VERITAS: Status and Highlights
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2017-08-23 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract
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 starburst galaxy, a radio galaxy, the Crab pulsar, and gamma-ray sources whose origin remains unidentified. In 2009, the array was reconfigured, greatly improving the sensitivity. We summarize the current status of the observatory, describe some of the scientific highlights since 2009, and outline plans for the future.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1111.1225,
title = {VERITAS: Status and Highlights},
author = {J. Holder and E. Aliu and T. Arlen and T. Aune and M. Beilicke and W. Benbow and M. Böttcher and A. Bouvier and J. H. Buckley and V. Bugaev and K. Byrum and A. Cannon and A. Cesarini and J. L. Christiansen and L. Ciupik and E. Collins-Hughes and M. P. Connolly and W. Cui and R. Dickherber and C. Duke and V. V. Dwarkadas and M. Errando and A. Falcone and J. P. Finley and G. Finnegan and L. Fortson and A. Furniss and N. Galante and D. Gall and K. Gibbs and G. H. Gillanders and S. Godambe and S. Griffin and J. Grube and R. Guenette and G. Gyuk and D. Hanna and H. Huan and G. Hughes and C. M. Hui and T. B. Humensky and A. Imran and P. Kaaret and N. Karlsson and M. Kertzman and Y. Khassen and D. Kieda and H. Krawczynski and F. Krennrich and M. J. Lang and M. Lyutikov and A. S Madhavan and G. Maier and P. Majumdar and S. McArthur and A. McCann and M. McCutcheon and P. Moriarty and R. Mukherjee and P. D Nunez and R. A. Ong and M. Orr and A. N. Otte and N. Park and J. S. Perkins and A. Pichel and F. Pizlo and M. Pohl and H. Prokoph and J. Quinn and K. Ragan and L. C. Reyes and P. T. Reynolds and A. C. Rovero and J. Ruppel and A. C. Sadun and D. B. Saxon and M. Schroedter and G. H. Sembroski and G. D. Şentürk and A. W. Smith and D. Staszak and G. Tešić and M. Theiling and S. Thibadeau and K. Tsurusaki and J. Tyler and A. Varlotta and V. V. Vassiliev and S. Vincent and M. Vivier and S. P. Wakely and J. E. Ward and T. C. Weekes and A. Weinstein and T. Weisgarber and D. A. Williams and B. Zitzer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.1225},
year = {2017}
}
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Presented at the 32nd ICRC, Beijing, 2011