Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2009-08-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
4 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Proceedings of the 31st International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), Lodz, Poland, July
Scientific paper
X-ray binaries stand as the brightest X-ray sources in the galaxy, showing both variable X-ray emission and extreme flares. Some of these systems have been recently discovered to be TeV gamma-ray emitters, with the high energy emission posited as resulting from particle acceleration in relativistic jets or from shocks between pulsar and stellar winds. VERITAS, an array of four 12m imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes has accrued more than 100 hours of observation time on X-ray binaries. Here we present the results of observations on 3A 1954+319, XTE J2012+381, 1A 0620-00, EXO 2030+375, KS 1947+300, SS 433, Cygnus X-1 and Cygnus X-3.
for the VERITAS Collaboration
Guenette Roxanne
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