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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…
The exceptional 2017 gamma-ray flare of the radio galaxy NGC 1275: VERITAS and Multiwavelength Observations
A. Acharyya, A. Archer, P. Bangale +66
The radio galaxy NGC 1275 is the Brightest Cluster Galaxy in the Perseus cluster. It is well-studied across all wavebands, including Very High Energy (VHE; E>100GeV gamma-rays, and…
Impacts of Voids, Line of Sight Interactions, and Local Emission Environment on Detectability of Gamma-Ray AGN
Ollie Jackson, Amy Furniss, Olivier Hervet +2
Cosmic voids may have novel affects on the propagation of high-energy photons. We consider the fraction of the line of sight that intersect voids (termed \enquote{voidiness}). A pr…
Investigation of the Microquasar SS 433 with VERITAS
The VERITAS Collaboration, A. Archer, P. Bangale +57
Microquasars such as SS 433 are considered potential contributors to cosmic rays up to the knee of the cosmic ray energy spectrum (), where a transition in the…
VERITAS Observations Contemporaneous with the LHAASO Detection of NGC 4278
The VERITAS Collaboration, A. Archer, P. Bangale +66
Significant gamma-ray emission between 1 TeV and 20 TeV from a point source, 1LHAASO J1219+2915, consistent with the location of the LINER/LLAGN galaxy NGC 4278 was recently report…
VERITAS contributions to the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference
A. Archer, P. Bangale, J. T. Bartkoske +55
Compilation of papers presented by the VERITAS Collaboration at the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), held July 14 through July 24, 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Prompt Searches for Very-High-Energy γ-Ray Counterparts to IceCube Astrophysical Neutrino Alerts
J. Abhir, A. Biland, K. Brand +817
The search for sources of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos can be significantly advanced through a multi-messenger approach, which seeks to detect the gamma rays that accompany…
Probing a cosmogenic origin of astrophysical neutrinos and cosmic rays using gamma-ray observations of TXS 0506+056
A. Acharyya, A. Archer, P. Bangale +58
In September 2017, a high-energy neutrino event detected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory (IceCube-170922A) was associated, at the level, with a gamma-ray flare from the bl…
Constraints on Axion-Like Particles from VERITAS Observations of a Flaring Radio Galaxy in the Perseus Cluster
C. B. Adams, A. Archer, P. Bangale +62
Background: Axion-like particles (ALPs) are hypothetical particles that emerge in numerous theoretical extensions to the Standard Model. Their coupling to electromagnetic field imp…
HAWC, VERITAS, Fermi-LAT and XMM-Newton follow-up observations of the unidentified ultra-high-energy gamma-ray source LHAASO J2108+5157
The VERITAS collaboration, C. B. Adams, P. Bangale +142
We report observations of the ultra-high-energy gamma-ray source LHAASO J21085157, utilizing VERITAS, HAWC, Fermi-LAT, and XMM-Newton. VERITAS has collected 40 hours of d…
Multi-wavelength Study of HESS J0632+057: New Insights into Pulsar-Disk Interaction
Jaegeun Park, Hongjun An, Chanho Kim +60
We present an analysis of new multi-wavelength observations of the TeV gamma-ray binary HESS J0632+057, conducted using SALT, Swift, NuSTAR, and VERITAS in 2023--2024. By combining…
Optical spectroscopy of blazars for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory- IV
B. Rajput, P. Goldoni, W. Max-Moerbeck +17
Blazars, including BL Lacs and FSRQs, are the most luminous extragalactic γ-ray sources. They account for about 56% of the sources listed in the recent Fermi-LAT catalog (4FGL-DR4)…
Measurement of the photosphere oblateness of Cassiopeiae via Stellar Intensity Interferometry with the VERITAS Observatory
A. Archer, J. P. Aufdenberg, P. Bangale +58
We use the stellar intensity interferometry system implemented with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) at Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO…
Multiwavelength observation of a candidate pulsar halo LHAASO J0621+3755 and the first X-ray detection of PSR J0622+3749
C. B. Adams, A. Archer, P. Bangale +71
Pulsar halos are regions around middle-aged pulsars extending out to tens of parsecs. The large extent of the halos and well-defined central cosmic-ray accelerators make this new c…
Constraints on the X-ray and Very High Energy -ray Flux from Supernova Remnant W44
A. Archer, P. Bangale, J. T. Bartkoske +55
Observations of GeV gamma-ray emission from the well-studied mixed-morphology supernova remnant (SNR) W44 by Fermi-LAT and AGILE imply that it is a site of significant cosmic ray a…
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…
A Study on the Line of Sight to Galaxies Detected at Gamma-ray Energies
Amy Furniss, Josepf N. Amador, Olivier Hervet +2
The large-scale Universal structure comprises strands of dark matter and galaxies with large under-dense volumes known as voids. We measure the fraction of the line of sight that i…
An in-depth study of Gamma rays from the Starburst Galaxy M 82 with VERITAS
Atreya Acharyya, Colin B. Adams, Priyadarshini Bangale +60
Assuming Galactic cosmic rays originate in supernovae and the winds of massive stars, starburst galaxies should produce very-high-energy (VHE; E100 GeV) gamma-ray emission via t…
A multi-wavelength study to decipher the 2017 flare of the blazar OJ 287
A. Acharyya, C. B. Adams, A. Archer +71
In February 2017, the blazar OJ~287 underwent a period of intense multiwavelength activity. It reached a new historic peak in the soft X-ray (0.3-10 keV) band, as measured by Swift…
Multiwavelength Investigation of -ray Source MGRO J1908+06 Emission Using Fermi-LAT, VERITAS, and HAWC
The VERITAS collaboration, The HAWC collaboration, LAT collaboration
This paper investigates the origin of the -ray emission from MGRO J1908+06 in the GeV-TeV energy band. By analyzing the data collected by {\it Fermi}-LAT, VERITAS, and HAWC, wit…
An indirect search for dark matter with a combined analysis of dwarf spheroidal galaxies from VERITAS
A. Acharyya, C. B. Adams, P. Bangale +59
Understanding the nature and identity of dark matter is a key goal in the physics community. In the case that TeV-scale dark matter particles decay or annihilate into standard mode…
Dark Matter Line Searches with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
S. Abe, J. Abhir, A. Abhishek +562
Monochromatic gamma-ray signals constitute a potential smoking gun signature for annihilating or decaying dark matter particles that could relatively easily be distinguished from a…
Optical spectroscopy of blazars for the Cherenkov Telescope Array -- III
F. D'Ammando, P. Goldoni, W. Max-Moerbeck +15
Due to their almost featureless optical/UV spectra, it is challenging to measure the redshifts of BL Lacs. As a result, about 50% of gamma-ray BL Lacs lack a firm measurement of th…
TELAMON: Effelsberg monitoring of AGN jets with very-high-energy astroparticle emission -- I. Program description and sample characterization
F. Eppel, M. Kadler, J. Heßdörfer +23
Aims. We introduce the TELAMON program which is using the Effelsberg 100-m telescope to monitor the radio spectra of active galactic nuclei (AGN) under scrutiny in astroparticle ph…