@article{bc288df6aa384112b989cdcff4c7dd78,
title = "VERITAS observations of the Be/X-ray binary system LS V +44 17 during a major outburst",
abstract = "The Be/X-ray binary system LS V +44 17 (RX J0440.9+4431) is a potential member of the rare class of gamma-ray binaries. The system is comprised of a Be star and a neutron star companion with an orbital period of 150 days. In December of 2022, MAXI detected an X-ray outburst from the source, which peaked in early January before declining and then rebrightening. During the second peak, the flux exceeded 1 Crab in the 15-50 keV range, and exhibited a pulsed emission component with a pulse period of 208 seconds. VERITAS observations were conducted close to the peak of the second outburst, from January 24 to January 27, 2023 . We report here on the search for very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission in these data.",
author = "\{VERITAS Collaboration\} and Jamie Holder and A. Acharyya and Adams, \{C. B.\} and A. Archer and P. Bangale and Bartkoske, \{J. T.\} and P. Batista and W. Benbow and Christiansen, \{J. L.\} and Chromey, \{A. J.\} and A. Duerr and M. Errando and Q. Feng and Foote, \{G. M.\} and L. Fortson and A. Furniss and W. Hanlon and O. Hervet and Hinrichs, \{C. E.\} and J. Hoang and J. Holder and Z. Hughes and Humensky, \{T. B.\} and W. Jin and Johnson, \{M. N.\} and M. Kertzman and M. Kherlakian and D. Kieda and Kleiner, \{T. K.\} and N. Korzoun and S. Kumar and Lang, \{M. J.\} and M. Lundy and G. Maier and McGrath, \{C. E.\} and Millard, \{M. J.\} and Mooney, \{C. L.\} and P. Moriarty and R. Mukherjee and S. O{\textquoteright}Brien and Ong, \{R. A.\} and N. Park and C. Poggemann and M. Pohl and E. Pueschel and J. Quinn and Rabinowitz, \{P. L.\} and K. Ragan and Reynolds, \{P. T.\} and D. Ribeiro and E. Roache and Ryan, \{J. L.\} and I. Sadeh and L. Saha and M. Santander and Sembroski, \{G. H.\} and R. Shang and M. Splettstoesser and Talluri, \{A. K.\} and Tucci, \{J. V.\} and Vassiliev, \{V. V.\} and A. Weinstein and Williams, \{D. A.\} and Wong, \{S. L.\} and J. Woo",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons.; 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023 ; Conference date: 26-07-2023 Through 03-08-2023",
year = "2024",
month = sep,
day = "27",
language = "English",
volume = "444",
journal = "Proceedings of Science",
issn = "1824-8039",
publisher = "Sissa Medialab Srl",
}