Publications (17)
Singular Templates of Imaging Cherenkov Shower distribution (STOICS): A background estimation method for Very-High-Energy -ray observations
Ruo-Yu Shang, Karl Kosack, Brian Humensky
Analyses of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) data for extended -ray sources face the issue that the field of view does not offer sufficient regions for background…
Foundations for Discovery: A Coordinated Fleet Approach to NASA Astrophysics
Regina Caputo, Francesca M. Civano, Knicole D. Colón +15
This white paper presents an analysis of Astro2020 science priorities and NASA's future astrophysics mission architecture, advocating for a coordinated fleet of $1--2B missions, s…
The On-Site Analysis of the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Andrea Bulgarelli, Valentina Fioretti, Andrea Zoli +54
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observatory will be one of the largest ground-based very high-energy gamma-ray observatories. The On-Site Analysis will be the first CTA scienti…
Search for Dark Matter Subhalos in the High-Energy Gamma-ray Band with Fermi and the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Daniel Nieto, Manel Errando, Lucy Fortson +6
We discuss the potential for the detection of dark matter and the characterization of its particle nature via the observation of dark matter subhalos. Specifically, we discuss the…
4th TDAMM Workshop White Paper
Daniel Kocevski, Raffaella Margutti, Michael Coughlin +46
Time-Domain and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (TDAMM) is entering a new era in which the rate and diversity of transient discoveries will grow rapidly across electromagnetic, gravit…
Schwarzschild-Couder telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: Development of the Optical System
Julien Rousselle, Valerie Connaughton, Manel Errando +5
The CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array) is the next generation ground-based experiment for very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations. It will integrate several tens of imaging atmo…
Advancing the Landscape of Multimessenger Science in the Next Decade
Kristi Engel, Tiffany Lewis, Marco Stein Muzio +91
The last decade has brought about a profound transformation in multimessenger science. Ten years ago, facilities had been built or were under construction that would eventually dis…
Observations of Supernova Remnants with VERITAS
Brian Humensky
The study of shell-type supernova remnants is a key science focus for the VERITAS TeV telescope array. Supernova remnants (SNRs) are widely considered to be the strongest candidate…
NuSTAR broad-band X-ray observational campaign of energetic pulsar wind nebulae in synergy with VERITAS, HAWC and Fermi gamma-ray telescopes
Kaya Mori, Hongjun An, Daniel Burgess +13
We report recent progress on the on-going NuSTAR observational campaign of 8 TeV-detected pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). This campaign constitutes a major part of our NuSTAR study of…
Observations of Supernova Remnants and Pulsar Wind Nebulae: A VERITAS Key Science Project
Brian Humensky
The study of supernova remnants and pulsar wind nebulae was one of the Key Science Projects for the first two years of VERITAS observations. VERITAS is an array of four imaging Che…
Energetic Particles of Cosmic Accelerators II: Active Galactic Nuclei and Gamma-ray Bursts
Tonia M. Venters, Sylvain Guiriec, Amy Y. Lien +26
The high-energy universe has revealed that energetic particles are ubiquitous in the cosmos and play a vital role in the cultivation of cosmic environments on all scales. Though th…
The TeV Morphology of the Interacting Supernova Remnant IC 443
Brian Humensky
The middle-aged supernova remnant IC 443 is interacting with molecular gas in its surroundings. -LAT has established that its gamma-ray emission at low energies shows the "p…
Energetic Particles of Cosmic Accelerators I: Galactic Accelerators
Tonia M. Venters, Kenji Hamaguchi, Terri J. Brandt +23
The high-energy universe has revealed that energetic particles are ubiquitous in the cosmos and play a vital role in the cultivation of cosmic environments on all scales. Energetic…
The gravitational-wave follow-up program of the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Monica Seglar-Arroyo, Elisabetta Bissaldi, Andrea Bulgarelli +16
The birth of gravitational-wave / electromagnetic astronomy was heralded by the joint observation of gravitational waves (GWs) from a binary neutron star (BNS) merger by Advanced L…
Cherenkov Telescope Array is Well Suited to Follow Up Gravitational Wave Transients
Imre Bartos, Peter Veres, Daniel Nieto +8
The first gravitational-wave (GW) observations will greatly benefit from the detection of coincident electromagnetic counterparts. Electromagnetic follow-ups will nevertheless be c…
Searching for very-high-energy electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational-wave events with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Barbara Patricelli, Alessandro Carosi, Lara Nava +27
The detection of electromagnetic (EM) emission following the gravitational wave (GW) event GW170817 opened the era of multi-messenger astronomy with GWs and provided the first dire…
On the search for Galactic supernova remnant PeVatrons with current TeV instruments
Pierre Cristofari, Stefano Gabici, Regis Terrier +1
The supernova remnant hypothesis for the origin of Galactic cosmic rays has passed several tests, but the firm identification of a supernova remnant pevatron, considered to be a de…