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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…

天体物理仪器与方法 · 物理学 2019-08-13 Nahee Park

VERITAS long-term (2006-2014) observations of the BL Lac object 1ES 0806+524

The discovery of the high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object 1ES 0806+524 (z=0.138) as a source of very-high-energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-ray photons was announced in 2008 by the VERITAS Collaboration, at a level of 1.8% of the Crab Nebula…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2019-08-13 Matteo Cerruti

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…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2019-08-13 Rene A. Ong

The Gamma Ray Detection sensitivity of the upgraded VERITAS Observatory

The VERITAS VHE gamma-ray observatory recently completed a major upgrade of its camera and pattern triggering systems. Bias curve testing of the upgraded VERITAS Observatory under dark sky conditions indicates a 50% increase in photon…

天体物理仪器与方法 · 物理学 2019-08-14 D. B. Kieda

VERITAS discovery of very high energy gamma-ray emission from S3 1227+25 and multiwavelength observations

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…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2023-06-21 Atreya Acharyya , Colin Adams , Avery Archer , Priyadarshini Bangale , Wystan Benbow , Aryeh Brill , Jodi Christiansen , Alisha Chromey , Manel Errando , Abe Falcone , Qi Feng , John Finley , Gregory Foote , Lucy Fortson , Amy Furniss , Greg Gallagher , William Hanlon , David Hanna , Olivier Hervet , Claire Hinrichs , John Hoang , Jamie Holder , Weidong Jin , Madalyn Johnson , Philip Kaaret , Mary P. Kertzman , David Kieda , Tobias Kleiner , Nikolas Korzoun , Frank Krennrich , Mark Lang , Matthew Lundy , Gernot Maier , Conor McGrath , Matthew Millard , John Millis , Connor Mooney , Patrick Moriarty , Reshmi Mukherjee , Stephan O'Brien , Rene A. Ong , Martin Pohl , Elisa Pueschel , John Quinn , Kenneth J. Ragan , Paul Reynolds , Deivid Ribeiro , Emmet Thomas Roache , Iftach Sadeh , Alberto Sadun , Lab Saha , Marcos Santander , Glenn Sembroski , Ruo Shang , Megan Splettstoesser , Anjana Talluri , James Tucci , Vladimir Vassiliev , David Williams , Sam Wong , Talvikki Hovatta , Svetlana Jorstad , Sebastian Kiehlmann , Anne Lahteenmaki , Ioannis Liodakis , Alan Marscher , Walter Max-Moerbeck , Anthony Readhead , Rodrigo Reeves , Paul S Smith , Merja Tornikoski

Flux Sensitivity of VERITAS

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

天体物理学 · 物理学 2009-10-31 Vladimir V. Vassiliev

TeV and Multi-wavelength Observations of Mrk 421 in 2006-2008

We report on TeV gamma-ray observations of the blazar Mrk 421 (redshift of 0.031) with the VERITAS observatory and the Whipple 10m Cherenkov telescope. The excellent sensitivity of VERITAS allowed us to sample the TeV gamma-ray fluxes and…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2011-08-12 V. A. Acciari , E. Aliu , 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 , W. Cui , R. Dickherber , C. Duke , A. Falcone , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , D. Gall , G. H. Gillanders , S. Godambe , J. Grube , R. Guenette , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , 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 , M. McCutcheon , P. Moriarty , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , M. Ouellette , D. Pandel , J. S. Perkins , A. Pichel , M. Pohl , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , E. Roache , H. J. Rose , A. C. Rovero , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , G. Demet Senturk , D. Steele , S. P. Swordy , M. Theiling , S. Thibadeau , 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 , A. Garson , K. Lee , A. C. Sadun , M. Carini , D. Barnaby , K. Cook , J. Maune , A. Pease , S. Smith , R. Walters , A. Berdyugin , E. Lindfors , K. Nilsson , M. Pasanen , J. Sainio , A. Sillanpaa , L. O. Takalo , C. Villforth , T. Montaruli , M. Baker , A. Lahteenmaki , M. Tornikoski , T. Hovatta , E. Nieppola , H. D. Aller , M. F. Aller

Recent Results from VERITAS AGN Observations

VERITAS is one of the world's most sensitive detectors of astrophysical very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma rays. This observatory has operated for ~14 years, and nearly 7,000 hours of its observations have been targeted on active…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2021-08-13 Wystan Benbow

Observations of Mrk 421 and Mrk 501 in Spring 2006 with VERITAS

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…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2007-09-25 S. J. Fegan

Highlights of Recent Multiwavelength Observations of VHE Blazars with VERITAS

We present long-term observations of several VHE (E > 100 GeV) blazars with VERITAS, together with contemporaneous Swift and RXTE X-ray data. The observed targets include Mrk 421, Mrk 501, 1ES 2344+514. Strong flux and spectral variability…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2019-08-13 J. Grube

The VERITAS Survey of the Cygnus Region of the Galactic Plane

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…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2019-08-13 Amanda Weinstein

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…

天体物理仪器与方法 · 物理学 2019-08-13 D. B. Kieda

VERITAS Detection of LS 5039 and HESS J1825-137

With 8 hours of observations, VERITAS confirms the detection of two very high energy gamma-ray sources. The gamma-ray binary LS 5039 is detected with a statistical significance of $8.8\sigma$. The measured flux above 1 TeV is $(2.5 \pm 0.4)…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2020-01-13 VERITAS Collaboration , A. U. Abeysekara , W. Benbow , R. Bird , R. Brose , J. L. Christiansen , A. J. Chromey , W. Cui , M. K. Daniel , A. Falcone , L. Fortson , D. Hanna , T. Hassan , O. Hervet , J. Holder , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , P. Kar , N. Kelley-Hoskins , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , M. Krause , M. J. Lang , G. Maier , P. Moriarty , D. Nieto , M. Nievas-Rosillo , R. A. Ong , D. Pandel , M. Pohl , R. R. Prado , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , I. Sadeh , M. Santander , G. H. Sembroski , A. Weinstein , P. Wilcox , D. A. Williams , T. J Williamson

VERITAS observations of the Cygnus Region

The Cygnus region of the galaxy is one of the richest regions of gas and star formation and is the brightest region of diffuse GeV emission in the northern sky. VERITAS has conducted deep observations (approximately 300 hours) in the…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2019-08-13 Ralph Bird

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…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 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

VERITAS: Status and Highlights

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…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2017-08-23 J. Holder , E. Aliu , T. Arlen , T. Aune , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , M. Böttcher , A. Bouvier , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , A. Cannon , A. Cesarini , J. L. Christiansen , L. Ciupik , E. Collins-Hughes , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , R. Dickherber , C. Duke , V. V. Dwarkadas , M. Errando , A. Falcone , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , D. Gall , K. Gibbs , G. H. Gillanders , S. Godambe , S. Griffin , J. Grube , R. Guenette , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , H. Huan , G. Hughes , C. M. Hui , T. B. Humensky , A. Imran , P. Kaaret , N. Karlsson , M. Kertzman , Y. Khassen , D. Kieda , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , M. Lyutikov , A. S Madhavan , G. Maier , P. Majumdar , S. McArthur , A. McCann , M. McCutcheon , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , P. D Nunez , R. A. Ong , M. Orr , A. N. Otte , N. Park , J. S. Perkins , A. Pichel , F. Pizlo , M. Pohl , H. Prokoph , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , A. C. Rovero , J. Ruppel , A. C. Sadun , D. B. Saxon , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , G. D. Şentürk , A. W. Smith , D. Staszak , G. Tešić , M. Theiling , S. Thibadeau , K. Tsurusaki , J. Tyler , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , M. Vivier , S. P. Wakely , J. E. Ward , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , T. Weisgarber , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer

VERITAS observations of M87 from 2007 to present

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…

宇宙学与河外天体物理 · 物理学 2019-08-13 C. M. Hui

A search for enhanced very high energy gamma-ray emission from the March 2013 Crab Nebula flare

In March 2013, a flaring episode from the Crab Nebula lasting ~2 weeks was detected by the Fermi-LAT (Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope). VERITAS provides simultaneous observations throughout this period.…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2014-01-09 The VERITAS Collaboration , E. Aliu , S. Archambault , T. Aune , W. Benbow , K. Berger , R. Bird , A. Bouvier , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , M. Cerruti , X. Chen , L. Ciupik , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , J. Dumm , M. Errando , A. Falcone , S. Federici , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , P. Fortin , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , G. H. Gillanders , S. Griffin , S. T. Griffiths , J. Grube , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , M. Kertzman , Y. Khassen , D. Kieda , F. Krennrich , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , M. Lyutikov , G. Maier , S. McArthur , A. McCann , K. Meagher , J. Millis , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , A. O'Faolain de Bhroithe , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , J. S. Perkins , M. Pohl , A. Popkow , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , J. Rajotte , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , G. H. Sembroski , F. Sheidaei , A. W. Smith , D. Staszak , I. Telezhinsky , M. Theiling , J. V. Tucci , J. Tyler , A. Varlotta , S. P. Wakely , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , R. Welsing , D. A. Williams , A. Zajczyk , B. Zitzer

Multiwavelength observations of the AGN 1ES 0414+009 with VERITAS, Fermi-LAT, Swift-XRT, and MDM

We present observations of the BL Lac object 1ES 0414+009 in the >200 GeV gamma-ray band by the VERITAS array of Cherenkov telescopes. 1ES 0414+009 was observed by VERITAS between January 2008 and February 2011, resulting in 56.2 hours of…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2015-06-05 E. Aliu , S. Archambault , T. Arlen , T. Aune , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , M. Bottcher , A. Bouvier , V. Bugaev , A. Cannon , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , E. Collins-Hughes , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , R. Dickherber , J. Dumm , M. Errando , A. Falcone , S. Federici , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , D. Gall , S. Godambe , S. Griffin , J. Grube , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , H. Huan , G. Hughes , C. M. Hui , A. Imran , O. Jameil , P. Kaaret , N. Karlsson , M. Kertzman , J. Kerr , Y. Khassen , D. Kieda , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , K. Lee , A. S. Madhavan , 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 , A. Pichel , M. Pohl , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , E. Roache , J. Ruppel , D. B. Saxon , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , G. D. Senturk , A. W. Smith , D. Staszak , M. Stroh , I. Telezhinsky , G. Tesic , M. Theiling , S. Thibadeau , K. Tsurusaki , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , M. Vivier , S. P. Wakely , J. E. Ward , A. Weinstein , R. Welsing , D. A. Williams , 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…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2010-01-07 Wystan Benbow