Status of the VERITAS Observatory

VERITAS, an Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) system for gammma-ray astronomy in the GeV-TeV range, has recently completed its first season of observations with a full array of four telescopes. A number of astrophysical gamma-ray sources have been detected, both galactic and extragalact...

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Published in:AIP conference proceedings 2009-01, Vol.1085 (1), p.657-660
Main Authors: Holder, J, Acciari, V A, Aliu, E, Arlen, T, Beilicke, M, Benbow, W, Bradbury, S M, Buckley, J H, Bugaev, V, Butt, Y, Byrum, K L, Cannon, A, Celik, O, Cesarini, A, Ciupik, L, Chow, Y C K, Cogan, P, Colin, P, Cui, W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ASTRONOMY
ASTROPHYSICS
ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES
GALAXY NUCLEI
GAMMA RADIATION
GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
GEV RANGE
TELESCOPES
TEV RANGE
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Summary:VERITAS, an Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) system for gammma-ray astronomy in the GeV-TeV range, has recently completed its first season of observations with a full array of four telescopes. A number of astrophysical gamma-ray sources have been detected, both galactic and extragalactic, including sources previously unknown at TeV energies. We describe the status of the array and some highlight results, and assess the technical performance, sensitivity and shower reconstruction capabilities.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.3076760