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VERITAS is one of the world's most sensitive detectors of astrophysical VHE (E $>$ 100 GeV) gamma rays. This array of four 12-m imaging atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes has operated for 12 years, and $>$6,000 hours of observations have been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-13 Wystan Benbow

The VERITAS array of four 12-m imaging atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes began full-scale operations in 2007, and is one of the world's most sensitive detectors of astrophysical very high energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma rays. Observations of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-09 Wystan Benbow , the VERITAS Collaboration

The VERITAS array of four 12-m imaging atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes began full-scale operations in 2007, and is one of the world's most sensitive detectors of astrophysical VHE (E>100 GeV) $\gamma$-rays. Observations of active galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Wystan Benbow

VERITAS is one of the world's most sensitive detectors of astrophysical very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma rays. This observatory has operated for ~14 years, and nearly 7,000 hours of its observations have been targeted on active…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-13 Wystan Benbow

The VERITAS array of four 12-m diameter imaging atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes in southern Arizona is used to study very high energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from astrophysical objects. VERITAS is currently the most sensitive…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-01-07 Wystan Benbow

VERITAS began full-scale operations in 2007 and it remains one of the world's most sensitive very-high-energy (VHE; E >100 GeV) gamma-ray observatories. More than 8,300 hours (~50%) of its good-weather data were targeted on active galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-17 Wystan Benbow , Jodi Christiansen , Julia Francescutti , Garrett Kunkler , Will Root , Phoebe Zyla

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

VERITAS (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) is one of the most sensitive currently operating arrays of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, which detect very high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma rays. VERITAS is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-16 Gregory T. Richards

The VERITAS array of 12-m atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes in southern Arizona began full-scale operations in 2007, and is one of the world's most-sensitive detectors of astrophysical VHE (E>100 GeV) gamma rays. Approximately 50 blazars are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Wystan Benbow

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. In addition to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Nicola Galante

The VERITAS array of 12-m atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes in southern Arizona is one of the world's most-sensitive detectors of very-high-energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma rays. More than 50 extragalactic sources are known to emit VHE photons;…

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

The VERITAS array of 12-m atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes in southern Arizona began full-scale operations in 2007, and it is one of the world's most sensitive detectors of astrophysical VHE (E > 100 GeV) gamma rays. Forty-one blazars are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-21 Wystan Benbow

VERITAS is an array of four 12-m imaging Cherenkov telescopes, sensitive to gamma rays in the energy range from 85 GeV to 30 TeV. VERITAS dedicates roughly 40% of its total observing time to blazars. We present recent highlights from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Jon Dumm

The VERITAS array of 12-m atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes in southern Arizona is currently the world's most-sensitive detector of astrophysical very high energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma rays. Approximately 25 blazars are known to emit VHE…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Wystan Benbow

VERITAS is an array of four imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes near Tucson, Arizona and is one of the world's most sensitive detectors of very high energy (VHE: >100 GeV) gamma rays. The scientific reach of VERITAS covers the study of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 David Staszak

The VERITAS array of 12-m atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes is used in an intensive observation program focused on the discovery of VHE (E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray-emitting blazars. Since VERITAS began full-scale operation in 2007, more than…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-21 Wystan Benbow

VERITAS is an array of four 12-m atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, designed to observe the very-high-energy (VHE; E $\geq$100 GeV) sky. Since 2007, it has detected more than 20 extra-galactic sources, the majority of which are…

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

The VERITAS array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes has collected nearly 6000 hours of observations of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). It has detected 39 very-high-energy (VHE, >100 GeV) AGNs at redshifts up to z = 0.9, of which 24…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-09 Orel Gueta

The VERITAS gamma ray observatory (Amado, AZ, veritas.sao.arizona.edu) uses the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique (IACT) to study sources of Very High Energy (VHE: E > 100 GeV) gamma rays. Key science results from the first three…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 D. B. Kieda
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