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The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS)
S.M. Bradbury ; I.H. Bond ; A.C. Breslin ; J.H. Buckley ; D.A. Carter-Lewis ; M. Catanese ; S. Criswell ; B.L. Dingus ; D.J. Fegan ; J.P. Finley ; J. Gaidos ; J. Grindlay ; A.M. Hillas ; K. Harris ; G. Hermann ; P. Kaaret ; D. Kieda ; J. Knapp ; F. Krennrich ; S. LeBohec ; R.W. Lessard ; J. Lloyd-Evans ; B. McKernan ; D. Mueller ; R. Ong ; J.J. Quenby ; J. Quinn ; G. Rochester ; H.J. Rose ; M. Salamon ; G.H. Sembroski ; T. Sumner ; S. Swordy ; V.V. Vassiliev ; T.C. Weekes ;
Date:	19 Jul 1999
Subject:	astro-ph
Abstract:	We give an overview of the current status and scientific goals of VERITAS, a proposed hexagonal array of seven 10 m aperture imaging Cherenkov telescopes. The selected site is Montosa Canyon (1390 m a.s.l.) at the Whipple Observatory, Arizona. Each telescope, of 12 m focal length, will initially be equipped with a 499 element photomultiplier camera covering a 3.5 degree field of view. A central station will initiate the readout of 500 MHz FADCs upon receipt of multiple telescope triggers. The minimum detectable flux sensitivity will be 0.5% of the Crab Nebula flux at 200 GeV. Detailed simulations of the array’s performance are presented elsewhere at this meeting. VERITAS will operate primarily as a gamma-ray observatory in the 50 GeV to 50 TeV range for the study of active galaxies, supernova remnants, pulsars and gamma-ray bursts.
Source:	arXiv, astro-ph/9907248
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