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VERITAS is an array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes sensitive to gamma rays in the energy range between 85 GeV and 30 TeV. The instrument underwent an upgrade of the camera triggers in November 2011. The new systems use 400 MHz…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Benjamin Zitzer

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

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, the Very Energetic Radiation Telescope Imaging Array System, is an array of four imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes in southern Arizona. It is sensitive to gamma rays at energies above 100 GeV. Here, we discuss the results of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-25 S. J. Fegan

The VERITAS IACT observatory has carried out an extensive survey of the Cygnus region between 67 and 82 degrees in galactic longitude and between -1 and 4 degrees in galactic latitude. This region is a natural choice for a Very High Energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Amanda Weinstein

The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) is an array of four 12m diameter Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique (IACT) telescopes operated at the base of Mt. Hopkins in southern Arizona. The four-telescope…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 H. Krawczynski

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 HAWC observatory recently published their second source catalog with 39 very high energy gamma-ray sources based on 507 days of exposure time. Among these, there were 16 sources that are more than one degree away from any known TeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 Nahee Park

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 first VERITAS telescope was installed in 2002-2003 at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory and was originally operated as a prototype instrument. Subsequently the decision was made to locate the full array at the same site, resulting…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-22 Jeremy S. Perkins , Gernot Maier , The VERITAS Collaboration

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

Located in southern Arizona, VERITAS is amongst the most sensitive detectors for astrophysical very high energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma rays and has been operational since April 2007. We highlight some recent results from VERITAS…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-21 S. R. Patel

The Cygnus region of the Galactic plane is a promising target for high-energy and very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray telescopes as it is home to many potential sources, such as supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae, X-ray binaries and…

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

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

Gamma ray observations from a few hundred MeV up to tens of TeV are a valuable tool for studying particle acceleration and diffusion within our galaxy. Constructing a coherent physical picture of particle accelerators such as supernova…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-16 Alisha Chromey

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

Gamma-ray observations ranging from hundreds of MeV to tens of TeV are a valuable tool for studying particle acceleration and diffusion within our galaxy. Supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae, and star-forming regions are the main…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-19 Alisha Chromey

The VERITAS telescope array has been operating smoothly since 2007, and has detected gamma-ray emission above 100 GeV from 40 astrophysical sources. These include blazars, pulsar wind nebulae, supernova remnants, gamma-ray binary systems, a…

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

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