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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…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2019-08-13 David Staszak

H.E.S.S. discovery of very-high-energy emission from the blazar PKS 0736+017: on the location of the $\gamma$-ray emitting region in FSRQs

With the installation of a new 28-m diameter imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope in the middle of the array, the H.E.S.S. instrument has entered since 2012 into its Phase II. The fifth large-size telescope is particularly important to…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2019-08-14 Matteo Cerruti , Jean-Philippe Lenain , Heike Prokoph

VERITAS Observations of a Very High Energy Gamma-ray Flare from the Blazar 3C 66A

The intermediate-frequency peaked BL Lacertae (IBL) object 3C 66A is detected during 2007 - 2008 in VHE (very high energy: E > 100 GeV) gamma-rays with the VERITAS stereoscopic array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. An excess of…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2010-12-14 VERITAS Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , E. Aliu , T. Arlen , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , M. Bottcher , 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 , W. Cui , M. K. Daniel , R. Dickherber , T. Ergin , A. Falcone , S. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , 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. Mukherjee , T. Nagai , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , J. S. Perkins , D. Petry , F. Pizlo , 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 , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , R. G. Wagner , S. P. Wakely , J. E. Ward , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , D. A. Williams , S. Wissel , M. Wood , B. Zitzer

The luminosity function of TeV-emitting BL Lacs: observations of an HBL sample with VERITAS

High-frequency-peaked BL Lacs (HBLs) dominate the extragalactic TeV sky, with more than 50 objects detected by the current generation of TeV observatories. Still, the properties of TeV-emitting HBLs as a population are poorly understood due…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2022-09-21 Manel Errando , VERITAS Collaboration

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…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2019-08-13 J. Holder

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

Observations of low- and intermediate-frequency-peaked BL Lacs above 100 GeV with VERITAS

Most of the ~50 blazars detected to date at TeV energies (E>0.1 TeV) are high-frequency-peaked BL Lacs (HBLs). Only a handful episodic TeV detections of low- and intermediate-frequency-peaked BL Lacs (LBL/IBLs, with synchrotron peak…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2019-08-13 M. Errando

VERITAS Observations of Very High Energy Blazars and Potential for Cosmological Insight

Gamma-ray blazars are among the most extreme astrophysical sources, harboring phenomena far more energetic than those attainable by terrestrial accelerators. These galaxies are understood to be active galactic nuclei that are powered by…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2019-08-14 Amy Furniss

Multiwavelength Observations of the Previously Unidentified Blazar RX J0648.7+1516

We report on the VERITAS discovery of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma- ray emission above 200 GeV from the high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object RXJ0648.7+1516 (GBJ0648+1516), associated with 1FGLJ0648.8+1516. The photon spectrum above 200 GeV…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2015-05-30 E. Aliu , T. Aune , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , M. Böttcher , A. Bouvier , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , A. Cannon , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , G. Decerprit , R. Dickherber , C. Duke , M. Errando , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , G. Finnegan , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , D. Gall , G. H. Gillanders , S. Godambe , S. Griffin , J. Grube , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , B. Hivick , J. Holder , H. Huan , G. Hughes , C. M. Hui , T. B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , N. Karlsson , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , G. Maier , P. Majumdar , S. McArthur , A. McCann , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , T. Nelson , R. A. Ong , M. Orr , A. N. Otte , N. Park , J. S. Perkins , A. Pichel , M. Pohl , H. Prokoph , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , E. Roache , H. J. Rose , J. Ruppel , D. B. Saxon , G. H. Sembroski , C. Skole , A. W. Smith , D. Staszak , G. Tesic , M. Theiling , S. Thibadeau , K. Tsurusaki , J. Tyler , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. P. Wakely , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer , S. Ciprini , M. Fumagalli , K. Kaplan , D. Paneque , J. X. Prochaska

VERITAS detection of gamma-ray flaring activity from the BL Lac object 1ES 1727+502 during bright moonlight observations

During May 2013, a gamma-ray flare from the BL Lac object 1ES 1727+502 (z=0.055) has been detected with the VERITAS Cherenkov telescopes. This detection represents the first evidence of very-high-energy (E>100 GeV) variability from this…

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

Study of the long-term Very High Energy emission of the blazars 1ES 1215+3031 and VER J0521+211 with the HAWC gamma-ray observatory

Blazars are the most abundant type of extragalactic gamma-ray source, usually presenting high variability across the electromagnetic spectrum. Their Very High Energy (VHE, above 0.1 TeV) emission has been studied in detail using Air…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2023-10-05 Fernando Ureña-Mena , Alberto Carramiñana , Anna Lia Longinotti , Daniel Rosa-González , HAWC Collaboration

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…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 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

VERITAS Discovery of Variability in the VHE Gamma-Ray Emission of 1ES 1218+304

1ES 1218+304 is among a group of several TeV blazars that exhibit surprisingly hard energy spectra given their redshifts. The VERITAS collaboration has carried out an intensive observing campaign of 1ES 1218+304 in early 2009 to…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2019-08-13 Asif Imran

Prospects for Very High Energy Blazar Survey by the Next Generation Cherenkov Telescopes

The prospects for future blazar surveys by next-generation very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray telescopes, such as Advanced Gamma-ray Imaging System (AGIS) and Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), are investigated using the latest model of blazar…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2015-05-18 Yoshiyuki Inoue , Tomonori Totani , Masaki Mori

VERITAS: the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System

The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) represents an important step forward in the study of extreme astrophysical processes in the universe. It combines the power of the atmospheric Cherenkov imaging technique…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2008-11-26 T. C. Weekes

Discovery of VHE emission from PKS 0447-439 with H.E.S.S. and MWL studies

Very-high energy (VHE) emission has been detected from PKS 0447-439 with the H.E.S.S. Cherenkov telescope array. This blazar is one of the brightest hard-spectrum extragalactic objects in the Fermi bright source list. Its detection with…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2011-05-05 A. Zech , B. Behera , Y. Becherini , C. Boisson , B. Giebels , M. Hauser , M. Kastendieck , S. Kaufmann , K. Kosack , J. -P. Lenain , M. de Naurois , M. Punch , M. Raue , H. Sol , S. Wagner , the H. E. S. S. collaboration

Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Observations with H.E.S.S

The H.E.S.S. Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Array is currently the most sensitive instrument for Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations in the energy range of about 0.1-10 TeV. During more than two years of operation with…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2007-05-23 Christopher van Eldik

The Discovery of gamma-Ray Emission From The Blazar RGB J0710+591

The high-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object RGB J0710+591 was observed in the very high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) wave band by the VERITAS array of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The observations, taken between 2008 December and 2009…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2015-05-18 V. A. Acciari , E. Aliu , T. Arlen , T. Aune , M. Bautista , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , M. Böttcher , 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 , K. Gibbs , 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 , A. Lamerato , S. LeBohec , G. Maier , S. McArthur , A. McCann , M. McCutcheon , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , J. S. Perkins , D. Petry , A. Pichel , M. Pohl , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , E. Roache , H. J. Rose , P. Roustazadeh , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , G. Demet Senturk , A. W. Smith , D. Steele , S. P. Swordy , G. Tešić , 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 , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , E. Antolini , L. Baldini , J. Ballet , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , K. Bechtol , R. Bellazzini , B. Berenji , R. D. Blandford , E. D. Bloom , E. Bonamente , A. W. Borgland , A. Bouvier , J. Bregeon , M. Brigida , P. Bruel , R. Buehler , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , S. Carrigan , J. M. Casandjian , E. Cavazzuti , C. Cecchi , Ö. Çelik , E. Charles , A. Chekhtman , C. C. Cheung , J. Chiang , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , C. D. Dermer , F. de Palma , E. do Couto e Silva , P. S. Drell , R. Dubois , D. Dumora , C. Farnier , C. Favuzzi , S. J. Fegan , P. Fortin , M. Frailis , Y. Fukazawa , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Gehrels , S. Germani , B. Giebels , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , T. Glanzman , G. Godfrey , I. A. Grenier , J. E. Grove , S. Guiriec , E. Hays , D. Horan , R. E. Hughes , G. Jóhannesson , A. S. Johnson , W. N. Johnson , T. Kamae , H. Katagiri , J. Kataoka , J. Knödlseder , M. Kuss , J. Lande , L. Latronico , S. -H. Lee , M. Llena Garde , F. Longo , F. Loparco , B. Lott , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , A. Makeev , M. N. Mazziotta , P. F. Michelson , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Mizuno , A. A. Moiseev , C. Monte , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , P. L. Nolan , J. P. Norris , E. Nuss , M. Ohno , T. Ohsugi , N. Omodei , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , D. Paneque , J. H. Panetta , V. Pelassa , M. Pepe , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , T. A. Porter , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , J. Ripken , A. Y. Rodriguez , M. Roth , H. F. -W. Sadrozinski , D. Sanchez , A. Sander , J. D. Scargle , C. Sgrò , E. J. Siskind , P. D. Smith , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , M. S. Strickman , D. J. Suson , H. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , J. B. Thayer , J. G. Thayer , D. J. Thompson , L. Tibaldo , D. F. Torres , G. Tosti , A. Tramacere , T. L. Usher , V. Vasileiou , N. Vilchez , V. Vitale , A. P. Waite , P. Wang , B. L. Winer , K. S. Wood , Z. Yang , T. Ylinen , M. Ziegler

Detection of VHE gamma-ray emission from the distant blazar 1ES 1101-232 with H.E.S.S. and broadband characterisation

The blazar 1ES 1101-232 was observed with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) of Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (ACT) in 2004 and 2005, for a live time of 43 hours. VHE (E > 10^11 eV) gamma-rays were detected for the first time…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2012-08-27 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , : , F. Aharonian

VERITAS detection of $\gamma$-ray flaring activity from the BL Lac object 1ES 1727+502 during bright moonlight observations

During moonlit nights, observations with ground-based Cherenkov telescopes at very high energies (VHE, $E>100$ GeV) are constrained since the photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) in the telescope camera are extremely sensitive to the background…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2015-08-06 S. Archambault , A. Archer , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , R. Bird , J. Biteau , A. Bouvier , V. Bugaev , J. V Cardenzana , M. Cerruti , X. Chen , L. Ciupik , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , H. J. Dickinson , J. Dumm , J. D. Eisch , M. Errando , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , H. Fleischhack , P. Fortin , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , G. H. Gillanders , S. Griffin , S. T. Griffiths , J. Grube , G. Gyuk , N. Håkansson , 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 , J. Millis , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , D. Nieto , A. O'Faoláin de Bhróithe , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , N. Park , M. Pohl , A. Popkow , H. Prokoph , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , M. Santander , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , A. W. Smith , D. Staszak , I. Telezhinsky , J. V. Tucci , J. Tyler , A. Varlotta , S. Vincent , S. P. Wakely , A. Weinstein , R. Welsing , A. Wilhelm , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer , Z. D. Hughes