May 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002aas...200.2103l&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 200th AAS Meeting, #21.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 34, p.675
Physics
Optics
Scientific paper
The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) will consist of seven identical Cherenkov telescopes with 80 m separation. The telescopes are similar to the Whipple 10 m Atmospheric Cherenkov Imaging Telescope but with improved optics, improved signal processing electronics and improved calibration devices. The project is entering the construction stage, and a prototype telescope should be completed by October 2003. In the next phase, a four-telescope array will be constructed which should be operating in 2006. The full array will have an energy threshold of less than 100 GeV, an energy resolution better than 15%, an angular resolution of 0.09 degree at 100 GeV and a sensitivity of 15 mCrab in 50 hours at 100 GeV. With these capabilities, VERITAS should significantly enrich the catalog of high-energy gamma-ray sources and provide new elements in our understanding of the most extreme processes at play in the universe.
LeBohec Steohan
VERITAS Collaboration
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