Very high energy observations of gamma ray bursts with the Whipple/VERITAS telescopes

D. Horan; H. M. Badran; G. Blaylock; I. H. Bond; P. J. Boyle; S. M. Bradbury; J. H. Buckley; K. Byrum; D. A. Carter-Lewis; O. Celik; P. Cogan; W. Cui; M. K. Daniel; I. De La Calle Perez; C. Duke; A. Falcone; D. J. Fegan; S. J. Fegan; J. P. Finley; L. F. Fortson; S. Gammell; K. Gibbs; G. H. Gillanders; J. Grube; K. J. Guiterrez; J. Hall; D. Hanna; J. Holder; S. Hughes; T. B. Humensky; I. Jung; G. E. Kenny; M. Kertzman; D. Kieda; J. Kildea; J. Knapp; K. Kosack; H. Krawczynski; F. Krennrich; M. J. Lang; S. Le Bohec; E. Linton; J. Lloyd-Evans; D. Mendoza; A. Merriman; A. Milovanovic; P. Moriarty; T. Nagai; R. A. Ong; R. Pallassini; J. Perkins; D. Petry; M. Pohl; B. Power-Mooney; J. Quinn; M. Quinn; K. Ragan; P. Rebillot; P. T. Reynolds; H. J. Rose; M. Schroedter; G. H. Sembroski; S. P. Swordy; A. Syson; L. Valcarcel; V. V. Vassiliev; R. Wagner; S. P. Wakely; G. Walker; T. C. Weekes; R. J. White; J. Zweerink

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Very high energy observations of gamma ray bursts with the Whipple/VERITAS telescopes

D. Horan, H. M. Badran, G. Blaylock, I. H. Bond, P. J. Boyle, S. M. Bradbury, J. H. Buckley, K. Byrum, D. A. Carter-Lewis, O. Celik, P. Cogan, W. Cui, M. K. Daniel, I. De La Calle Perez, C. Duke, A. Falcone, D. J. Fegan, S. J. Fegan, J. P. Finley, L. F. FortsonS. Gammell, K. Gibbs, G. H. Gillanders, J. Grube, K. J. Guiterrez, J. Hall, D. Hanna, J. Holder, S. Hughes, T. B. Humensky, I. Jung, G. E. Kenny, M. Kertzman, D. Kieda, J. Kildea, J. Knapp, K. Kosack, H. Krawczynski, F. Krennrich, M. J. Lang, S. Le Bohec, E. Linton, J. Lloyd-Evans, D. Mendoza, A. Merriman, A. Milovanovic, P. Moriarty, T. Nagai, R. A. Ong, R. Pallassini, J. Perkins, D. Petry, M. Pohl, B. Power-Mooney, J. Quinn, M. Quinn, K. Ragan, P. Rebillot, P. T. Reynolds, H. J. Rose, M. Schroedter, G. H. Sembroski, S. P. Swordy, A. Syson, L. Valcarcel, V. V. Vassiliev, R. Wagner, S. P. Wakely, G. Walker, T. C. Weekes, R. J. White, J. Zweerink

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Gamma-ray Burst (GRB) observations at Very High Energies (VHE, E > 100 GeV) can impose tight constraints on some GRB emission models. Many GRB after-glow models predict a VHE component similar to that seen in blazars and supernova remnants, in which the GRB spectral energy distribution has a double-peaked shape extending into the VHE regime. Consistent with this afterglow scenario, EGRET detected delayed high energy emission from all five bright BATSE GRBs that occurred within its field of view. GRB observations have had high priority in the observing program at the Whipple 10m Telescope and will continue to be high priority targets when the next generation observatory VERITAS comes online. Upper limits on the VHE emission from ten GRBs observed with the Whipple Telescope are reported here.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy - 2nd International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy
Pages	591-596
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1878468
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy - Heidelberg, Germany Duration: 26 Jul 2004 → 30 Jul 2004

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	745
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

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Conference	International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Heidelberg
Period	26/07/04 → 30/07/04

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Horan, D., Badran, H. M., Blaylock, G., Bond, I. H., Boyle, P. J., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Byrum, K., Carter-Lewis, D. A., Celik, O., Cogan, P., Cui, W., Daniel, M. K., De La Calle Perez, I., Duke, C., Falcone, A., Fegan, D. J., Fegan, S. J., Finley, J. P., ... Zweerink, J. (2005). Very high energy observations of gamma ray bursts with the Whipple/VERITAS telescopes. In High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy - 2nd International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy (pp. 591-596). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 745). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1878468

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Very high energy observations of gamma ray bursts with the Whipple/VERITAS telescopes. / Horan, D.; Badran, H. M.; Blaylock, G. et al.
High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy - 2nd International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy. 2005. p. 591-596 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 745).

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