Science capabilities of the VERITAS array of 10 m imaging atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray detectors

D. Kieda; S. D. Biller; P. Boyle; I. H. Bond; S. M. Bradbury; J. H. Buckley; D. A. Carter-Lewis; S. Criswell; W. Cui; P. Dowkontt; C. Duke; A. Falcone; D. J. Fegan; S. J. Fegan; J. P. Finley; L. Fortson; J. A. Gaidos; S. Gammell; K. Gibbs; J. Hall; A. M. Hillas; J. Holder; D. Horan; M. Kertzman; J. Knapp; F. Krennrich; S. LeBohec; J. Lloyd-Evans; P. Moriarity; D. M̈ller; P. Ogden; R. Ong; D. Petry; J. Quinn; P. T. Reynolds; H. J. Rose; M. Schroedter; J. Smith; G. H. Sembrowski; S. P. Swordy; V. V. Vassiliev; S. P. Wakely; G. Walker; T. C. Weekes

doi:10.1117/12.457774

Science capabilities of the VERITAS array of 10 m imaging atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray detectors

D. Kieda, S. D. Biller, P. Boyle, I. H. Bond, S. M. Bradbury, J. H. Buckley, D. A. Carter-Lewis, S. Criswell, W. Cui, P. Dowkontt, C. Duke, A. Falcone, D. J. Fegan, S. J. Fegan, J. P. Finley, L. Fortson, J. A. Gaidos, S. Gammell, K. Gibbs, J. HallA. M. Hillas, J. Holder, D. Horan, M. Kertzman, J. Knapp, F. Krennrich, S. LeBohec, J. Lloyd-Evans, P. Moriarity, D. M̈ller, P. Ogden, R. Ong, D. Petry, J. Quinn, P. T. Reynolds, H. J. Rose, M. Schroedter, J. Smith, G. H. Sembrowski, S. P. Swordy, V. V. Vassiliev, S. P. Wakely, G. Walker, T. C. Weekes

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The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) is an array of seven 10m aperture telescopes used for gamma-ray astronomy in the 50 GeV to 50 TeV (1 TeV= 10¹² electron Volt) energy range. The gamma rays are detected by measuring the optical Cherenkov light emitted by the cascade of electromagnetic particles that is generated by interactions of the high energy gamma-ray with the Earth's Atmosphere. This paper describes the science goals of the VERITAS array, a description of the array, and expected performance of the instrument.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Editors	P. Guhathakurta
Pages	276-287
Number of pages	12
Volume	4834
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457774
State	Published - 2002
Event	Discoveries and Research Prospects from 6- to 10- Meter-Class telescopes II - Waikoloa, HI, United States Duration: Aug 22 2002 → Aug 23 2002

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Other	Discoveries and Research Prospects from 6- to 10- Meter-Class telescopes II
Country/Territory	United States
City	Waikoloa, HI
Period	8/22/02 → 8/23/02

Keywords

AGN
Atmospheric Cherenkov radiation, Pulsars
Cosmic rays
Fundamental Physics
Galactic Plane
Gamma-ray Astronomy
Gamma-ray telescopes
Neutralinos
Supernova remnants
VERITAS

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Kieda, D., Biller, S. D., Boyle, P., Bond, I. H., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Carter-Lewis, D. A., Criswell, S., Cui, W., Dowkontt, P., Duke, C., Falcone, A., Fegan, D. J., Fegan, S. J., Finley, J. P., Fortson, L., Gaidos, J. A., Gammell, S., Gibbs, K., ... Weekes, T. C. (2002). Science capabilities of the VERITAS array of 10 m imaging atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray detectors. In P. Guhathakurta (Ed.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering (Vol. 4834, pp. 276-287) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457774

Kieda, D, Biller, SD, Boyle, P, Bond, IH, Bradbury, SM, Buckley, JH, Carter-Lewis, DA, Criswell, S, Cui, W, Dowkontt, P, Duke, C, Falcone, A, Fegan, DJ, Fegan, SJ, Finley, JP, Fortson, L, Gaidos, JA, Gammell, S, Gibbs, K, Hall, J, Hillas, AM, Holder, J, Horan, D, Kertzman, M, Knapp, J, Krennrich, F, LeBohec, S, Lloyd-Evans, J, Moriarity, P, M̈ller, D, Ogden, P, Ong, R, Petry, D, Quinn, J, Reynolds, PT, Rose, HJ, Schroedter, M, Smith, J, Sembrowski, GH, Swordy, SP, Vassiliev, VV, Wakely, SP, Walker, G & Weekes, TC 2002, Science capabilities of the VERITAS array of 10 m imaging atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray detectors. in P Guhathakurta (ed.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. vol. 4834, pp. 276-287, Discoveries and Research Prospects from 6- to 10- Meter-Class telescopes II, Waikoloa, HI, United States, 8/22/02. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457774

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