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most citedDesign Concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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astro-ph.HE2026

A Multiwavelength Study of a Long-Duration VHE Flare from BL Lacertae with VERITAS

Atreya Acharyya, Avery Archer, Priyadarshini Bangale +72

We report the first observations of a long-duration very-high-energy (VHE; GeV) flare from BL Lacertae (VER J2202+422), taken with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Te…

astro-ph.IM2025

Design and Performance of the Upgraded Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope Camera Module

Giovanni Ambrosi, Carla Aramo, Mattia Barbanera +54

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is a ground-based observatory that will improve upon the sensitivities of the current generation of very-high-energy gamma-ray inst…

astro-ph.HE2025

Novel Polarimetric Analysis of Near Horizon Flaring Episodes in M87* in Millimeter Wavelength

Razieh Emami, Matthew Liska, Koushik Chatterjee +15

Recent multi-wavelength observations of M87* \citep{2024A&A...692A.140A} revealed a high-energy -ray flare without a corresponding millimeter counterpart. We present a theoretic…

astro-ph.HE2025

Recent Highlights from the VERITAS AGN Discovery Program

Wystan Benbow, Jodi Christiansen, Julia Francescutti +3

VERITAS began full-scale operations in 2007 and it remains one of the world's most sensitive very-high-energy (VHE; E >100 GeV) gamma-ray observatories. More than 8,300 hours (~50%…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 4 cited

VERITAS and multiwavelength observations of the Blazar B3 2247+381 in response to an IceCube neutrino alert

Atreya Acharyya, Colin B. Adams, Priyadarshini Bangale +494

While the sources of the diffuse astrophysical neutrino flux detected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory are still largely unknown, one of the promising methods used towards under…

astro-ph.IM2023

Exploring the Potential of the Pulsed Laser onboard the CALIPSO Satellite to Improve Calibration with VERITAS

Gregory Foote

Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) are used to detect bright nanosecond-duration flashes of optical light originating from interactions of cosmic/gamma-rays in the at…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 12 cited

VTSCat: The VERITAS Catalog of Gamma-Ray Observations

A. Acharyya, C. B. Adams, A. Archer +86

The ground-based gamma-ray observatory VERITAS (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) is sensitive to photons of astrophysical origin with energies in the range…

astro-ph.SR2021

The VERITAS-Stellar Intensity Interferometry (VSII) survey of Stellar Diameters

David Kieda, Jonathan Davis, Tugdual LeBohec +2

The VERITAS Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) array was augmented in 2019 with high-speed focal plane electronics to allow its use for Stellar Intensity Interferometry (SII) o…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 2 cited

Gamma-ray and Optical Observations of Repeating Fast Radio Bursts with VERITAS

Matthew Lundy

Fast radio burst (FRBs) are an exciting class of bright, extragalactic, millisecond radio transients. The recent development of large field-of-view (FOV) radio telescopes has cause…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 2 cited

TeV and optical observations of the Be/pulsar binary 1A0535+262 during the 2020 giant outburst

Matthew Lundy

1A 0535+262 is a Be X-ray binary pulsar and one of the only galactic pulsar systems to show radio jet emission. Characterizing the very high energy emission (VHE, >100 GeV) in thes…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 6 cited

Verification of the Optical System of the 9.7-m Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope

C. Adams, R. Alfaro, G. Ambrosi +77

For the first time in the history of ground-based -ray astronomy, the on-axis performance of the dual mirror, aspheric, aplanatic Schwarzschild-Couder optical system has been de…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 902 cited

Design Concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The CTA Consortium

Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has had a major breakthrough with the impressive results obtained using systems of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Ground-based gamma-ray…