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Periodic Emission from the Gamma-ray Binary 1FGL J1018.6-5856

Gamma-ray binaries are stellar systems containing a neutron star or black hole with gamma-ray emission produced by an interaction between the components. These systems are rare, even though binary evolution models predict dozens in our…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-02-16 The Fermi LAT Collaboration , M. J. Coe , F. Di Mille , P. G. Edwards , M. D. Filipović , J. L. Payne , J. Stevens , M. A. P. Torres

H.E.S.S. observations of gamma-ray bursts in 2003-2007

Very-high-energy (VHE; >~100 GeV) gamma-rays are expected from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in some scenarios. Exploring this photon energy regime is necessary for understanding the energetics and properties of GRBs. GRBs have been one of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-02-27 F. Aharonian

The LISA verification binaries

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) guarantees the detection of gravitational waves by monitoring a handful of known nearby galactic binary systems, the so-called ``verification binaries''. We consider the most updated information…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Stroeer , A. Vecchio

VERITAS observations of the BL Lac 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 a statistical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-18 VERITAS Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , E. Aliu , T. Arlen , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , Y. Butt , K. L. Byrum , O. Celik , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , Y. C. K. Chow , P. Cogan , P. Colin , W. Cui , M. K. Daniel , T. Ergin , A. D. Falcone , S. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , P. Fortin , L. F. Fortson , A. Furniss , G. H. Gillanders , J. Grube , R. Guenette , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , E. Hays , J. Holder , D. Horan , C. M. Hui , T. B. Humensky , A. Imran , P. Kaaret , N. Karlsson , M. Kertzman , D. B. Kieda , J. Kildea , A. Konopelko , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , S. LeBohec , G. Maier , A. McCann , M. McCutcheon , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , T. Nagai , J. Niemiec , R. A. Ong , D. Pandel , J. S. Perkins , M. Pohl , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , H. J. Rose , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , A. W. Smith , D. Steele , S. P. Swordy , J. A. Toner , L. Valcarcel , V. V. Vassiliev , R. Wagner , S. P. Wakely , J. E. Ward , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , R. J. White , D. A. Williams , S. A. Wissel , M. Wood , B. Zitzer

VERITAS Discovery of >200GeV Gamma-ray Emission from the Intermediate-frequency-peaked BL Lac Object W Comae

We report the detection of very high-energy gamma-ray emission from the intermediate-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object W Comae (z=0.102) by VERITAS. The source was observed between January and April 2008. A strong outburst of gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 VERITAS Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , E. Aliu , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , M. Boettcher , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , Y. Butt , O. Celik , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , Y. C. K. Chow , P. Cogan , P. Colin , W. Cui , M. K. Daniel , T. Ergin , A. D. Falcone , S. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , P. Fortin , L. F. Fortson , A. Furniss , D. Gall , G. H. Gillanders , J. Grube , R. Guenette , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , E. Hays , J. Holder , D. Horan , C. M. Hui , T. B. Humensky , A. Imran , P. Kaaret , N. Karlsson , M. Kertzman , D. B. Kieda , A. Konopelko , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , S. LeBohec , K. Lee , G. Maier , A. McCann , M. McCutcheon , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , T. Nagai , J. Niemiec , R. A. Ong , D. Pandel , J. S. Perkins , D. Petry , 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 , J. A. Toner , V. V. Vassiliev , R. Wagner , S. P. Wakely , J. E. Ward , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , R. J. White , D. A. Williams , S. A. Wissel , M. Wood , B. Zitzer

Recent pulsar results from VERITAS on Geminga and the missing link binary pulsar PSR J1023+0038

In recent years, the Fermi-LAT gamma-ray telescope has detected a population of over 160 gamma-ray pulsars, which has enabled the detailed study of electromagnetic radiation from pulsars at energies above 100 MeV. Further, since the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Gregory T. Richards

VHE gamma-ray observations of transient and variable stellar objects with the MAGIC Telescopes

Galactic transients, X-ray and gamma-ray binaries provide a proper environment for particle acceleration. This leads to the production of gamma rays with energies reaching the GeV-TeV regime. MAGIC has carried out deep observations of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 A. Fernández-Barral , O. Blanch , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , D. F. Torres , C. Fruck , D. Hadasch , A. López-Oramas , P. Munar-Adrover , R. Zanin

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

VTSCat - The VERITAS Catalog of Gamma Ray Observations

We present a catalog of results of gamma-ray observations made by VERITAS, published from 2008 to 2020. VERITAS is a ground based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope observatory located at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO) in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-17 Sameer Patel , Gernot Maier , Philip Kaaret

Variable Very High Energy Gamma-ray Emission from the Microquasar LS I +61 303

Microquasars are binary star systems with relativistic radio-emitting jets. They are potential sources of cosmic rays and laboratories for elucidating the physics of relativistic jets. Here we report the detection of variable gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-28 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Albert

Observations of Binary Systems with the H.E.S.S. Telescopes

Observations of binary systems obtained recently with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S) of Cherenkov telescopes are reported. The outcomes of a detailed observation campaign on PSR B1259-63 during its periastron passage in 2014…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 P. Bordas , G. Dubus , P. Eger , J. -P. Ernenwein , H. Laffon , C. Mariaud , T. Murach , M. de Naurois , C. Romoli , F. Schüssler , R. Zanin

Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from GRB 100621A, an extremely bright GRB in X-rays, with H.E.S.S

The long gamma-ray burst (GRB) 100621A, at the time the brightest X-ray transient ever detected by Swift-XRT in the $0.3\textrm{--}10$ keV range, has been observed with the H.E.S.S. imaging air Cherenkov telescope array, sensitive to gamma…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-05-06 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , A. Abramowski , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , A. G. Akhperjanian , E. Angüner , G. Anton , S. Balenderan , A. Balzer , A. Barnacka , Y. Becherini , J. Becker Tjus , K. Bernlöhr , E. Birsin , E. Bissaldi , J. Biteau , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , P. Bordas , J. Brucker , F. Brun , P. Brun , T. Bulik , S. Carrigan , S. Casanova , M. Cerruti , P. M. Chadwick , R. Chalme-Calvet , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Cheesebrough , M. Chrétien , S. Colafrancesco , G. Cologna , J. Conrad , C. Couturier , M. Dalton , M. K. Daniel , I. D. Davids , B. Degrange , C. Deil , P. deWilt , H. J. Dickinson , A. Djannati-Ataï , W. Domainko , L. O'C. Drury , G. Dubus , K. Dutson , J. Dyks , M. Dyrda , T. Edwards , K. Egberts , P. Eger , P. Espigat , C. Farnier , S. Fegan , F. Feinstein , M. V. Fernandes , D. Fernandez , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , A. Förster , M. Füßling , M. Gajdus , Y. A. Gallant , T. Garrigoux , B. Giebels , J. F. Glicenstein , M. -H. Grondin , M. Grudzińska , S. Häffner , J. Hahn , J. Harris , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , O. Hervet , A. Hillert , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , P. Hofverberg , M. Holler , D. Horns , A. Jacholkowska , C. Jahn , M. Jamrozy , M. Janiak , F. Jankowsky , I. Jung , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzyński , U. Katz , S. Kaufmann , B. Khélifi , M. Kieffer , S. Klepser , D. Klochkov , W. Kluźniak , T. Kneiske , D. Kolitzus , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , S. Krakau , F. Krayzel , P. P. Krüger , H. Laffon , G. Lamanna , J. Lefaucheur , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , D. Lennarz , T. Lohse , A. Lopatin , C. -C. Lu , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , R. Marx , G. Maurin , N. Maxted , M. Mayer , T. J. L. McComb , J. Méhault , U. Menzler , M. Meyer , R. Moderski , M. Mohamed , E. Moulin , T. Murach , C. L. Naumann , M. de Naurois , J. Niemiec , S. J. Nolan , L. Oakes , P. T. O'Brien , S. Ohm , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , B. Opitz , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , M. Paz Arribas , N. W. Pekeur , G. Pelletier , J. Perez , P. -O. Petrucci , B. Peyaud , S. Pita , H. Poon , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , M. Raue , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , R. de los Reyes , F. Rieger , L. Rob , C. Romoli , S. Rosier-Lees , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , C. B. Rulten , V. Sahakian , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , R. Schlickeiser , F. Schüssler , A. Schulz , U. Schwanke , S. Schwarzburg , S. Schwemmer , H. Sol , G. Spengler , F. Spies , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , F. Stinzing , K. Stycz , I. Sushch , A. Szostek , P. H. T. Tam , J. -P. Tavernet , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , M. Tluczykont , C. Trichard , K. Valerius , C. van Eldik , G. Vasileiadis , C. Venter , A. Viana , P. Vincent , H. J. Völk , F. Volpe , M. Vorster , S. J. Wagner , P. Wagner , M. Ward , M. Weidinger , Q. Weitzel , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , P. Willmann , A. Wörnlein , D. Wouters , M. Zacharias , A. Zajczyk , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , H. -S. Zechlin

High Energy Astrophysics

The development of the atmospheric Cherenkov imaging technique has led to significant advances in gamma-ray detection sensitivity in the energy range from 200 GeV to 50 TeV. The Whipple Observatory 10m reflector has detected the first…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. C. Weekes

Gamma-ray binaries: microquasars and binary systems with pulsar

Several binary systems have been detected at High Energy (HE, E > 100 MeV) and/or Very High Energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) gamma rays. Some of them are X-ray binaries in which accretion feeds relativistic radio jets and powers the non-thermal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-02 Josep M. Paredes

The Orbits of the Gamma-ray Binaries LS I +61 303 and LS 5039

LS I +61 303 and LS 5039 are two of only a handful of known high mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) that exhibit very high energy emission in the MeV-TeV range, and these "gamma-ray binaries" are of renewed interest due to the recent launch of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-11 Christina Aragona , M. Virginia McSwain , Erika D. Grundstrom , Amber N. Marsh , Rachael M. Roettenbacher , Katelyn M. Hessler , Tabetha S. Boyajian , Paul S. Ray

The Galactic Center Region Imaged by VERITAS

The Galactic Center has long been a region of interest for high-energy and very-high-energy observations. Many potential sources of GeV/TeV gamma-ray emission have been suggested, e.g., the accretion of matter onto the black hole, cosmic…

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

VERITAS Observations of Radio Galaxies

Radio galaxies are the only non-blazar AGN detected in the VHE (E > 100 GeV) band. These objects enable the investigation of the main substructures of the AGN, in particular the core, the jet and its interaction with the intergalactic…

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

A Search for Very High-Energy Gamma Rays from the Missing Link Binary Pulsar J1023+0038 with VERITAS

The binary millisecond radio pulsar PSR J1023+0038 exhibits many characteristics similar to the gamma-ray binary system PSR B1259--63/LS 2883, making it an ideal candidate for the study of high-energy non-thermal emission. It has been the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-15 E. Aliu , S. Archambault , A. Archer , W. Benbow , R. Bird , J. Biteau , M. Buchovecky , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , J. V Cardenzana , M. Cerruti , X. Chen , L. Ciupik , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , H. J. Dickinson , J. D. Eisch , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , H. Fleischhack , A. Flinders , P. Fortin , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , G. H. Gillanders , S. Griffin , J. Grube , G. Gyuk , M. Hütten , N. Håkansson , J. Holder , T. B. Humensky , C. A. Johnson , P. Kaaret , P. Kar , N. Kelley-Hoskins , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , M. Krause , M. J. Lang , A. Loo , G. Maier , S. McArthur , A. McCann , K. Meagher , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , T. Nguyen , D. Nieto , A. O'Faoláin de Bhróithe , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , N. Park , V. Pelassa , A. Petrashyk , 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 , A. W. Smith , D. Staszak , I. Telezhinsky , J. V. Tucci , J. Tyler , A. Varlotta , S. Vincent , S. P. Wakely , O. M. Weiner , A. Weinstein , A. Wilhelm , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer , M. Chernyakova , M. Roberts

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

On the binary nature of the gamma-ray sources AGL J2241+4454 (=MWC 656) and HESS J0632+057 (=MWC 148)

We present optical spectroscopy of MWC 656 and MWC 148, the proposed optical counterparts of the gamma-ray sources AGL J2241+4454 and HESS J0632+0 57, respectively. The main parameters of the Halpha emission line (EW, FWHM and centroid…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 J. Casares , M. Ribo , I. Ribas , J. M. Paredes , F. Vilardell , I. Negueruela