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Design and Operation of FACT -- The First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope

The First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT) is designed to detect cosmic gamma-rays with energies from several hundred GeV up to about 10 TeV using the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique. In contrast to former or existing telescopes,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-17 H. Anderhub , M. Backes , A. Biland , V. Boccone , I. Braun , T. Bretz , J. Buß , F. Cadoux , V. Commichau , L. Djambazov , D. Dorner , S. Einecke , D. Eisenacher , A. Gendotti , O. Grimm , H. von Gunten , C. Haller , D. Hildebrand , U. Horisberger , B. Huber , K. -S. Kim , M. L. Knoetig , J. H. K"ohne , T. Kr"ahenb"uhl , B. Krumm , M. Lee , E. Lorenz , W. Lustermann , E. Lyard , K. Mannheim , M. Meharga , K. Meier , T. Montaruli , D. Neise , F. Nessi-Tedaldi , A. -K. Overkemping , A. Paravac , F. Pauss , D. Renker , W. Rhode , M. Ribordy , U. R"oser , J. -P. Stucki , J. Schneider , T. Steinbring , F. Temme , J. Thaele , S. Tobler , G. Viertel , P. Vogler , R. Walter , K. Warda , Q. Weitzel , M. Z"anglein

The Energy Spectrum of TeV Gamma-Rays from the Crab Nebula as measured by the HEGRA system of imaging air Cherenkov telescopes

The Crab Nebula has been observed by the HEGRA (High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy) stereoscopic system of imaging air Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) for a total of about 200 hrs during two observational campaigns: from September 1997 to March…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Aharonian , The HEGRA Collaboration

TeV Gamma-Ray Observations of the Galactic Center

We report a possible detection of TeV gamma-rays from the Galactic Center by the Whipple 10m gamma-ray telescope. Twenty-six hours of data were taken over an extended period from 1995 through 2003 resulting in a total significance of 3.7…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Kosack , the VERITAS Collaboration

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

Discovery of very-high-energy emission from RGB J2243+203 and derivation of its redshift upper limit

Very-high-energy (VHE; $>$ 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from the blazar RGB J2243+203 was discovered with the VERITAS Cherenkov telescope array, during the period between 21 and 24 December 2014. The VERITAS energy spectrum from this source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-15 A. U. Abeysekara , S. Archambault , A. Archer , W. Benbow , R. Bird , R. Brose , M. Buchovecky , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , M. Cerruti , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , H. Fleischhack , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , G. H. Gillanders , S. Griffin , J. Grube , M. Hutten , D. Hanna , O. Hervet , J. Holder , T. B. Humensky , C. A. Johnson , P. Kaaret , P. Kar , N. Kelley-Hoskins , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , M. Krause , F. Krennrich , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , G. Maier , S. McArthur , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , D. Nieto , S. OBrien , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , N. Park , A. Petrashyk , M. Poh , A. Popkow , E. Puesche , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , C. Rulten , I. Sadeh , M. Santander , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , D. Staszak , I. Telezhinsky , J. Tyler , V. V. Vassiliev , S. P. Wakely , O. M. Weiner , A. Weinstein , P. Wilcox , A. Wilhelm , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer

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 and Fermi-LAT observations of new HAWC sources

The HAWC (High Altitude Water Cherenkov) collaboration recently published their 2HWC catalog, listing 39 very high energy (VHE; >100~GeV) gamma-ray sources based on 507 days of observation. Among these, there are nineteen sources that are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-02 VERITAS Collaboration , A. U. Abeysekara , A. Archer , W. Benbow , R. Bird , R. Brose , M. Buchovecky , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , A. J. Chromey , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , M. K. Daniel , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , M. Hutten , D. Hanna , O. Hervet , J. Holder , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , C. A. Johnson , P. Kaaret , P. Kar , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , M. Krause , F. Krennrich , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , T. T. Y. Lin , S. McArthur , 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 , 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 , Fermi-LAT Collaboration , : , S. Abdollahi , M. Ajello , L. Baldini , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , R. Bellazzini , B. Berenji , E. Bissaldi , R. D. Blandford , R. Bonino , E. Bottacini , T. J. Brandt , P. Bruel , R. Buehler , R. A. Cameron , R. Caputo , P. A. Caraveo , D. Castro , E. Cavazzuti , E. Charles , G. Chiaro , S. Ciprini , J. Cohen-Tanugi , D. Costantin , S. Cutini , F. D'Ammando , F. de Palma , N. Di Lalla , M. Di Mauro , L. Di Venere , A. Dominguez , C. Favuzzi , S. J. Fegan , A. Franckowiak , Y. Fukazawa , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , D. Green , I. A. Grenier , L. Guillemot , S. Guiriec , E. Hays , J. W. Hewitt , D. Horan , G. Johannesson , S. Kensei , M. Kuss , S. Larsson , L. Latronico , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. Li , F. Longo , F. Loparco , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , J. D. Magill , S. Maldera , M. N. Mazziotta , J. E. McEnery , P. F. Michelson , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Mizuno , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , M. Negro , E. Nuss , R. Ojha , N. Omodei , M. Orienti , E. Orlando , M. Palatiello , V. S. Paliya , D. Paneque , J. S. Perkins , M. Persic , M. Pesce-Rollins , V. Petrosian , F. Piron , T. A. Porter , G. Principe , S. Raino , R. Rando , B. Rani , M. Razzano , S. Razzaque , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , T. Reposeur , C. Sgro , E. J. Siskind , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , D. J. Suson , H. Tajima , J. B. Thayer , D. J. Thompson , D. F. Torres , G. Tosti , E. Troja , J. Valverde , G. Vianello , M. Vogel , K. Wood , M. Yassine , HAWC Collaboration , : , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Alvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. Becerril , E. Belmont-Moreno , S. Y. BenZvi , A. Bernal , J. Braun , C. Brisbois , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistran , A. Carraminana , S. Casanova , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , S. Coutino de Leon , C. De Leon , E. De la Fuente , S. Dichiara , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , J. C. Diaz-Velez , K. Engel , O. Enriquez-Rivera , D. W. Fiorino , H. Fleischhack , N. Fraija , J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez , F. Garfias , A. Gonzalez Munoz , M. M. Gonzalez , J. A. Goodman , Z. Hampel-Arias , J. P. Harding , S. Hernandez , A. Hernandez-Almada , B. Hona , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , C. M. Hui , P. Huntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , S. Kaufmann , A. Lara , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , D. Lennarz , H. Leon Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , R. Luna-Garcia , R. Lopez-Coto , K. Malone , S. S. Marinelli , O. Martinez , I. Martinez-Castellanos , J. Martinez-Castro , H. Martinez-Huerta , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafa , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , R. Pelayo , J. Pretz , E. G. Perez-Perez , Z. Ren , C. D. Rho , C. Riviere , D. Rosa-Gonzalez , M. Rosenberg , E. Ruiz-Velasco , H. Salazar , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , M. Seglar Arroyo , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , R. W. Springer , P. Surajbali , I. Taboada , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , T. N. Ukwatta , L. Villasenor , T. Weisgarber , S. Westerhoff , I. G. Wisher , J. Wood , T. Yapici , G. Yodh , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

Measurement of the Crab Flux Above 60 GeV with the CELESTE Cherenkov Telescope

We have converted the former solar electrical plant THEMIS (French Pyrenees) into an atmospheric Cherenkov detector called CELESTE, which records gamma rays above 30 GeV (7E24 Hz). Here we present the first sub-100 GeV detection by a ground…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 M. De Naurois , J. Holder , R. Bazer-Bachi , H. Bergeret , P. Bruel , A. Cordier , G. Debiais , J-P. Dezalay , D. Dumora , E. Durand , P. Eschstruth , P. Espigat , B. Fabre , P. Fleury , N. Herault , M. Hrabovsky , S. Incerti , R. Le Gallou , F. Munz , A. Musquere , J-F. Olive , E. Pare , J. Quebert , R. C. Rannot , T. Reposeur , L. Rob , P. Roy , T. Sako , P. Schovanek , D. A. Smith , P. Snabre , A. Volte

VERITAS Observations of the BL Lac Object 1ES 1218+304

The VERITAS collaboration reports the detection of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from the high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object 1ES 1218+304 located at a redshift of z=0.182. A gamma-ray signal was detected with high statistical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Pascal Fortin

VERITAS observations of HESS J0632+057

HESS J0632+057 is one of only two unidentified high energy gamma-ray sources which appear to be point-like in nature. It is possibly associated with the massive star MWC 148 and has been suggested to resemble known TeV binary systems like…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 G. Maier

Very-high energy observations of the Galactic center region by VERITAS in 2010-2012

The Galactic center is an interesting region for high-energy (0.1-100 GeV) and very-high-energy (E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray observations. Potential sources of GeV/TeV gamma-ray emission have been suggested, e.g., the accretion of matter onto…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 The VERITAS Collaboration

The Galactic Center Region Imaged by VERITAS from 2010-2012

The galactic center (GC) has long been a region of interest for high-energy and very-high-energy observations. Many potential sources of GeV/TeV gamma-ray emission are located in the GC region, e.g. the accretion of matter onto the central…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 M. Beilicke , the VERITAS Collaboration

Performance of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is expected to become the by far largest and most sensitive observatory for very-high-energy gamma rays in the energy range from 20 GeV to more than 300 TeV. CTA will be capable of detecting gamma rays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-19 G. Maier , L. Arrabito , K. Bernlöhr , J. Bregeon , P. Cumani , T. Hassan , J. Hinton , A. Moralejo

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

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

CTA: the future of ground-based gamma-ray astrophysics

Very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-rays provide a unique probe into the non-thermal processes in the universe. The ground-based Imaging Air Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) for detecting VHE gamma-rays have been perfected, so a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 Massimo Persic

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

Multimessenger studies with the VERITAS Atmospheric Cherenkov Observatory

The VERITAS gamma-ray observatory has an active multimessenger program, currently focused on studying the connection between very-high-energy gamma rays and the astrophysical neutrino flux recently discovered by the IceCube telescope. As…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 M. Santander

Monte Carlo Study on the Large Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes for >10 GeV gamma ray astronomy

The Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs), like, HESS, MAGIC and VERITAS well demonstrated their performances by showing many exciting results at very high energy gamma ray domain, mainly between 100 GeV and 10 TeV. It is important to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-26 M. Teshima , E. Carmona , P. Colin , P. Majumdar , T. Schweizer

Energy Spectrum of TeV Gamma-Rays from Crab Nebula

The Crab Nebula has been observed by the HEGRA stereoscopic system of 4 imaging air Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) for about 100 hours from 1997 September to 1998 March. The recent detailed studies on the system performance give an energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 A. Konopelko