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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 Observations of the Blazar PKS~0735+178 in Spatial and Temporal Coincidence with an Astrophysical Neutrino Candidate IceCube-211208A
M. Pohl, K. Mori
We report on multiwavelength target-of-opportunity observations of the blazar PKS 0735+178, located 2.2 degrees away from the best-fit position of the IceCube neutrino event 211208…
Multiwavelength Observations of the Blazar PKS 0735+178 in Spatial and Temporal Coincidence with an Astrophysical Neutrino Candidate IceCube-211208A
A. Acharyya, C. B. Adams, A. Archer +207
We report on multiwavelength target-of-opportunity observations of the blazar PKS 0735+178, located 2.2 away from the best-fit position of the IceCube neutrino event IceCub…
The Fermi-LAT Light Curve Repository
S. Abdollahi, M. Ajello, L. Baldini +110
The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) light curve repository (LCR) is a publicly available, continually updated library of gamma-ray light curves of variable Fermi-LAT sources gener…
Hunting extreme BL Lacertae blazars with Fermi-LAT
M. Nievas Rosillo, A. Domínguez, G. Chiaro +3
The emission of very-high-energy photons (VHE, E>100 GeV$) in blazars is closely connected to the production of ultra-relativistic particles and the role of these gamma-ray sources…
Variability and Spectral Characteristics of Three Flaring Gamma-ray Quasars Observed by VERITAS and Fermi-LAT
C. B. Adams, J. Batshoun, W. Benbow +63
Flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) are the most luminous blazars at GeV energies, but only rarely emit detectable fluxes of TeV gamma rays, typically during bright GeV flares. We…
Multi-Wavelength Observation Campaign of the TeV Gamma-Ray Binary HESS J0632+057 with NuSTAR, VERITAS, MDM, and Swift
Y. M. Tokayer, H. An, J. P. Halpern +53
HESS J0632+057 belongs to a rare subclass of binary systems which emits gamma-rays above 100 GeV. It stands out for its distinctive high-energy light curve, which features a sharp…
Observation of the gamma-ray binary HESS J0632+057 with the H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS telescopes
C. B. Adams, W. Benbow, A. Brill +409
The results of gamma-ray observations of the binary system HESS J0632+057 collected during 450 hours over 15 years, between 2004 and 2019, are presented. Data taken with the atmosp…
VERITAS contributions to the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference
C. B. Adams, A. Archer, W. Benbow +58
Compilation of papers presented by the VERITAS Collaboration at the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), held July 12 through July 23, 2021 (online) in Berlin, Germany.
VERITAS Observations of the Galactic Center Region at Multi-TeV Gamma-Ray Energies
James L Ryan
The Galactic Center region hosts a variety of powerful astronomical sources and rare astrophysical processes that emit a large flux of non-thermal radiation. We present the analysi…
VTSCat - The VERITAS Catalog of Gamma Ray Observations
Sameer Patel, Gernot Maier, Philip Kaaret
We present a catalog of results of gamma-ray observations made by VERITAS, published from 2008 to 2020. VERITAS is a ground based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope observator…
An Archival Search for Neutron-Star Mergers in Gravitational Waves and Very-High-Energy Gamma Rays
C. B. Adams, W. Benbow, A. Brill +59
The recent discovery of electromagnetic signals in coincidence with neutron-star mergers has solidified the importance of multimessenger campaigns in studying the most energetic as…
A Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from Pulsar Tails by VERITAS
Wystan Benbow, A. Brill, James Buckley +56
We report on the search for very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from the regions around three nearby supersonic pulsars (PSR B0355+54, PSR J0357+3205 and PSR J1740+1000) that exhib…
Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array for probing cosmology and fundamental physics with gamma-ray propagation
The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, H. Abdalla +496
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the new-generation ground-based observatory for -ray astronomy, provides unique capabilities to address significant open questions in astrop…
Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to a dark matter signal from the Galactic centre
The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, A. Acharyya +449
We provide an updated assessment of the power of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to search for thermally produced dark matter at the TeV scale, via the associated gamma-ray sig…
VERITAS Discovery of VHE Emission from the Radio Galaxy 3C 264: A Multi-Wavelength Study
A. Archer, W. Benbow, R. Bird +67
The radio source 3C 264, hosted by the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 3862, was observed with VERITAS between February 2017 and May 2019. These deep observations resulted in the disco…
A decade of multi-wavelength observations of the TeV blazar 1ES 1215+303: Extreme shift of the synchrotron peak frequency and long-term optical-gamma-ray flux increase
Janeth Valverde, Deirdre Horan, Denis Bernard +86
Blazars are known for their variability on a wide range of timescales at all wavelengths. Most studies of TeV gamma-ray blazars focus on short timescales, especially during flares.…
The Great Markarian 421 Flare of February 2010: Multiwavelength variability and correlation studies
A. U. Abeysekara, W. Benbow, R. Bird +256
We report on variability and correlation studies using multiwavelength observations of the blazar Mrk 421 during the month of February, 2010 when an extraordinary flare reaching a…
Probing the Properties of the Pulsar Wind in the Gamma-Ray Binary HESS J0632+057 with NuSTAR and VERITAS Observations
A. Archer, W. Benbow, R. Bird +60
HESS J0632+057 is a gamma-ray binary composed of a compact object orbiting a Be star with a period of about days. Extensive X-ray and TeV gamma-ray observations have revealed…
Measurement of the extragalactic background light spectral energy distribution with VERITAS
VERITAS collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Archer +59
The extragalactic background light (EBL), a diffuse photon field in the optical and infrared range, is a record of radiative processes over the Universe's history. Spectral measure…
VERITAS contributions to the 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference
A. U. Abeysekara, A. Archer, W. Benbow +65
Compilation of papers presented by the VERITAS Collaboration at the 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), held July 24 through August 1, 2019 in Madison, Wisconsin.
Periastron Observations of TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from a Binary System with a 50-year Period
The VERITAS Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, W. Benbow +212
We report on observations of the pulsar / Be star binary system PSR J2032+4127 / MT91 213 in the energy range between 100 GeV and 20 TeV with the VERITAS and MAGIC imaging atmosphe…
VERITAS observations of the BL Lac object TXS 0506+056
A. U. Abeysekara, A. Archer, W. Benbow +57
On 2017 September 22, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory reported the detection of the high-energy neutrino event \icnu, of potential astrophysical origin. It was soon determined tha…
Cherenkov Telescope Array Contributions to the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2017)
F. Acero, B. S. Acharya, V. Acín Portella +1137
List of contributions from the Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium presented at the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference, July 12-20 2017, Busan, Korea.