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Background Systematic Studies in VERITAS Data
Benjamin Zitzer, VERITAS Collaboration
In the analysis of VERITAS and other IACT data, it is expected to get a distribution of statistical significances in sky map bins with mean of zero and width of unity in the absenc…
Gamma-ray Observations Under Bright Moonlight with VERITAS
S. Archambault, A. Archer, W. Benbow +62
Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) are equipped with sensitive photomultiplier tube (PMT) cameras. Exposure to high levels of background illumination degrades the eff…
A Search for Brief Optical Flashes Associated with the SETI Target KIC 8462852
A. U. Abeysekara, S. Archambault, A. Archer +78
The F-type star KIC 8462852 has recently been identified as an exceptional target for SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) observations. We describe an analysis methodol…
The VERITAS Upgraded Telescope-Level Trigger Systems: Technical Details and Performance Characterization
Benjamin Zitzer
VERITAS is an array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes sensitive to gamma rays in the energy range between 85 GeV and 30 TeV. The instrument underwent an upgrade of the ca…