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astro-ph2006★ 5 cited

The Energy Spectrum of the Blazar Markarian 421 Above 130 GeV

J. E. Carson, J. Kildea, R. A. Ong +15

Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) was the first blazar detected at gamma-ray energies above 300 GeV, and it remains one of only twelve TeV blazars detected to date. TeV gamma-ray measurement…

astro-ph2006★ 35 cited

Observations of the Unidentified TeV Gamma-Ray Source TeV J2032+4130 with the Whipple Observatory 10 m Telescope

A. Konopelko, R. W. Atkins, G. Blaylock +58

We report on observations of the sky region around the unidentified TeV gamma-ray source TeV J2032+4130 carried out with the Whipple Observatory 10 m atmospheric Cherenkov telescop…

astro-ph2006★ 1 cited

Whipple Telescope Observations of LS I +61 303: 2004-2006

Andy Smith

In this paper we present the results of the past two years' observations on the galactic microquasar LS I +61 303 with the Whipple 10m gamma-ray telescope. The recent MAGIC detecti…

astro-ph2006★ 5 cited

The Status of VHE Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Rene A. Ong

This paper presents a summary of the status of the field of very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy, as of early 2006. The paper is based on the Rapporteur Talk given at the 29t…

astro-ph2006★ 302 cited

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…

astro-ph2006★ 61 cited

TeV Gamma-Ray Observations of the Perseus and Abell 2029 Galaxy Clusters

J. S. Perkins, H. M. Badran, G. Blaylock +41

Galaxy clusters might be sources of TeV gamma rays emitted by high-energy protons and electrons accelerated by large scale structure formation shocks, galactic winds, or active gal…