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

Discovery of High-energy and Very High Energy Gamma-ray Emission from the Blazar RBS 0413

Autor: VERITAS Collaboration, Aliu, E., Archambault, S., Arlen, T., Aune, T., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Boettcher, M., Bouvier, A., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cannon, A., Cesarini, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Coppi, P., Cui, W., Decerprit, G., Dickherber, R., Dumm, J., Errando, M., Falcone, A., 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., Hawkins, K., 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., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Palma, N., Park, N., Perkins, J. S., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., 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., Senturk, G. D., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Tesic, G., Theiling, M., Thibadeau, S., Tsurusaki, K., Varlotta, A., Vivier, M., Wakely, S. P., Ward, J. E., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Weisgarber, T., Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B., Fortin, P., Horan, D.

We report on the discovery of high-energy (HE; E > 0.1 GeV) and very high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from the high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object RBS 0413. VERITAS, a ground-based gamma-ray observatory, detected VHE gamma rays from

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.0865