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most citedLight Curves of the Neutron Star Merger GW170817/SSS17a: Implications for R-Process Nucleosynthesis

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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.IM2023★ 5 cited

A VERITAS/Breakthrough Listen Search for Optical Technosignatures

Atreya Acharyya, Colin Adams, Avery Archer +65

The Breakthrough Listen Initiative is conducting a program using multiple telescopes around the world to search for "technosignatures": artificial transmitters of extraterrestrial…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 17 cited

Design and Performance of the Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope Camera

Colin B. Adams, Giovanni Ambrosi, Michelangelo Ambrosio +86

The prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (pSCT) is a candidate for a medium-sized telescope in the Cherenkov Telescope Array. The pSCT is based on a novel dual mirror optics de…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 26 cited

The throughput calibration of the VERITAS telescopes

C. B. Adams, W. Benbow, A. Brill +42

Context. The response of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes to incident γ-ray-initiated showers in the atmosphere changes as the telescopes age due to exposure to light and w…

astro-ph.IM2021

Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: Commissioning the Optical System

C. B. Adams, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio +69

A prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (pSCT) has been constructed at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory as a candidate for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Tele…

astro-ph.IM2021

Detection of the Crab Nebula by the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope

C. B. Adams, G. Ambrosi, M. Ambrosio +71

The Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) is a medium-sized telescope technology proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. It uses a novel dual-mirror optical design that removes…