Status of the VERITAS Observatory

J. Holder; V. A. Acciari; E. Aim; T. Arlen; M. Beilicke; W. Benbow; S. M. Bradbury; J. H. Buckley; V. Bugaev; Y. Butt; K. L. Byrum; A. Cannon; O. Celik; A. Cesarini; L. Ciupik; Y. C.K. Chow; P. Cogan; P. Colin; W. Cui; M. K. Daniel; T. Ergin; A. D. Falcone; S. J. Fegan; J. P. Finley; G. Finnegan; P. Fortin; L. F. Fortson; A. Furniss; G. H. Gillanders; J. Grube; R. Guenette; G. Gyuk; D. Hanna; E. Hays; D. Horan; C. M. Hui; T. B. Humensky; A. Imran; P. Kaaret; N. Karlsson; M. Kertzman; D. B. Kieda; J. Kildea; A. Konopelko; H. Krawczynski; F. Krennrich; M. J. Lang; S. LeBohec; G. Maier; A. McCann; M. McCutcheon; P. Moriarty; R. Mukherjee; T. Nagai; J. Niemiec; R. A. Ong; D. Pandel; J. S. Perkins; M. Pohl; J. Quinn; K. Ragan; L. C. Reyes; P. T. Reynolds; H. J. Rose; M. Schroedter; G. H. Sembroski; A. W. Smith; D. Steele; S. P. Swordy; J. A. Toner; L. Valcarcel; V. V. Vassiliev; R. Wagner; S. P. Wakely; J. E. Ward; T. C. Weekes; A. Weinstein; R. J. White; D. A. Williams; S. A. Wissel; M. Wood; B. Zitzer

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Status of the VERITAS Observatory

J. Holder, V. A. Acciari, E. Aim, T. Arlen, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, S. M. Bradbury, J. H. Buckley, V. Bugaev, Y. Butt, K. L. Byrum, A. Cannon, O. Celik, A. Cesarini, L. Ciupik, Y. C.K. Chow, P. Cogan, P. Colin, W. Cui, M. K. DanielT. Ergin, A. D. Falcone, S. J. Fegan, J. P. Finley, G. Finnegan, P. Fortin, L. F. Fortson, A. Furniss, G. H. Gillanders, J. Grube, R. Guenette, G. Gyuk, D. Hanna, E. Hays, D. Horan, C. M. Hui, T. B. Humensky, A. Imran, P. Kaaret, N. Karlsson, M. Kertzman, D. B. Kieda, J. Kildea, A. Konopelko, H. Krawczynski, F. Krennrich, M. J. Lang, S. LeBohec, G. Maier, A. McCann, M. McCutcheon, P. Moriarty, R. Mukherjee, T. Nagai, J. Niemiec, R. A. Ong, D. Pandel, J. S. Perkins, M. Pohl, J. Quinn, K. Ragan, L. C. Reyes, P. T. Reynolds, H. J. Rose, M. Schroedter, G. H. Sembroski, A. W. Smith, D. Steele, S. P. Swordy, J. A. Toner, L. Valcarcel, V. V. Vassiliev, R. Wagner, S. P. Wakely, J. E. Ward, T. C. Weekes, A. Weinstein, R. J. White, D. A. Williams, S. A. Wissel, M. Wood, B. Zitzer

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	657-660
Number of pages	4
Journal	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1085
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3076760
State	Published - 2009
Event	4th International Meeting on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy - Heidelberg, Germany Duration: Jul 7 2008 → Jul 11 2008

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Holder, J., Acciari, V. A., Aim, 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., ... Zitzer, B. (2009). Status of the VERITAS Observatory. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1085, 657-660. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3076760

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