hundreds of MeV to tens of TeV are a valuable tool for studying particle acceleration and diffusion within our galaxy. Supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae, and star-forming regions are the main…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-19 Alisha Chromey

The Discovery of gamma-Ray Emission From The Blazar RGB J0710+591

The high-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object RGB J0710+591 was observed in the very high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) wave band by the VERITAS array of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The observations, taken between 2008 December and 2009…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 V. A. Acciari , E. Aliu , T. Arlen , T. Aune , M. Bautista , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , M. Böttcher , D. Boltuch , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , A. Cannon , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , W. Cui , R. Dickherber , C. Duke , A. Falcone , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , D. Gall , K. Gibbs , G. H. Gillanders , S. Godambe , J. Grube , R. Guenette , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , C. M. Hui , T. B. Humensky , A. Imran , P. Kaaret , N. Karlsson , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , A. Konopelko , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , A. Lamerato , S. LeBohec , G. Maier , S. McArthur , A. McCann , M. McCutcheon , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , J. S. Perkins , D. Petry , A. Pichel , M. Pohl , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , E. Roache , H. J. Rose , P. Roustazadeh , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , G. Demet Senturk , A. W. Smith , D. Steele , S. P. Swordy , G. Tešić , M. Theiling , S. Thibadeau , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , R. G. Wagner , S. P. Wakely , J. E. Ward , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , T. Weisgarber , D. A. Williams , S. Wissel , M. Wood , B. Zitzer , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , E. Antolini , L. Baldini , J. Ballet , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , K. Bechtol , R. Bellazzini , B. Berenji , R. D. Blandford , E. D. Bloom , E. Bonamente , A. W. Borgland , A. Bouvier , J. Bregeon , M. Brigida , P. Bruel , R. Buehler , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , S. Carrigan , J. M. Casandjian , E. Cavazzuti , C. Cecchi , Ö. Çelik , E. Charles , A. Chekhtman , C. C. Cheung , J. Chiang , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , C. D. Dermer , F. de Palma , E. do Couto e Silva , P. S. Drell , R. Dubois , D. Dumora , C. Farnier , C. Favuzzi , S. J. Fegan , P. Fortin , M. Frailis , Y. Fukazawa , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Gehrels , S. Germani , B. Giebels , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , T. Glanzman , G. Godfrey , I. A. Grenier , J. E. Grove , S. Guiriec , E. Hays , D. Horan , R. E. Hughes , G. Jóhannesson , A. S. Johnson , W. N. Johnson , T. Kamae , H. Katagiri , J. Kataoka , J. Knödlseder , M. Kuss , J. Lande , L. Latronico , S. -H. Lee , M. Llena Garde , F. Longo , F. Loparco , B. Lott , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , A. Makeev , M. N. Mazziotta , P. F. Michelson , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Mizuno , A. A. Moiseev , C. Monte , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , P. L. Nolan , J. P. Norris , E. Nuss , M. Ohno , T. Ohsugi , N. Omodei , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , D. Paneque , J. H. Panetta , V. Pelassa , M. Pepe , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , T. A. Porter , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , J. Ripken , A. Y. Rodriguez , M. Roth , H. F. -W. Sadrozinski , D. Sanchez , A. Sander , J. D. Scargle , C. Sgrò , E. J. Siskind , P. D. Smith , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , M. S. Strickman , D. J. Suson , H. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , J. B. Thayer , J. G. Thayer , D. J. Thompson , L. Tibaldo , D. F. Torres , G. Tosti , A. Tramacere , T. L. Usher , V. Vasileiou , N. Vilchez , V. Vitale , A. P. Waite , P. Wang , B. L. Winer , K. S. Wood , Z. Yang , T. Ylinen , M. Ziegler