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VERITAS Observation of CTA1

CTA 1 (G119.5+10.2) is a composite supernova remnant (SNR) with a shell-type structure, visible in the radio band, surrounding a smaller pulsar wind nebula. Fermi detected a radio-quiet pulsar PSR J0007+7303 within the radio shell. 26.5…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Nahee Park

VHE Observation of CTA 1 with VERITAS

CTA 1 (G119.5+10.2) is a composite supernova remnant (SNR) with a shell-type structure in the radio band and a center filled morphology at X-ray energies. Fermi has detected a radio-quiet pulsar PSR J0007+7303 within the radio shell of CTA…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Steven McArthur

Discovery of TeV Gamma-ray Emission from CTA 1 by VERITAS

We report the discovery of TeV gamma-ray emission coincident with the shell-type radio supernova remnant (SNR) CTA 1 using the VERITAS gamma-ray observatory. The source, VER J0006+729, was detected as a 6.5 standard deviation excess over…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 E. Aliu , S. Archambault , T. Arlen , T. Aune , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , A. Bouvier , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , E. Collins-Hughes , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , R. Dickherber , C. Duke , J. Dumm , V. V. Dwarkadas , M. Errando , A. Falcone , S. Federici , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , D. Gall , G. H. Gillanders , S. Godambe , E. V. Gotthelf , S. Griffin , J. Grube , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , O. Kargaltsev , N. Karlsson , Y. Khassen , D. Kieda , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , K. Lee , A. S Madhavan , G. Maier , P. Majumdar , S. McArthur , A. McCann , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , T. Nelson , A. O'Faolain de Bhroithe , R. A. Ong , M. Orr , A. N. Otte , N. Park , J. S. Perkins , M. Pohl , H. Prokoph , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , E. Roache , M. Roberts , D. B. Saxon , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , P. Slane , A. W. Smith , D. Staszak , I. Telezhinsky , G. Tesic , M. Theiling , S. Thibadeau , K. Tsurusaki , J. Tyler , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , M. Vivier , S. P. Wakely , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , R. Welsing , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer

Stereo observations of CTA 1 with SST-1M

CTA~1 is a composite supernova remnant featuring a shell structure and an inner Pulsar Wind Nebula. The shell is visible in the radio band, while Fermi has detected the radio-quiet pulsar PSR J0007+7303 at its core. Gamma-ray detectors such…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-01 Bastien Lacave

Chandra X-ray Observations of the Pulsar Wind Nebula within CTA 1

We present deep Chandra observations of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) powered by PSR J0007+7303 in the composite supernova remnant CTA 1. The merged ACIS image shows a $\sim20''$ jet extending south of the pulsar and bending toward the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-21 Seth Gagnon , Oleg Kargaltsev , Jason Alford , Joseph Gelfand , Alexander Lange

Molecular environment, reverberation, and radiation from the pulsar wind nebula in CTA 1

We estimate the molecular mass around CTA 1 using data from Planck and the Harvard CO survey. We observe that the molecular mass in the vicinity of the complex is not enough to explain the TeV emission observed by VERITAS, even under…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-20 Jonatan Martín , Diego F. Torres , Giovanna Pedaletti

VERITAS Observations of Supernova Remnants and Pulsar Wind Nebulae in the Fermi Era

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are among the strongest candidates to explain the flux of cosmic rays below the knee around 10^15 eV. Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe), synchrotron nebulae powered by the spin-down of energetic young pulsars, comprise…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-13 Thomas Brian Humensky

Observation of Extended VHE Emission from the Supernova Remnant IC 443 with VERITAS

We present evidence that the very-high-energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission coincident with the supernova remnant IC 443 is extended. IC 443 contains one of the best-studied sites of supernova remnant/molecular cloud interaction and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-11 VERITAS Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , E. Aliu , T. Arlen , T. Aune , M. Bautista , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , Y. Butt , K. Byrum , A. Cannon , O. Celik , A. Cesarini , Y. C. Chow , L. Ciupik , P. Cogan , P. Colin , W. Cui , M. K. Daniel , R. Dickherber , C. Duke , V. V. Dwarkadas , T. Ergin , S. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , P. Fortin , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , D. Gall , K. Gibbs , G. H. Gillanders , S. Godambe , 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. Kieda , J. Kildea , A. Konopelko , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , S. LeBohec , G. Maier , A. McCann , M. McCutcheon , J. Millis , P. Moriarty , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , J. S. Perkins , 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 , J. A. Toner , L. Valcarcel , 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

Observations of Supernova Remnants and Pulsar Wind Nebulae: A VERITAS Key Science Project

The study of supernova remnants and pulsar wind nebulae was one of the Key Science Projects for the first two years of VERITAS observations. VERITAS is an array of four imaging Cherenkov telescopes located at the Whipple Observatory in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-13 Brian Humensky

Detection of Extended VHE Gamma Ray Emission from G106.3+2.7 with VERITAS

We report the detection of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from supernova remnant (SNR) G106.3+2.7. Observations performed in 2008 with the VERITAS atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray telescope resolve extended emission overlapping…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 VERITAS Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , E. Aliu , T. Arlen , T. Aune , M. Bautista , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , D. Boltuch , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , Y. Butt , K. Byrum , A. Cannon , A. Cesarini , Y. C. Chow , L. Ciupik , P. Cogan , W. Cui , R. Dickherber , T. Ergin , S. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , P. Fortin , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , D. Gall , G. H. Gillanders , E. V. Gotthelf , J. Grube , R. Guenette , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , D. Horan , C. M. Hui , T. B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , N. Karlsson , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , A. Konopelko , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , S. LeBohec , G. Maier , A. McCann , M. McCutcheon , J. Millis , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , J. S. Perkins , 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 , J. A. Toner , 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

Observation of the Supernova Remnant IC 443 with VERITAS

Shell-type supernova remnants (SNRs) accelerate particles at the shock front between the expanding remnant and the swept-up interstellar medium. If these particles include protons and nuclei, very-high-energy gamma-ray emission may result…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-28 VERITAS Collaboration , T. B. Humensky

Supernova Remnants and Pulsar Wind Nebulae in the Cherenkov Telescope Array era

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is planned to serve as a ground-based observatory for (very-)high-energy gamma-ray astronomy, open to a wide astrophysics community, providing a deep insight into the non-thermal high-energy universe. It…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 M. Renaud

Investigation of CTA 1 with Suzaku Observation

We report on an 105 ks Suzaku observation of the supernova remnant CTA 1 (G119.5+10.2). The Suzaku soft X-ray observation was carried out with both timing mode and imaging mode. A ~ 10' extended feature, which is interpreted as a bow-shock…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Lupin C. C. Lin , Jumpei Takata , Albert K. H. Kong , C. Y. Hui , Teruaki Enoto , H. K. Chang , Regina H. H. Huang , J. S. Liang , Shinpei Shibata , C. Y. Hwang

Possible GeV gamma-ray emission from the pulsar wind nebula in CTA 1

We report a detection of GeV $\gamma$-ray emission potentially originating from the pulsar wind nebula in CTA 1 by analyzing about 15 yr of Fermi Large Area Telescope data. By selecting an energy range from 50 GeV to 1 TeV to remove…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-12 Liancheng Zhou , Keyao Wu , Yunlu Gong , Jun Fang

The Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope discovers the Pulsar in the Young Galactic Supernova-Remnant CTA 1

Energetic young pulsars and expanding blast waves (supernova remnants, SNRs) are the most visible remains after massive stars, ending their lives, explode in core-collapse supernovae. The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has unveiled a radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 Fermi LAT Collaboration

New Radio Observations of the Supernova Remnant CTA 1

We present new radio images of the supernova remnant (SNR) CTA 1 at 1420 and 408 MHz, and in the 21 cm line of H I observed with the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory Synthesis Telescope and at 1420 MHz observed with the Effelsberg…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-20 Tam Do , Roland Kothes , Alex S. Hill , Andrew Gray , Patricia Reich , Wolfgang Reich

Prospects for Observations of Pulsars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae with CTA

The last few years have seen a revolution in very-high gamma-ray astronomy (VHE; E>100 GeV) driven largely by a new generation of Cherenkov telescopes (namely the H.E.S.S. telescope array, the MAGIC and MAGIC-II large telescopes and the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 E. de Ona Wilhelmi , B. Rudak , J. A. Barrio , J. L. Contreras , Y. Gallant , D. Hadasch , T. Hassan , M. Lopez , D. Mazin , N. Mirabal , G. Pedaletti , M. Renaud , R. de los Reyes , D. F. Torres

X-ray Observations of the Supernova Remnant CTB 87 (G74.9+1.2): An Evolved Pulsar Wind Nebula

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) studies with the Chandra X-ray Observatory have opened a new window to address the physics of pulsar winds, zoom on their interaction with their hosting supernova remnant (SNR) and interstellar medium, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 H. Matheson , S. Safi-Harb , R. Kothes

Prospects for CTA observations of the young SNR RX J1713.7-3946

We perform simulations for future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observations of RX~J1713.7$-$3946, a young supernova remnant (SNR) and one of the brightest sources ever discovered in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays. Special attention is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-30 The CTA Consortium , : , F. Acero , R. Aloisio , J. Amans , E. Amato , L. A. Antonelli , C. Aramo , T. Armstrong , F. Arqueros , K. Asano , M. Ashley , M. Backes , C. Balazs , A. Balzer , A. Bamba , M. Barkov , J. A. Barrio , W. Benbow , K. Bernlöhr , V. Beshley , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , A. Bilinsky , E. Bissaldi , J. Biteau , O. Blanch , P. Blasi , J. Blazek , C. Boisson , G. Bonanno , A. Bonardi , C. Bonavolontà , G. Bonnoli , C. Braiding , S. Brau-Nogué , J. Bregeon , A. M. Brown , V. Bugaev , A. Bulgarelli , T. Bulik , M. Burton , A. Burtovoi , G. Busetto , M. Böttcher , R. Cameron , M. Capalbi , A. Caproni , P. Caraveo , R. Carosi , E. Cascone , M. Cerruti , S. Chaty , A. Chen , X. Chen , M. Chernyakova , M. Chikawa , J. Chudoba , J. Cohen-Tanugi , S. Colafrancesco , V. Conforti , J. L. Contreras , A. Costa , G. Cotter , S. Covino , G. Covone , P. Cumani , G. Cusumano , F. D'Ammando , D. D'Urso , M. Daniel , F. 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Wojcik , T. Yamamoto , H. Yamamoto , R. Yamazaki , S. Yanagita , L. Yang , T. Yoshida , M. Yoshida , S. Yoshiike , T. Yoshikoshi , M. Zacharias , L. Zampieri , R. Zanin , M. Zavrtanik , D. Zavrtanik , A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , H. Zechlin , V. Zhdanov , A. Ziegler , J. Zorn

Constraining Models of the Pulsar Wind Nebula in SNR G0.9+0.1 via Simulation of its Detection Properties using the Cherenkov Telescope Array

SNR G0.9+0.1 is a well known source in the direction of the Galactic Center composed by a Supernova Remnant (SNR) and a Pulsar Wind Nebula (PWN) in the core. We investigate the potential of the future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-07 M. Fiori , L. Zampieri , A. Burtovoi , P. Caraveo , L. Tibaldo