The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS)

Details The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS)

1999-07-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9907248v1

AIP Conf.Proc.510:637-641,2004

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 2 figures, to be published in the proceedings of the 26th ICRC (Salt Lake City, 1999)

Scientific paper

We give an overview of the current status and scientific goals of VERITAS, a proposed hexagonal array of seven 10 m aperture imaging Cherenkov telescopes. The selected site is Montosa Canyon (1390 m a.s.l.) at the Whipple Observatory, Arizona. Each telescope, of 12 m focal length, will initially be equipped with a 499 element photomultiplier camera covering a 3.5 degree field of view. A central station will initiate the readout of 500 MHz FADCs upon receipt of multiple telescope triggers. The minimum detectable flux sensitivity will be 0.5% of the Crab Nebula flux at 200 GeV. Detailed simulations of the array's performance are presented elsewhere at this meeting. VERITAS will operate primarily as a gamma-ray observatory in the 50 GeV to 50 TeV range for the study of active galaxies, supernova remnants, pulsars and gamma-ray bursts.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS), we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-17165