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星系后发座星系团的VERITAS观测

VERITAS Observations of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies

J. S. Perkins

摘要:

星系团是少数几个被预测会发射伽马射线的突出天体之一,这些天体尚未被EGRET或地基成像大气切伦科夫望远镜(IACTs)等卫星探测到。对来自星系团的甚高能(VHE,E > 100 GeV)伽马射线的探测将提供对星系团中非热粒子和场形态的深入了解。VERITAS是一个由四个直径为12米的IACT组成的阵列,非常适合观测大规模的后发座星系团,这是北半球最好的星系团候选者之一。本文详细介绍了VERITAS在2007-2008年观测季节对后发座星系团的观测结果。

英文摘要:

Clusters of galaxies are one of the few prominent classes of objects predicted to emit gamma rays not yet detected by satellites like EGRET or ground-based Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). The detection of Very High Energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) gamma rays from galaxy clusters would provide insight into the morphology of non-thermal particles and fields in clusters. VERITAS, an array of four 12-meter diameter IACTs, is ideally situated to observe the massive Coma cluster, one of the best cluster candidates in the Northern Hemisphere. This contribution details the results of VERITAS observations of the Coma cluster of galaxies during the 2007-2008 observing season.

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