Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2009-07-30
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
4 pages, 2 figures, proceedings of the 31st ICRC, Lodz 2009
Scientific paper
The Cygnus region of the Galactic plane contains many known supernova remnants, pulsars, X-ray and GeV gamma-ray emitters which make it a prime candidate for a Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray survey in the Northern Hemisphere. The VERITAS observatory, an array of four atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes located at the base of Mt. Hopkins in southern Arizona, USA, has carried out an extensive survey of the Cygnus region between 67 and 82 degrees in galactic longitude and between -1 and 4 degrees in galactic latitude. The survey, comprising more than 140 hours of observations, reaches an average VHE flux sensitivity of better than 4% of the Crab Nebula at energies above 200 GeV. Here we report on the preliminary results from this survey.
for the VERITAS Collaboration
Weinstein Amanda
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