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The recent detection by the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope of high-energy gamma-rays from the radio galaxy NGC 1275 makes the observation of the very high energy (VHE: E > 100 GeV) part of its broadband spectrum particularly interesting,…

We report the detection of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the blazar S3 1227+25 (VER J1230+253) with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS). VERITAS observations of the source were triggered by the…

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

The very-high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray experiment, VERITAS, detected exceptionally bright flares from the high-mass X-ray binary LS I +61$^\circ$ 303 during the period October-December 2014. LS I +61$^\circ$ 303 is a known VHE…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-28 Anna O'Faolain de Bhroithe , VERITAS collaboration

Recent Milagro observations of the Cygnus region have revealed both diffuse TeV gamma-ray emission and a bright and extended TeV source, MGRO J2019+37, which seems to lack an obvious counterpart at other wavelengths. Additional study of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 John F. Beacom , Matthew D. Kistler

The Crab Nebula is the brightest source in the very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray sky and one of the best studied non-thermal objects. The dominant VHE emission mechanism is believed to be inverse Compton scattering of low energy photons on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-31 Kevin Meagher

We report the observation of TeV gamma-rays from the Cygnus region using the ARGO-YBJ data collected from 2007 November to 2011 August. Several TeV sources are located in this region including the two bright extended MGRO J2019+37 and MGRO…

Geminga is a nearby (250 pc) middle-aged (spin-down time scale ~12,000 years) pulsar associated with a supernova remnant. Geminga has been a prime candidate for the origin of the unexpectedly high flux of cosmic-ray positrons above 10 GeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-16 A. U. Abeysekara

VERITAS is a ground-based gamma-ray instrument operating at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in southern Arizona. With an array of four imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs), VERITAS is designed to measure gamma rays with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Nahee Park

The VERITAS observatory, located in southern Arizona, is engaged in an exploration of the gamma-ray sky at energies above 85 GeV. Observations of Galactic and extragalactic sources in the TeV band provide clues to the highly energetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-15 David Hanna , Reshmi Mukherjee

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

X-ray binaries stand as the brightest X-ray sources in the galaxy, showing both variable X-ray emission and extreme flares. Some of these systems have been recently discovered to be TeV gamma-ray emitters, with the high energy emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 R. Guenette

Very high energy gamma-ray observations offer indirect methods for studying the highest energy cosmic rays in our Universe. The origin of cosmic rays at energies greater than $10^{18}$ eV remains a mystery, and many questions in particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-28 R. Mukherjee

A survey of Galactic gamma-ray sources at a median energy of ~20 TeV has been performed using the Milagro Gamma Ray Observatory. Eight candidate sources of TeV emission are detected with pre-trials significance $>4.5\sigma$ in the region of…

The ground-based gamma-ray observatory VERITAS (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) is sensitive to photons of astrophysical origin with energies in the range between $\approx 85$ GeV to $\approx 30$ TeV. The instrument…

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 Geminga gamma ray source was first detected by the SAS-2 gamma-ray satellite observatory and the COS-B x-ray satellite observatory, and has been identified as a radio-quiet pulsar associated with a 300,000 year old supernova remnant.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Gary Finnegan

The VERITAS imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope array has been observing the northern TeV sky with four telescopes since summer 2007. Over 50 gamma-ray sources have been studied, including active and starburst galaxies, pulsars and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 J. Holder

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