VERITAS: status c.2005

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2006-01-01

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Weekes, T. C.
Atkins, R. W.
Badran, H. M.
Blaylock, G.
Bond, I. H.
Boyle, P. J.
Bradbury, S. M.
Buckley, J. H.
Bryum, K. L.
Carter-Lewis, D. A.
Celik, O.
Chow, Y. C. K.
Cogan, P.
Cui, W.
Daniel, M. K.
de la Calle Perez, I.
Dowdall, C.
Dowkontt, P.
Duke, C.
Ergin, Tülün
Falcone, A. D.
Fegan, D. J.
Fegan, S. J.
Finley, J. P.
Fortin, P.
Fortson, L.
Gammell, S.
Gibbs, K.
Gillanders, G. H.
Grube, J.
Guitterez, K. J.
Hall, J.
Hall, T. A.
Hanna, D.
Hays, E.
Hillas, A. M.
Holder, J.
Horan, D.
Hughes, S. B.
Humensky, T. B.
Kaaret, P.
Kenny, G. E.
Kertzmann, M.
Kiedai, D.
Kildea, J.
Knapp, J.
Kosack, K.
Krawczynski, H.
Krennrich, F.
Lang, M. J.
LeBohec, S.
Linton, E.
Lloyd-Evans, J.
Maier, G.
Manseri, H.
Milovanovic, A.
Moriarty, P.
Mukherjee, R.
Nagai, T. N.
Ogden, P. A.
Olevitch, M.
Ong, R. A.
Perkins, J. S.
Petry, D.
Pizlo, F.
Pohl, M.
Power-Mooney, B.
Quinn, J.
Quinn, M.
Ragan, K.
Reynolds, P. T.
Rebillot, P.
Rose, H. J.
Schroedter, M.
Sembroski, G. H.
Steele, D.
Swordy, S. P.
Syson, A.
Toner, J.
Valcarcel, L.
Vassiliev, V. V.
Wagner, R. G.
Wakely, S. P.
Walker, G.
White, R. J.
Williams, D. A.
Zweerink, J.

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VERITAS (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System). is one of a new generation of TeV gamma-ray observatories. The current status of its construction is described here. The first two telescopes and cameras have been completed and meet the design specifications; the full array of four telescopes could be operational by the end of 2006.

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Telescopes, Gamma-ray astronomy, Cherenkov radiation

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/46770

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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2220439

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Department of Physics, Conference / Seminar

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T. C. Weekes et al., “VERITAS: status c.2005,” 2006, vol. 842, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/46770.