Related papers: Highlights from the VERITAS Blazar Program

VERITAS observations of the BL Lac object TXS 0506+056

On 2017 September 22, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory reported the detection of the high-energy neutrino event \icnu, of potential astrophysical origin. It was soon determined that the neutrino direction was consistent with the location of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-13 A. U. Abeysekara , A. Archer , W. Benbow , R. Bird , A. Brill , R. Brose , J. H. Buckley , J. L. Christiansen , A. J. Chromey , M. K. Daniel , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , G. H. Gillanders , O. Gueta , D. Hanna , O. Hervet , J. Holder , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , C. A. Johnson , P. Kaaret , P. Kar , N. Kelley-Hoskins , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , M. Krause , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , S. O'Brien , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , N. Park , A. Petrashyk , M. Pohl , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , C. Rulten , I. Sadeh , M. Santander , S. S. Scott , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , J. Tyler , S. P. Wakely , A. Weinstein , R. M. Wells , P. Wilcox , A. Wilhelm , D. A. Williams , T. J Williamson , B. Zitzer

VERITAS Observations of Extragalactic Non-Blazars

During the 2007/2008 season, VERITAS was used for observations at E>200 GeV of several extragalactic non-blazar objects such as galaxy clusters, starburst and interacting galaxies, dwarf galaxies, and nearby galaxies. In these proceedings,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 C. M. Hui

Astrophysical measurements with the VERITAS Stellar Intensity Interferometer

Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes have long been viewed as potential light collectors to be used for long baseline optical intensity interferometry observations. Intensity interferometry, as implemented with Cherenkov telescopes, is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 N. Matthews , S. LeBohec

VERITAS Blazar Observations - Recent Results

We present the discovery of very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from the high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object 1ES 0806+524 (z=0.138) and the intermediate-frequency-peaked BL Lac object W Comae (z=0.102) with VERITAS. VHE emission was…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Peter Cogan

Gamma-Hadron Separation Methods for the VERITAS Array of Four Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes

Ground-based arrays of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes have emerged as the most sensitive gamma-ray detectors in the energy range of about 100 GeV and above. The strengths of these arrays are a very large effective collection area…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 H. Krawczynski , D. A. Carter-Lewis , C. Duke , J. Holder , G. Maier , S. Le Bohec , G. Sembroski

VERITAS long-term (2006-2014) observations of the BL Lac object 1ES 0806+524

The discovery of the high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object 1ES 0806+524 (z=0.138) as a source of very-high-energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-ray photons was announced in 2008 by the VERITAS Collaboration, at a level of 1.8% of the Crab Nebula…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Matteo Cerruti

VERITAS long term monitoring of Gamma-Ray emission from the BL Lacertae object

BL Lacertae is the prototype of the blazar subclass known as BL Lac type objects. BL Lacertae object itself is a low-frequency-peaked BL Lac(LBL). Very high energy (VHE) gamma ray emission from this source was discovered in 2005 by MAGIC…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-12 Anushka Udara Abeysekara

Discovery of Very High Energy Gamma Rays from 1ES 1440+122

The BL Lacertae object 1ES 1440+122 was observed in the energy range from 85 GeV to 30 TeV by the VERITAS array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The observations, taken between 2008 May and 2010 June and totalling 53 hours,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-10 VERITAS Collaboration , S. Archambault , A. Archer , A. Barnacka , B. Behera , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , K. Berger , R. Bird , M. Boettcher , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , J. V Cardenzana , M. Cerruti , X. Chen , J. L. Christiansen , L. Ciupik , E. Collins-Hughes , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , H. J. Dickinson , J. Dumm , J. D. Eisch , M. Errando , A. Falcone , S. Federici , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , H. Fleischhack , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , G. H. Gillanders , S. Godambe , S. Griffin , S. T. Griffiths , J. Grube , G. Gyuk , N. Haakansson , D. Hanna , J. Holder , G. Hughes , C. A. Johnson , P. Kaaret , P. Kar , M. Kertzman , Y. Khassen , D. Kieda , H. Krawczynski , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , A. S Madhavan , G. Maier , S. McArthur , A. McCann , K. Meagher , J. Millis , P. Moriarty , T. Nelson , D. Nieto , A. O'Faolain de Bhroithe , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , N. Park , J. S. Perkins , M. Pohl , A. Popkow , H. Prokoph , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , J. Rajotte , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , A. W. Smith , D. Staszak , K Sweeney , I. Telezhinsky , J. V. Tucci , J. Tyler , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. P. Wakely , R. Welsing , A. Wilhelm , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer

Optical spectroscopy of Blazars for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Context. Blazars are the most numerous class of High Energy (HE; E about 50 MeV - few 100 GeV) and Very High Energy (VHE; E about 100 GeV - 10 TeV) gamma-ray emitters. As of today, a measured spectroscopic redshift is available for only…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-16 P. Goldoni , S. Pita , C. Boisson , W. Max-Moerbeck , E. Kasai , D. A. Williams , F. D'Ammando , V. Navarro-Aranguiz , M. Backes , U. Barres de Almeida , J. Becerra-Gonzalez , G. Cotter , O. Hervet , J. -P. Lenain , E. Lindfors , H. Sol , S. Wagner

Prospects for the detection of high-energy (E>25 GeV) Fermi pulsars with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Around 160 gamma-ray pulsars were discovered by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) since 2008. The most energetic of them, 12 objects with emission above 25 GeV, are suitable candidates for the detection with the current and future…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-09 A. Burtovoi , T. Y. Saito , L. Zampieri , T. Hassan

Surveys with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Surveys open up unbiased discovery space and generate legacy datasets of long-lasting value. One of the goals of imaging arrays of Cherenkov telescopes like CTA is to survey areas of the sky for faint very high energy gamma-ray (VHE)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Dubus , J. L. Contreras , S. Funk , Y. Gallant , T. Hassan , J. Hinton , Y. Inoue , J. Knödlseder , P. Martin , N. Mirabal , M. de Naurois , M. Renaud

The VERITAS-Stellar Intensity Interferometry (VSII) survey of Stellar Diameters

The VERITAS Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) array was augmented in 2019 with high-speed focal plane electronics to allow its use for Stellar Intensity Interferometry (SII) observations. Since January 2019, the VERITAS Stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-24 David Kieda , Jonathan Davis , Tugdual LeBohec , Mike Lisa , Nolan K. Matthews

VERITAS Observations of TeV Binaries

Since the commissioning of the array in Spring 2007, the VERITAS array (sensitive in the 0.1-50 TeV energy range) has acquired over 300 hours of observations investigating the TeV emission from X-ray binary star systems, in particular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Andrew W. Smith

Optical Spectroscopy of Blazars for the Cherenkov Telescope Array -- II

Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) make up about 35 per cent of the more than 250 sources detected in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays to date with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes. Apart from four nearby radio galaxies and two AGNs of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-16 E. Kasai , P. Goldoni , S. Pita , D. A. Williams , W. Max-Moerbeck , O. Hervet , G. Cotter , M. Backes , C. Boisson , J. Becerra González , U. Barres de Almeida , F. D'Ammando , V. Fallah Ramazani , E. Lindfors

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

Observations of Supernova Remnants and Pulsar Wind Nebulae: A VERITAS Key Science Project

The study of supernova remnants and pulsar wind nebulae was one of the Key Science Projects for the first two years of VERITAS observations. VERITAS is an array of four imaging Cherenkov telescopes located at the Whipple Observatory in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-13 Brian Humensky

An indirect search for dark matter with a combined analysis of dwarf spheroidal galaxies from VERITAS

Understanding the nature and identity of dark matter is a key goal in the physics community. In the case that TeV-scale dark matter particles decay or annihilate into standard model particles, very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays (greater than…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-07 A. Acharyya , C. B. Adams , P. Bangale , J. T. Bartkoske , P. Batista , W. Benbow , J. L. Christiansen , A. J. Chromey , A. Duerr , M. Errando , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , G. M. Foote , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , W. Hanlon , D. Hanna , O. Hervet , C. E. Hinrichs , J. Holder , T. B. Humensky , W. Jin , M. N. Johnson , P. Kaaret , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , T. K. Kleiner , N. Korzoun , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , M. Lundy , G. Maier , Conor E. McGrath , M. J. Millard , C. L. Mooney , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , W. Ning , S. O'Brien , R. A. Ong , N. Park , M. Pohl , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , P. L. Rabinowitz , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , D. Ribeiro , E. Roache , J. L. Ryan , I. Sadeh , L. Saha , G. H. Sembroski , R. Shang , M. Splettstoesser , Donggeun Tak , A. K. Talluri , J. V. Tucci , V. V. Vassiliev , A. Weinstein , D. A. Williams , S. L. Wong

Discovery of Variability in the Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Emission of 1ES 1218+304 with VERITAS

We present results from an intensive VERITAS monitoring campaign of the high-frequency peaked BL Lac object 1ES 1218+304 in 2008/2009. Although 1ES 1218+304 was detected previously by MAGIC and VERITAS at a persistent level of ~6% of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-01-18 The VERITAS Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , E. Aliu , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , D. Boltuch , M. Böttcher , S. M. Bradbury , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , P. Cogan , W. Cui , R. Dickherber , C. Duke , A. Falcone , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , D. Gall , K. Gibbs , R. Guenette , G. H. Gillanders , S. Godambe , J. Grube , D. Hanna , C. M. Hui , T. B. Humensky , A. Imran , P. Kaaret , N. Karlsson , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , S. LeBohec , G. Maier , S. McArthur , A. McCann , P. Moriarty , T. Nagai , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , J. S. Perkins , A. Pichel , M. Pohl , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , E. Roache , H. J. Rose , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , A. W. Smith , D. Steele , S. P. Swordy , M. Theiling , S. Thibadeau , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , S. P. Wakely , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , T. Weisgarber , D. A. Williams

Redshift determination of blazars for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Blazars are the most numerous type of observed high-energy gamma-ray emitters. However, their emission mechanisms and population properties are still not well-understood. Crucial to this understanding are their cosmological redshifts, which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-24 Eli Kasai , Paolo Goldoni , Santiago Pita , Catherine Boisson , Michael Backes , Garret Cotter , Filippo D'Ammando , Brian van Soelen

VERITAS Observations of the Microquasar Cygnus X-3

We report results from TeV gamma-ray observations of the microquasar Cygnus X-3. The observations were made with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) over a time period from 2007 June 11 to 2011 November 28.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 S. Archambault , M. Beilicke , 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 , C. Duke , J. Dumm , M. Errando , A. Falcone , S. Federici , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , 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 , H. Krawczynski , 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 , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , N. Park , J. S. Perkins , 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 , F. Sheidaei , A. W. Smith , D. Staszak , I. Telezhinsky , M. Theiling , J. V. Tucci , J. Tyler , A. Varlotta , S. Vincent , S. P. Wakely , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer , M. L. McCollough