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VERITAS: Performance characteristics (baseline design)

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

天体物理学 · 物理学 2007-05-23 V. V. Vassiliev , D. A. Carter-Lewis , A. M. Hillas , M. P. Kertzman , J. Knapp , F. Krennrich , R. W. Lessard , H. J. Rose , G. H. Sembroski

The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS)

We give an overview of the current status and scientific goals of VERITAS, a proposed hexagonal array of seven 10 m aperture imaging Cherenkov telescopes. The selected site is Montosa Canyon (1390 m a.s.l.) at the Whipple Observatory,…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2010-12-13 S. M. Bradbury , I. H. Bond , A. C. Breslin , J. H. Buckley , D. A. Carter-Lewis , M. Catanese , S. Criswell , B. L. Dingus , D. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , J. Gaidos , J. Grindlay , A. M. Hillas , K. Harris , G. Hermann , P. Kaaret , D. Kieda , J. Knapp , F. Krennrich , S. LeBohec , R. W. Lessard , J. Lloyd-Evans , B. McKernan , D. Mueller , R. Ong , J. J. Quenby , J. Quinn , G. Rochester , H. J. Rose , M. Salamon , G. H. Sembroski , T. Sumner , S. Swordy , V. V. Vassiliev , T. C. Weekes

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

Status And Highlights Of VERITAS

VERITAS (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) is an array of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes sensitive to very high energy (VHE) gamma-rays above 100 GeV. Located at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in southern…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2019-08-13 Nicola Galante

VERITAS: Very LArge Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System

A next generation atmospheric Cherenkov observatory is described based on the Whipple Observatory $\gamma$-ray telescope. A total of nine such imaging telescopes will be deployed in an array that will permit the maximum versatility and give…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2007-05-23 T. C. Weekes , C. Akerlof , S. Biller , A. C. Breslin , J. H. Buckley , D. A. Carter-Lewis , M. Catanese , M. F. Cawley , B. Dingus , G. G. Fazio , D. J. Fegan , J. Finley , G. Fishman , J. Gaidos , G. H. Gillanders , P. Gorham , J. E. Grindlay , A. M. Hillas , J. Huchra , P. Kaaret , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , F. Krennrich , R. C. Lamb , M. J. Lang , A. P. Marscher , S. Matz , T. McKay , D. Muller , R. Ong , W. Purcell , J. Rose , G. Sembroski , F. D. Seward , P. Slane , S. Swordy , T. Tumer , M. Ulmer , M. Urban , B. J. Wilkes

Science Highlights from VERITAS

The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) is a ground-based array located at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in southern Arizona and is one of the world's most sensitive gamma-ray instruments at energies of…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2015-10-06 D. Staszak , A. U. Abeysekara , S. Archambault , A. Archer , A. Barnacka , W. Benbow , R. Bird , J. Biteau , M. Buchovecky , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , J. V Cardenzana , M. Cerruti , X. Chen , J. L. Christiansen , L. Ciupik , E. Collins-Hughes , M. P. Connolly , P. Coppi , W. Cui , V. V. Dwarkadas , J. D. Eisch , M. Errando , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , M. Fernandez Alonso , J. P. Finley , H. Fleischhack , A. Flinders , P. Fortin , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , G. H. Gillanders , S. Griffin , S. T. Griffiths , G. Gyuk , M. Hütten , 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 , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , T. Nguyen , D. Nieto , A. O'Faoláin de Bhróithe , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , N. Park , V. Pelassa , J. S. Perkins , M. Pohl , A. Popkow , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , A. C. Rovero , M. Santander , S. Schlenstedt , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , A. W. Smith , I. Telezhinsky , J. V. Tucci , J. Tyler , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , S. P. Wakely , O. M. Weiner , A. Weinstein , A. Wilhelm , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer

Veritas: Status c. 2009

VERITAS is a ground-based gamma-ray observatory that uses the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique and operates in the very high-energy (VHE) region of the gamma- ray spectrum from 100 GeV to 50 TeV. The observatory consists of an array…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2010-02-01 T. C. Weekes , the VERITAS Collaboration

Highlight Talk: Recent Results from VERITAS

VERITAS is a state-of-the-art ground-based gamma-ray observatory that operates in the very high-energy (VHE) region of 100 GeV to 50 TeV. The observatory consists of an array of four 12m-diameter imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2009-12-31 R. A. Ong , V. A. Acciari , 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 , Y. C. Chow , P. Cogan , W. Cui , C. Duke , S. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , P. Fortin , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , D. Gall , G. H. Gillanders , S. Godambe , J. Grube , R. Guenette , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , D. Horan , 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 , A. McCann , M. McCutcheon , J. Millis , P. Moriarty , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , J. S. Perkins , A. Pichel , 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 , S. Thibadeau , J. A. Toner , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , R. G. Wagner , S. P. Wakely , J. E. Ward , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , D. A. Williams , S. Wissel , M. Wood , B. Zitzer

VERITAS: Status and Latest Results

VERITAS is an atmospheric Cherenkov telescope array designed to study astrophysi cal sources of very-high-energy gamma radiation. Located in southern Arizona, USA, the array consists of four 12m-diameter imaging Cherenkov telescopes. All…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2007-10-03 G. Maier

Focal Plane Instrumentation of VERITAS

VERITAS is a new atmospheric Cherenkov imaging telescope array to detect very high energy gamma rays above 100 GeV. The array is located in southern Arizona, USA, at an altitude of 1268m above sea level. The array consists of four 12-m…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2007-10-01 VERITAS Collaboration , T. Nagai , R. McKay , G. Sleege , D. Petry

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

An Overview of The VERITAS Prototype Telescope And Camera

VERITAS (the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) is the next generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory that is being built in southern Arizona by a collaboration of ten institutions in Canada, Ireland, the U.K. and…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2019-08-14 Peter Cogan

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

VTSCat - The VERITAS Catalog of Gamma Ray Observations

We present a catalog of results of gamma-ray observations made by VERITAS, published from 2008 to 2020. VERITAS is a ground based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope observatory located at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO) in…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2021-08-17 Sameer Patel , Gernot Maier , Philip Kaaret

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

The Veritas Project

VERITAS is a new, major ground-based gamma-ray observatory designed to significantly advance our understanding of extreme astrophysical processes in the universe. The observatory comprises seven large-aperture (12m diameter) Cherenkov…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2019-08-14 Rene A. Ong

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: 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

VERITAS Observations of Mkn 501 in 2009

VERITAS is the high-sensitivity instrument of latest generation. It is often used for the short AGN monitoring exposures evenly distributed over entire observational season of a source of interest. Each of these exposures is long enough to…

高能天体物理现象 · 物理学 2019-08-13 Dongqing Huang , Alexander Konopelko

Monte Carlo studies of the VERITAS array of Cherenkov telescopes

VERITAS is a system of four imaging Cherenkov telescopes located at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in southern Arizona. We present here results of detailed Monte Carlo simulations of the array response to extensive air showers.…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2019-08-13 G. Maier