Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-07-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
Proc 31st ICRC, Lodz, Poland, 2009
Scientific paper
The study of supernova remnants and pulsar wind nebulae was one of the Key Science Projects for the first two years of VERITAS observations. VERITAS is an array of four imaging Cherenkov telescopes located at the Whipple Observatory in southern Arizona. Supernova remnants are widely considered to be the strongest candidate for the source of cosmic rays below the knee at around 10^15 eV. Pulsar wind nebulae are synchrotron nebulae powered by the spin-down of energetic young pulsars, and comprise one of the most populous very-high-energy gamma-ray source classes. This poster will summarize the results of this observation program.
for the VERITAS Collaboration
Humensky Brian
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