Speaker
Conor McGrath
Description
The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) is an array
of four 12m Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs), located at the Fred
Lawrence Whipple Observatory in Arizona, USA, that has been in operation since
2007. VERITAS conducts research in a variety of areas including Galactic science
(supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae, binary systems), extra-galactic science
(jetted AGN, gamma-ray burst and fast radio burst searches), multimessenger
follow-ups and astroparticle physics, including Dark Matter searches. VERITAS has
also recently utilised its optical capabilities for measurements of asteroid
transits and stellar intensity interferometry. This talk will cover recent VERITAS
highlights and results.
Primary author
Conor McGrath
