Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescopes Array System
The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS, or System of very energy imagery of radiation per network of telescopes ) is a astronomical Observatoire on the ground, for the observation of the gamma rays. VERITAS consists of a network of 4 Télescope S of optical the reflectors type 12 meters in diameter. The detection of the gamma rays in the field of G eV in TeV is done by the detection of shower of particles caused by the entry of a gamma ray of high energy in the Terrestrial atmosphere. The gamma ray broken up into several types of particles which emit light Cherenkov, because their speed higher than that of the light in the air . This observatory will supplement the observations of the future space mission Broad Gamma-ray Area Space Telescope (GLAST), designed to be launched from here the end of the year 2007. The principal astrophysics objects that VERITAS observes are the active cores of galaxy, the Pulsar S, the Gamma-ray burst S etc
Design
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Opening of 12 m, or 39 feet.
- Each telescope is composed of 350 mirroirs.
- Camera of 499 Pixel S on each telescope.
- Each telescope has a field of 3.5 degree.
- the field of energy covered if locates between 50 GeV and 50 T eV
Consortium VERITAS
Institutions
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the United States
- University of Purdue, the United States
- Iowa State University, the United States
- Washington University in St Louis, the United States
- University of Chicago, the United States
- University of Utah, the United States
- the University of California, the United States
- University McGill, Montreal, Canada.
- University College Dublin, Ireland
- University of Leeds, the United Kingdom
Collaborators
- Adler Planetarium
- National Argonne Laboratory
- Barnard College
- dePauw University
- Grinnell College
- University off California, Santa Cruz
- University off Iowa
- University off Massachusetts
- Cork Institute off Technology
- Galway Mayo Institute off Technology
- National University off Ireland Galway
- Associate Members
Financing
VERITAS is financed jointly by the department of the energy of the the United States, the the National Science Foundation, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council with the Canada, the Science Foundation Ireland and the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council with the the United Kingdom.
Web site of VERITAS by the members of the consortium
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Purdue University
- Iowa State University
- Washington University in St Louis
- Univiersity off Chicago
- Univiersity off Utah
- University off California, Los Angeles
- McGill University, Montreal
- University College Dublin
- University off Leeds
See too
- International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL)
- List of the astronomical observatories
External bonds
- Official VERITAS Site
- Google Maps
- Status off the First Telescopes
- Whipple Telescope
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