An Introduction to the VERITAS Observatory

Authors

Alexander Bittle, DePauw University
Ian Kuhl, DePauw University
Jingze (Justin) Zhou, DePauw University
Avery Archer, DePauw University

Files

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

Fall 10-6-2023

Abstract

Located at the base of Mount Hopkins, Arizona, at an elevation of approximately 4200 feet, the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) is a ground-based gamma ray observatory containing four Cherenkov telescopes designed to detect very high energy gamma rays with energies ranging from 100GeV to 10TeV using the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique. In April 2007, VERITAS began successful operations with all four telescopes. As of today, over 15 years of data has been taken by the VERITAS array, stored in an archive of data, and used for a wide variety of research, publications, PhD theses, and conventions examining some of the most violent and energetic processes in our universe.

Department

Physics and Astronomy, DePauw University and Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Arizona

Project Mentor

Avery Archer, PhD

Funding and Acknowledgements

Funding provided by the Science Research Fellows Program, O.H. Smith Endowed Scholarship

Recommended Citation

Bittle, Alexander; Kuhl, Ian; Zhou, Jingze (Justin); and Archer, Avery, "An Introduction to the VERITAS Observatory" (2023). Annual Student Research Poster Session. 132.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/srfposters/132