Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-10-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
4 pages, to appear in proceedings of the 32nd ICRC, Beijing, China
Scientific paper
VERITAS, an array of imaging atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes, studies blazars in the energy range between ~100 GeV and ~30 TeV. With its excellent sensitivity at these energies, and ever-deepening source exposures, VERITAS is in a position to probe distant blazars for clear absorption signatures in their very-high-energy gamma-ray spectra due to interactions with the extragalactic background light (EBL). We discuss results from recent VERITAS observations of PG 1553+113 (z > 0.4) which have resulted in the most significant very-high-energy detection ever obtained for this source. The most recent VERITAS spectral measurements are used to place an upper limit on the source redshift of z < 0.5 at the 95% confidence level. Also discussed are the prospects of using these observations, along with those of other hard- spectrum blazars, to place constraints on the EBL.
for the VERITAS Collaboration
Orr Matthew
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