VHE Observations of Galactic binary systems with VERITAS
G. Maier* on behalf of the VERITAS Collaboration
Pre-published on:
August 16, 2017
Published on:
August 03, 2018
Abstract
Gamma-ray binaries are variable sources of GeV-to-TeV photons with the peak in their spectral energy distributions above 100 MeV. There are only five Galactic gamma-ray binaries known and the processes which govern particle acceleration, non-thermal emission and the variability patterns are not well understood. We present here for the first time results of the VERITAS binary discovery program at VHE energies and a summary of eleven years of observations of the gamma-ray binary HESS J0632+057. VERITAS has acquired more than 220 hours of observations on HESS J0632+057. The results are discussed in the context of contemporaneous observations with Swift XRT at X-ray energies.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.301.0729
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