Publications (46)
Observation of Extended VHE Emission from the Supernova Remnant IC 443 with VERITAS
VERITAS Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu +90
We present evidence that the very-high-energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission coincident with the supernova remnant IC 443 is extended. IC 443 contains one of the best-studie…
Discovery of TeV Gamma-ray Emission Toward Supernova Remnant SNR G78.2+2.1
E. Aliu, S. Archambault, T. Arlen +97
We report the discovery of an unidentified, extended source of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission, VER J2019+407, within the radio shell of the supernova remnant SNR G78.2+2…
Gamma-ray observations of the Be/pulsar binary 1A 0535+262 during a giant X-ray outburst
VERITAS collaboration, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu +73
Giant X-ray outbursts, with luminosities of about erg s, are observed roughly every 5 years from the nearby Be/pulsar binary 1A 0535+262. In this article, we pres…
Long-term TeV and X-ray Observations of the Gamma-ray Binary HESS J0632+057
VERITAS Collaboration, E. Aliu, S. Archambault +297
HESS J0632+057 is the only gamma-ray binary known so far whose position in the sky allows observations with ground-based observatories both in the northern and southern hemispheres…
Observation of gamma-ray emission from the galaxy M87 above 250 GeV with VERITAS
V. A. Acciari, M. Beilicke, G. Blaylock +74
The multiwavelength observation of the nearby radio galaxy M87 provides a unique opportunity to study in detail processes occurring in Active Galactic Nuclei from radio waves to Te…
VERITAS 2008 - 2009 monitoring of the variable gamma-ray source M87
The VERITAS Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu +84
M87 is a nearby radio galaxy that is detected at energies ranging from radio to VHE gamma-rays. Its proximity and its jet, misaligned from our line-of-sight, enable detailed morpho…
Discovery of TeV Gamma-ray Emission from CTA 1 by VERITAS
E. Aliu, S. Archambault, T. Arlen +88
We report the discovery of TeV gamma-ray emission coincident with the shell-type radio supernova remnant (SNR) CTA 1 using the VERITAS gamma-ray observatory. The source, VER J0006+…
The TeV Energy Spectrum of Mrk 421 Measured in A High Flaring State
A. Konopelko, W. Cui, C. Duke +1
The BL Lac object (blazar) Mrk 421 was observed during its outburst in April 2004 with the Whipple 10 m telescope for a total of about 24.5 hours. The measured gamma-ray rate varie…
VERITAS Collaboration Contributions to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference
The VERITAS Collaboration, E. Aliu, T. Arlen +96
Compilation of papers contributed by the VERITAS Collaboration to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, held 11-18 August 2011 in Beijing, China.
A connection between star formation activity and cosmic rays in the starburst galaxy M 82
V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen +89
Although Galactic cosmic rays (protons and nuclei) are widely believed to be dominantly accelerated by the winds and supernovae of massive stars, definitive evidence of this origin…
Observations of the unidentified gamma-ray source TeV J2032+4130 by VERITAS
VERITAS Collaboration, E. Aliu, T. Aune +77
TeV J2032+4130 was the first unidentified source discovered at very high energies (VHE; E 100 GeV), with no obvious counterpart in any other wavelength. It is also the first ex…
VERITAS Observations of day-scale flaring of M87 in 2010 April
E. Aliu, T. Arlen, T. Aune +88
VERITAS has been monitoring the very-high-energy (VHE; >100GeV) gamma-ray activity of the radio galaxy M87 since 2007. During 2008, flaring activity on a timescale of a few days wa…
VERITAS Observations of the Nova in V407 Cygni
E. Aliu, S. Archambault, T. Arlen +92
We report on very high energy (E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray observations of V407 Cygni, a symbiotic binary that underwent a nova outburst producing 0.1-10 GeV gamma rays during 2010 Marc…
VERITAS Observations of the gamma-Ray Binary LS I +61 303
V. A. Acciari, M. Beilicke, G. Blaylock +74
LS I +61 303 is one of only a few high-mass X-ray binaries currently detected at high significance in very high energy gamma-rays. The system was observed over several orbital cycl…
VERITAS Observations of the Microquasar Cygnus X-3
S. Archambault, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow +76
We report results from TeV gamma-ray observations of the microquasar Cygnus X-3. The observations were made with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITA…
Highlight Talk: Recent Results from VERITAS
R. A. Ong, V. A. Acciari, T. Arlen +79
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 fo…
Minimal Stereoscopic Analysis for Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Arrays
S. LeBohec, C. Duke, P. Jordan
The trajectory of a primary gamma-ray detected with an array of at least four atmospheric Cherenkov imaging telescopes can be reconstructed from the shower image centroid positions…
A Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Spectrum of 1ES 2344+514
M. Schroedter, H. M. Badran, J. H. Buckley +26
The BL Lacertae (BL Lac) object 1ES 2344+514 (1ES 2344), at a redshift of 0.044, was discovered as a source of very high energy (VHE) gamma rays by the Whipple Collaboration in 199…
Discovery of Very High-Energy Gamma-Ray Radiation from the BL Lac 1ES 0806+524
VERITAS Collaboration, V. Acciari, E. Aliu +90
The high-frequency-peaked BL-Lacertae object \objectname{1ES 0806+524}, at redshift z=0.138, was observed in the very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray regime by VERITAS between November…
TeV and Multi-wavelength Observations of Mrk 421 in 2006-2008
V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen +103
We report on TeV gamma-ray observations of the blazar Mrk 421 (redshift of 0.031) with the VERITAS observatory and the Whipple 10m Cherenkov telescope. The excellent sensitivity of…
Discovery of Variability in the Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Emission of 1ES 1218+304 with VERITAS
The VERITAS Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu +68
We present results from an intensive VERITAS monitoring campaign of the high-frequency peaked BL Lac object 1ES 1218+304 in 2008/2009. Although 1ES 1218+304 was detected previously…
The TeV spectrum of H1426+428
D. Petry, I. H. Bond, S. M. Bradbury +45
The BL Lac object H1426+428 was recently detected as a high energy gamma-ray source by the VERITAS collaboration (Horan et al. 2002). We have reanalyzed the 2001 portion of the dat…
A Three-Year Multi-Wavelength Study of the Very High Energy Gamma-ray Blazar 1ES 0229+200
E. Aliu, S. Archambault, T. Arlen +83
The high-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object 1ES 0229+200 is a relatively distant (z = 0.1396), hard-spectrum (Gamma ~ 2.5), very-high-energy-emitting (E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray blaza…
VERITAS Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by Swift
VERITAS Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu +84
We present the results of sixteen Swift-triggered GRB follow-up observations taken with the VERITAS telescope array from January, 2007 to June, 2009. The median energy threshold an…
Multiwavelength observations of Mrk 501 in 2008
MAGIC Collaboration, J. AleksiÄ, S. Ansoldi +256
Mrk 501 is one of the brightest blazars at TeV energies and has been extensively studied since its first VHE detection in 1996. Our goal is to characterize in detail the source gam…
Discovery of VHE -ray emission from the SNR G54.1+0.3
V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen +79
We report the discovery of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the direction of the SNR G54.1+0.3 using the VERITAS ground-based gamma-ray observatory. The TeV signal has an o…
Discovery of TeV Gamma Ray Emission from Tycho's Supernova Remnant
V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen +82
We report the discovery of TeV gamma-ray emission from the Type Ia supernova remnant (SNR) G120.1+1.4, known as Tycho's supernova remnant. Observations performed in the period 2008…
Gamma-Hadron Separation Methods for the VERITAS Array of Four Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes
H. Krawczynski, D. A. Carter-Lewis, C. Duke +4
Ground-based arrays of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes have emerged as the most sensitive gamma-ray detectors in the energy range of about 100 GeV and above. The strengths…
Detection of Pulsed Gamma Rays Above 100 GeV from the Crab Pulsar
VERITAS Collaboration, E. Aliu, T. Arlen +93
We report the detection of pulsed gamma rays from the Crab pulsar at energies above 100 Gigaelectronvolts (GeV) with the VERITAS array of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The dete…
VERITAS Search for VHE Gamma-ray Emission from Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies
The VERITAS Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, T. Arlen +73
Indirect dark matter searches with ground-based gamma-ray observatories provide an alternative for identifying the particle nature of dark matter that is complementary to that of d…
Search for a correlation between very-high-energy gamma rays and giant radio pulses in the Crab pulsar
E. Aliu, S. Archambault, T. Arlen +87
We present the results of a joint observational campaign between the Green Bank radio telescope and the VERITAS gamma-ray telescope, which searched for a correlation between the em…
Observation of Markarian 421 in TeV gamma rays over a 14-year time span
V. A. Acciari, T. Arlen, T. Aune +73
The variability of the blazar Markarian 421 in TeV gamma rays over a 14-year time period has been explored with the Whipple 10 m telescope. It is shown that the dynamic range of it…
Multiwavelength Observations of the Previously Unidentified Blazar RX J0648.7+1516
E. Aliu, T. Aune, M. Beilicke +84
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), associate…
Evidence for long-term Gamma-ray and X-ray variability from the unidentified TeV source HESS J0632+057
VERITAS Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu +79
HESS J0632+057 is one of only two unidentified very-high-energy gamma-ray sources which appear to be point-like within experimental resolution. It is possibly associated with the m…
Multiwavelength observations of a TeV-Flare from W Comae
VERITAS collaboration, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu +167
We report results from an intensive multiwavelength campaign on the intermediate-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object W Com (z=0.102) during a strong outburst of very high energy ga…
The First VERITAS Telescope
J. Holder, R. W. Atkins, H. M. Badran +73
The first atmospheric Cherenkov telescope of VERITAS (the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) has been in operation since February 2005. We present here a tech…
Spectral Energy Distribution of Markarian 501: Quiescent State vs. Extreme Outburst
The VERITAS Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, T. Arlen +225
The very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) blazar Markarian 501 has a well-studied history of extreme spectral variability and is an excellent laboratory for studying the physical pro…
VERITAS Upper Limit on the VHE Emission from the Radio Galaxy NGC 1275
VERITAS Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu +88
The recent detection by the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope of high-energy gamma-rays from the radio galaxy NGC 1275 makes the observation of the very high energy (VHE: E > 100 GeV…
Multiwavelength observations and modeling of 1ES 1959+650 in a low flux state
VERITAS Collaboration, E. Aliu, S. Archambault +82
We report on the VERITAS observations of the high-frequency peaked BL Lac object 1ES 1959+650 in the period 2007-2011. This source is detected at TeV energies by VERITAS at 16.4 st…
Observations of the shell-type SNR Cassiopeia A at TeV energies with VERITAS
The VERITAS Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu +80
We report on observations of very high-energy gamma rays from the shell-type supernova remnant Cassiopeia A with the VERITAS stereoscopic array of four imaging atmospheric Cherenko…
VERITAS Observations of the TeV Binary LS I +61 303 During 2008-2010
V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen +83
We present the results of observations of the TeV binary LS I +61 303 with the VERITAS telescope array between 2008 and 2010, at energies above 300 GeV. In the past, both ground-ba…
A Topological Trigger System for Imaging Atmospheric-Cherenkov Telescopes
M. Schroedter, J. Anderson, K. Byrum +8
A fast trigger system is being designed as a potential upgrade to VERITAS, or as the basis for a future array of imaging atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes such as AGIS. The scientif…
The Discovery of gamma-Ray Emission From The Blazar RGB J0710+591
V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen +234
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 telescope…
VERITAS Observations of Six Bright, Hard-Spectrum Fermi-LAT Blazars
E. Aliu, S. Archambault, T. Arlen +84
We report on VERITAS very-high-energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) observations of six blazars selected from the Fermi Large Area Telescope First Source Catalog (1FGL). The gamma-ray emission…
VERITAS: Status and Highlights
J. Holder, E. Aliu, T. Arlen +95
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 w…
The 2010 very high energy gamma-ray flare & 10 years of multi-wavelength observations of M 87
The H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +442
Abridged: The giant radio galaxy M 87 with its proximity, famous jet, and very massive black hole provides a unique opportunity to investigate the origin of very high energy (VHE;…