VERITAS: Very LArge Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System
/ Authors
T.C.Weekes, C.Akerlof, S.Biller, A.C.Breslin, J.H.Buckley, D.A.Carter-Lewis, M.Catanese, M.F.Cawley, B.Dingus, G.G.Fazio
and 30 more authors
D.J.Fegan, J.Finley, G.Fishman, J.Gaidos, G.H.Gillanders, P.Gorham, J.E.Grindlay, A.M.Hillas, J.Huchra, P.Kaaret, M.Kertzman, D.Kieda, F.Krennrich, R.C.Lamb, M.J.Lang, A.P.Marscher, S.Matz, T.McKay, D.Muller, R.Ong, W.Purcell, J.Rose, G.Sembroski, F.D.Seward, P.Slane, S.Swordy, T.Tumer, M.Ulmer, M.Urban, B.J.Wilkes
/ Abstract
A next generation atmospheric Cherenkov observatory is described based on the Whipple Observatory g -ray telescope. A total of nine such imaging telescopes will be deployed in an array that will permit the maximum versatility and give high sensitivity in the 50 GeV - 50 TeV band (with maximum sensitivity from 100 GeV to 10 TeV).