Observation of Markarian 421 in TeV gamma rays over a 14-year time span

Autor: Acciari, V. A., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Benbow, W., Bird, R., Bouvier, A., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Perez, I. de la Calle, Carter-Lewis, D. A., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Duke, C., Dumm, J., Falcone, A., Federici, S., Fegan, D. J., Fegan, S. J., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Gaidos, J., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gibbs, K., Gillanders, G. H., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Horan, D., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., McEnery, J. E., Madhavan, A. S., Moriarty, P., Nelson, T., de Bhróithe, A. O'Faoláin, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Perkins, J. S., Petry, D., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rovero, A., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Smith, A., Telezhinsky, I., Theiling, M., Toner, J., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., Wissel, S.

The variability of the blazar Markarian 421 in TeV gamma rays over a 14-year time period has been explored with the Whipple 10 m telescope. It is shown that the dynamic range of its flux variations is large and similar to that in X-rays. A correlatio

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.8150

Discovery of TeV Gamma-ray Emission Toward Supernova Remnant SNR G78.2+2.1

Autor: Aliu, E., Archambault, S., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bird, R., Bouvier, A., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Dumm, J., Dwarkadas, V. V., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Federici, S., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gillanders, G. H., Godambe, S., Gotthelf, E. V., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lee, K., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Millis, J., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nelson, T., de Bhróithe, A. O'Faoláin, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Pandel, D., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pohl, M., Popkow, A., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rose, H. J., Ruppel, J., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Şentürk, G. D., Skole, C., Telezhinsky, I., Tešić, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vincent, S., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B.

We report the discovery of an unidentified, extended source of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission, VER J2019+407, within the radio shell of the supernova remnant SNR G78.2+2.1, using 21.4 hours of data taken by the VERITAS gamma-ray observator

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.6508

Rapid TeV Gamma-Ray Flaring of BL Lacertae

Autor: Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bouvier, A., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Dumm, J., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Federici, S., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Maier, G., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nelson, T., de Bhroithe, A. O'Faolain, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Tesic, G., Theiling, M., Tsurusaki, K., Varlotta, A., Vincent, S., Wakely, S. P., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B., Jorstad, S. G., MacDonald, N. R., Marscher, A. P., Smith, P. S., Walker, R. C., Hovatta, T., Richards, J., Max-Moerbeck, W., Readhead, A., Lister, M. L., Kovalev, Y. Y., Pushkarev, A. B., Gurwell, M. A., Lahteenmaki, A., Nieppola, E., Tornikoski, M., Jarvela, E.

We report on the detection of a very rapid TeV gamma-ray flare from BL Lacertae on 2011 June 28 with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS). The flaring activity was observed during a 34.6-minute exposure, when the inte

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.3073

Search for a correlation between very-high-energy gamma rays and giant radio pulses in the Crab pulsar

Autor: Aliu, E., Archambault, S., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bouvier, A., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Duke, C., Dumm, J., Falcone, A., Federici, S., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gillanders, G. H., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., LeBohec, S., Lee, K., Lyutikov, M., Madhavan, A. S, Maier, G., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nelson, T., de Bhroithe, A. O'Faolain, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pohl, M., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Senturk, G. D., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Tesic, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Varlotta, A., Vincent, S., Vivier, M., Wagner, R. G., Wakely, S. P., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B., Kondratiev, V.

We present the results of a joint observational campaign between the Green Bank radio telescope and the VERITAS gamma-ray telescope, which searched for a correlation between the emission of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays ($E_{\gamma} >$ 150 GeV) a

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.4786

Multiwavelength observations of the AGN 1ES 0414+009 with VERITAS, Fermi-LAT, Swift-XRT, and MDM

Autor: Aliu, E., Archambault, S., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bottcher, M., Bouvier, A., Bugaev, V., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickherber, R., Dumm, J., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Federici, S., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Finnegan, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Godambe, S., Griffin, S., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Huan, H., Hughes, G., Hui, C. M., Imran, A., Jameil, O., Kaaret, P., Karlsson, N., Kertzman, M., Kerr, J., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lee, K., Madhavan, A. S., Majumdar, P., McArthur, S., McCann, A., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nelson, T., de Bhroithe, A. O'Faolain, Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Ruppel, J., Saxon, D. B., Schroedter, M., Sembroski, G. H., Senturk, G. D., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Stroh, M., Telezhinsky, I., Tesic, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weinstein, A., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B.

We present observations of the BL Lac object 1ES 0414+009 in the >200 GeV gamma-ray band by the VERITAS array of Cherenkov telescopes. 1ES 0414+009 was observed by VERITAS between January 2008 and February 2011, resulting in 56.2 hours of good qualit

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.4080