Related papers: Highlights from the VERITAS Blazar Program

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

A luminous and isolated gamma-ray flare from the blazar B2 1215+30

B2 1215+30 is a BL Lac-type blazar that was first detected at TeV energies by the MAGIC atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, and subsequently confirmed by the VERITAS observatory with data collected between 2009 and 2012. In 2014 February 08,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-23 VERITAS Collaboration , A. U. Abeysekara , S. Archambault , A. Archer , W. Benbow , R. Bird , M. Buchovecky , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , M. Cerruti , X. Chen , L. Ciupik , W. Cui , H. J. Dickinson , J. D. Eisch , M. Errando , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , H. Fleischhack , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , G. H. Gillanders , S. Griffin , J. Grube , M. Hutten , N. Hakansson , D. Hanna , J. Holder , T. B. Humensky , C. A. Johnson , P. Kaaret , P. Kar , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , M. Krause , F. Krennrich , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , G. Maier , S. McArthur , A. McCann , K. Meagher , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , T. Nguyen , D. Nieto , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , N. Park , V. Pelassa , M. Pohl , A. Popkow , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , C. Rulten , M. Santander , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , D. Staszak , I. Telezhinsky , J. V. Tucci , J. Tyler , S. P. Wakely , O. M. Weiner , A. Weinstein , A. Wilhelm , D. A. Williams , Fermi-LAT Collaboration , : , S. Fegan , B. Giebels , D. Horan , A. Berdyugin , J. Kuan , E. Lindfors , K. Nilsson , A. Oksanen , H. Prokoph , R. Reinthal , L. Takalo , F. Zefi

Prospects for Very High Energy Blazar Survey by the Next Generation Cherenkov Telescopes

The prospects for future blazar surveys by next-generation very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray telescopes, such as Advanced Gamma-ray Imaging System (AGIS) and Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), are investigated using the latest model of blazar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Yoshiyuki Inoue , Tomonori Totani , Masaki Mori

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

VERITAS follow-up observation of the blazar TXS 0506+056

The gamma-ray blazar TXS 0506+056 was found with an enhanced gamma-ray emission state in spatial and temporal coincidence with the IceCube high energy neutrino event IC170922A. This is the most significant association by far between a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-16 Weidong Jin , RileyAnne Sharpe

Redshift measurement of Fermi Blazars for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Blazars are active galactic nuclei, and the most numerous High Energy (HE) and Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray emitters. Their optical emission is often dominated by non-thermal, and, in the case of BL Lacs, featureless continuum…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 P. Goldoni , S. Pita , C. Boisson , G. Cotter , D. A. Williams , E. Lindfors

VERITAS: HAWC's Neighbour to the North

This paper summarizes a presentation given on the occasion of the inauguration of the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-ray Observatory in Puebla, Mexico in March 2015. The inauguration of a new facility for the study of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Jamie Holder

Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Observations with H.E.S.S

The H.E.S.S. Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Array is currently the most sensitive instrument for Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations in the energy range of about 0.1-10 TeV. During more than two years of operation with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Christopher van Eldik

A Search for Pulsed Very High-Energy Gamma Rays from Thirteen Young Pulsars in Archival VERITAS Data

We conduct a search for periodic emission in the very high-energy gamma-ray band (VHE; E > 100 GeV) from a total of 13 pulsars in an archival VERITAS data set with a total exposure of over 450 hours. The set of pulsars includes many of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-15 A. Archer , W. Benbow , R. Bird , R. Brose , M. Buchovecky , J. H. Buckley , A. J. Chromey , W. Cui , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , A. Gent , O. Gueta , D. Hanna , T. Hassan , O. Hervet , J. Holder , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , C. A. Johnson , P. Kaaret , P. Kar , N. Kelley-Hoskins , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , F. Krennrich , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , T. T. Y. Lin , A. McCann , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , S. O'Brien , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , N. Park , A. Petrashyk , M. Pohl , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , I. Sadeh , M. Santander , S. S. Scott , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , I. Sushch , 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 M87 from 2007 to present

M87 is a nearby radio galaxy and because of its misaligned jet, it is possible to correlate detailed spatially-resolved emission regions in the radio, optical to X-ray waveband with unresolved but contemporaneous flux measurements in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 C. M. Hui

Pulsar Prospects for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

In the last few years, the Fermi-LAT telescope has discovered over a 100 pulsars at energies above 100 MeV, increasing the number of known gamma-ray pulsars by an order of magnitude. In parallel, imaging Cherenkov telescopes, such as MAGIC…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 T. Hassan , S. Bonnefoy , M. Lopez , N. Mirabal , J. A. Barrio , J. L. Contreras , R. de los Reyes , E. O. Wilhelmi , B. Rudak

The VERITAS Survey of the Cygnus Region of the Galactic Plane

The VERITAS IACT observatory has carried out an extensive survey of the Cygnus region between 67 and 82 degrees in galactic longitude and between -1 and 4 degrees in galactic latitude. This region is a natural choice for a Very High Energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Amanda Weinstein

VERITAS Observations of the Galactic Center Ridge

Due to its extraordinarily high concentration of known relativistic particle accelerators such as pulsar wind nebula, supernova remnants, dense molecular cloud regions, and the supermassive black hole (Sgr A*); the center of the Milky Way…

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

Blazar observations above 60 GeV: the Influence of CELESTE's Energy Scale on the Study of Flares and Spectra

The CELESTE atmospheric Cherenkov detector ran until June 2004. It has observed the blazars Mrk 421, 1ES 1426+428 and Mrk 501. We significantly improved our understanding of the atmosphere using a LIDAR, and of the optical throughput of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 E. Brion , the CELESTE collaboration

High energy blazars spectroscopy with X-Shooter on the VLT

We present results of observations in the UV to near-IR range for eight blazars, three of which have been recently discovered at Very High Energies (VHE) and five appearing as interesting candidates for VHE {\gamma}-ray detection. We focus…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Santiago Pita , Paolo Goldoni , Catherine Boisson , Yvonne Becherini , Lucie Gérard , Jean-Philippe Lenain , Michael Punch

Multiwavelength Observations of the Previously Unidentified Blazar RX J0648.7+1516

We report on the VERITAS discovery of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma- ray emission above 200 GeV from the high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object RXJ0648.7+1516 (GBJ0648+1516), associated with 1FGLJ0648.8+1516. The photon spectrum above 200 GeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 E. Aliu , T. Aune , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , M. Böttcher , A. Bouvier , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , A. Cannon , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , G. Decerprit , R. Dickherber , C. Duke , M. Errando , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , G. Finnegan , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , D. Gall , G. H. Gillanders , S. Godambe , S. Griffin , J. Grube , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , B. Hivick , J. Holder , H. Huan , G. Hughes , C. M. Hui , T. B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , N. Karlsson , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , G. Maier , P. Majumdar , S. McArthur , A. McCann , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , T. Nelson , R. A. Ong , M. Orr , A. N. Otte , N. Park , J. S. Perkins , A. Pichel , M. Pohl , H. Prokoph , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , E. Roache , H. J. Rose , J. Ruppel , D. B. Saxon , G. H. Sembroski , C. Skole , A. W. Smith , D. Staszak , G. Tesic , M. Theiling , S. Thibadeau , K. Tsurusaki , J. Tyler , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. P. Wakely , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer , S. Ciprini , M. Fumagalli , K. Kaplan , D. Paneque , J. X. Prochaska

VERITAS Observations of 1ES 1218+304 during the 2019 VHE High State

1ES 1218+304 is a moderate-redshift (z = 0.182) high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object (HBL). Detected by both the MAGIC and VERITAS gamma-ray observatories, 1ES 1218+304 is frequently monitored by VERITAS as part of its long-term blazar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-02 Stephan O'Brien

AGN Population Studies for CTA

Following the great success of the current Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes, the next generation gamma-ray telescope arrays, Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), is being prepared. CTA will have an order of magnitude higher sensitivity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Yoshiyuki Inoue

On design studies for the future 50 GeV arrays of imaging air Cherenkov telescopes

Arrays of imaging air Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) like VERITAS, HESS have been recently proposed as the instruments of the next generation for ground based very high energy gamma-ray astronomy invading into 50-100 GeV energy range. Here we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Alexander K. Konopelko

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