The first VERITAS telescope

被引：243

作者：

Holder, J. ^{[1
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Atkins, R. W.

Badran, H. M.

Blaylock, G.

Bradbury, S. M.

Buckley, J. H.

Byrum, K. L.

Carter-Lewis, D. A.

Celik, O.

Chow, Y. C. K.

Cogan, P.

Cui, W.

Daniel, M. K.

Perez, I. de la Calle

Dowdall, C.

Dowkontt, P.

Duke, C.

Falcone, A. D.

Fegan, S. J.

Finley, J. P.

Fortin, P.

Fortson, L. F.

Gibbs, K.

Gillanders, G.

Glidewell, O. J.

Grube, J.

Gutierrez, K. J.

Gyuk, G.

Hall, J.

Hanna, D.

Hays, E.

Horan, D.

Hughes, S. B.

Humensky, T. B.

Imran, A.

Jung, I.

Kaaret, P.

Kenny, G. E.

Kieda, D.

Kildea, J.

Knapp, J.

Krawczynski, H.

Krennrich, F.

Lang, M. J.

LeBohec, S.

Linton, E.

Little, E. K.

Maier, G.

Manseri, H.

Milovanovic, A.

机构：

[1] Univ Leeds, Sch Phys & Astron, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England

[2] Univ Utah, Dept Phys, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA

[3] Tanta Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Tanta 31527, Egypt

[4] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA

[5] Washington Univ, Dept Phys, St Louis, MO 63130 USA

[6] Argonne Natl Lab, Argonne, IL 60439 USA

[7] Iowa State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Ames, IA 50011 USA

[8] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

[9] Univ Coll Dublin, Sch Phys, Dublin 4, Ireland

[10] Purdue Univ, Dept Phys, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA

[11] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Oxford OX1 3RH, England

[12] Grinnell Coll, Dept Phys, Grinnell, IA 50112 USA

[13] Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

[14] Columbia Univ Barnard Coll, Dept Phys & Astron, New York, NY 10027 USA

[15] Adler Planetarium & Astron Museum, Dept Astron, Chicago, IL 60605 USA

[16] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Fred Lawrence Whipple Observ, Amado, AZ 85645 USA

[17] McGill Univ, Dept Phys, Galway, Ireland

[18] McGill Univ, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T8, Canada

[19] Univ Chicago, Enrico Fermi Inst, Chicago, IL 60637 USA

[20] Van Allen Hall, Dept Phys & Astron, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA

[21] Galway Mayo Inst Technol, Dept Phys & Life Sci, Galway, Ireland

[22] Cork Inst Technol, Dept Appl Phys & Instrumentat, Cork, Ireland

[23] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Inst Particle Phys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA

[24] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Phys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA

[25] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

来源：

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS | 2006年 / 25卷 / 06期

基金：

爱尔兰科学基金会; 加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会; 美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

gamma ray astronomy; Cherenkov telescopes;

D O I：

10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.04.002

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The first atmospheric Cherenkov telescope of VERITAS (the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) has been in operation since February 2005. We present here a technical description of the instrument and a summary of its performance. The calibration methods are described, along with the results of Monte Carlo simulations of the telescope and comparisons between real and simulated data. The analysis of TeV gamma-ray observations of the Crab Nebula, including the reconstructed energy spectrum, is shown to give results consistent with earlier measurements. The telescope is operating as expected and has met or exceeded all design specifications. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：391 / 401

页数：11

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