VHE Observations of Galactic binary systems with VERITAS
Abstract
A few Galactic objects are known to be variable sources of photons with energies above 100 GeV. These systems are mostly binaries, where variability can often be connected to the orbital period. Particle acceleration and gamma-ray production processes in binaries are generally not well understood. We present here an overview of VERITAS observations of binary systems at very-high energies (VHE) with emphasis on LS I +61 303 and 1A0535+262. The results are discussed in the context of recent observations of RXTE, Swift and Fermi LAT at X- and Gamma-ray energies.
- Publication:
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International Cosmic Ray Conference
- Pub Date:
- 2011
- DOI:
- 10.7529/ICRC2011/V07/0269
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1111.2156
- Bibcode:
- 2011ICRC....7...83M
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- Presented at the 32nd ICRC, Beijing, 2011