Very High-Energy Gamma-Ray Observations of GRBs with VERITAS

Journal Article · Mon May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3155950· OSTI ID:21304972

Williams, D A ^[1]

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1. Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064 (United States)

The search for very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) seeks to understand the highest energy particles accelerated in the bursts. So far, there has been no definitive observation of VHE emission associated with any GRB. The new generation of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes is probing GRB emission in the 100-1000 GeV regime as never before possible. We describe the GRB observing program at VERITAS and report on the initial results from GRBs observed with VERITAS. For several bursts, data have been collected starting within the first 2 to 4 minutes after the beginning of the GRB.

• OSTI ID: 21304972
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1133, Issue 1; Conference: 6. Huntsville symposium on gamma-ray burst, Huntsville, AL (United States), 20-23 Oct 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3155950; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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79 ASTROPHYSICS
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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
CHERENKOV COUNTERS
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES
COSMIC PHOTONS
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
GAMMA DETECTION
GAMMA RADIATION
GEV RANGE
PHOTON EMISSION
TELESCOPE COUNTERS