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VTSCat: The VERITAS Catalog of Gamma-Ray Observations

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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-16 A. Acharyya , C. B. Adams , A. Archer , P. Bangale , J. T. Bartkoske , P. Batista , W. Benbow , J. H. Buckley , A. Brill , M. Capasso , J. L. Christiansen , A. J. Chromey , M. K. Daniel , M. Errando , A. Falcone , K. A Farrell , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , G. M Foote , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , G. Gallagher , A. Gent , C. Giuri , O. Gueta , W. F Hanlon , D. Hanna , T. Hassan , O. Hervet , J. Hoang , J. Holder , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , W. Jin , P. Kaaret , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , T. K. Kleiner , N. Korzoun , F. Krennrich , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , M. Lundy , G. Maier , C. E McGrath , M. J Millard , C. L. Mooney , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , D. Nieto , M. Nievas-Rosillo , S. O'Brien , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , N. Park , S. R. Patel , S. Patel , K. Pfrang , A. Pichel , M. Pohl , R. R. Prado , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , D. Ribeiro , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , A. C. Rovero , C. Rulten , J. L. Ryan , I. Sadeh , M. Santander , S. Schlenstedt , G. H. Sembroski , R. Shang , M. Splettstoesser , B. Stevenson , D. Tak , V. V. Vassiliev , S. P. Wakely , A. Weinstein , D. A. Williams , T. J Williamson , L. Angelini , A. Basu-Zych , E. Sabol , A. Smale

Recent VERITAS Results

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

Highlight Talk: Recent Results from VERITAS

VERITAS is a state-of-the-art ground-based gamma-ray observatory that operates in the very high-energy (VHE) region of 100 GeV to 50 TeV. The observatory consists of an array of four 12m-diameter imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-31 R. A. Ong , V. A. Acciari , T. Arlen , T. Aune , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , D. Boltuch , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , A. Cannon , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , Y. C. Chow , P. Cogan , W. Cui , C. Duke , S. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , P. Fortin , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , D. Gall , G. H. Gillanders , S. Godambe , J. Grube , R. Guenette , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , D. Horan , 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 , G. Maier , S. McArthur , A. McCann , M. McCutcheon , J. Millis , P. Moriarty , 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 , J. A. Toner , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , R. G. Wagner , S. P. Wakely , J. E. Ward , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , D. A. Williams , S. Wissel , M. Wood , B. Zitzer

Performance of the VERITAS experiment

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

Status And Highlights Of VERITAS

VERITAS (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) is an array of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes sensitive to very high energy (VHE) gamma-rays above 100 GeV. Located at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in southern…

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

Science Highlights from VERITAS

The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) is a ground-based array located at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in southern Arizona and is one of the world's most sensitive gamma-ray instruments at energies of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-06 D. Staszak , A. U. Abeysekara , S. Archambault , A. Archer , A. Barnacka , W. Benbow , R. Bird , J. Biteau , M. Buchovecky , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , J. V Cardenzana , M. Cerruti , X. Chen , J. L. Christiansen , L. Ciupik , E. Collins-Hughes , M. P. Connolly , P. Coppi , W. Cui , V. V. Dwarkadas , J. D. Eisch , M. Errando , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , M. Fernandez Alonso , J. P. Finley , H. Fleischhack , A. Flinders , P. Fortin , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , G. H. Gillanders , S. Griffin , S. T. Griffiths , G. Gyuk , M. Hütten , D. Hanna , J. Holder , T. B. Humensky , C. A. Johnson , P. Kaaret , P. Kar , M. Kertzman , Y. Khassen , 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 , A. O'Faoláin de Bhróithe , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , N. Park , V. Pelassa , J. S. Perkins , M. Pohl , A. Popkow , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , A. C. Rovero , M. Santander , S. Schlenstedt , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , A. W. Smith , I. Telezhinsky , J. V. Tucci , J. Tyler , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , S. P. Wakely , O. M. Weiner , A. Weinstein , A. Wilhelm , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer

VERITAS: Status and Latest Results

VERITAS is an atmospheric Cherenkov telescope array designed to study astrophysi cal sources of very-high-energy gamma radiation. Located in southern Arizona, USA, the array consists of four 12m-diameter imaging Cherenkov telescopes. All…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-03 G. Maier

Veritas: Status c. 2009

VERITAS is a ground-based gamma-ray observatory that uses the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique and operates in the very high-energy (VHE) region of the gamma- ray spectrum from 100 GeV to 50 TeV. The observatory consists of an array…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-02-01 T. C. Weekes , the VERITAS Collaboration

Highlights of Galactic Physics with VERITAS

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

Latest Results from VERITAS: Gamma 2016

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

Highlights from VERITAS on VHE Gamma-ray Sources in our Galaxy

VERITAS is a major ground-based detector of very high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) gamma rays and cosmic rays. VERITAS consists of an ar- ray of four 12m-diameter atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes that has been fully operational since September…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Rene A. Ong

Target of opportunity observations of flaring blazars with VERITAS

VERITAS is an array of four imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes that observes gamma-ray sources in the very high energy range (VHE, E>100 GeV). A large fraction of the known gamma-ray sources are of extragalactic origin and belong to…

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

The VERITAS standard data analysis

VERITAS is an array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes designed for very high energy gamma ray (E>100,GeV) observations of astrophysical sources. The experiment began its scientific observation program in the 2006/2007 observing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 M. K. Daniel

Status of the VERITAS Upgrade

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

Status of the VERITAS Observatory

VERITAS, an Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) system for gammma-ray astronomy in the GeV-TeV range, has recently completed its first season of observations with a full array of four telescopes. A number of astrophysical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Holder , V. A. Acciari , E. Aliu , T. Arlen , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , Y. Butt , K. L. Byrum , A. Cannon , 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 , G. H. Gillanders , J. Grube , R. Guenette , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , E. Hays , 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 Observations of Blazars

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: Performance characteristics (baseline design)

VERITAS is a proposed major ground-based gamma-ray observatory to be built at the Whipple Observatory in southern Arizona, USA. It will consist of an array of seven 10m imaging Cherenkov telescopes designed to conduct gamma-ray observations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. V. Vassiliev , D. A. Carter-Lewis , A. M. Hillas , M. P. Kertzman , J. Knapp , F. Krennrich , R. W. Lessard , H. J. Rose , G. H. Sembroski

The VERITAS Extragalactic Science Program

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

The VERITAS Dark Matter Program

The VERITAS array of Cherenkov telescopes, designed for the detection of gamma-rays in the 100 GeV-10 TeV energy range, performs dark matter searches over a wide variety of targets. VERITAS continues to carry out focused observations of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Alex Geringer-Sameth

The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS)

We give an overview of the current status and scientific goals of VERITAS, a proposed hexagonal array of seven 10 m aperture imaging Cherenkov telescopes. The selected site is Montosa Canyon (1390 m a.s.l.) at the Whipple Observatory,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-13 S. M. Bradbury , I. H. Bond , A. C. Breslin , J. H. Buckley , D. A. Carter-Lewis , M. Catanese , S. Criswell , B. L. Dingus , D. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , J. Gaidos , J. Grindlay , A. M. Hillas , K. Harris , G. Hermann , P. Kaaret , D. Kieda , J. Knapp , F. Krennrich , S. LeBohec , R. W. Lessard , J. Lloyd-Evans , B. McKernan , D. Mueller , R. Ong , J. J. Quenby , J. Quinn , G. Rochester , H. J. Rose , M. Salamon , G. H. Sembroski , T. Sumner , S. Swordy , V. V. Vassiliev , T. C. Weekes