The VERITAS standard data analysis
M.K. Daniel (for the VERITAS collaboration)
TL;DR
This paper details the data analysis process for VERITAS, an array of telescopes observing high-energy gamma rays, including data reduction, event reconstruction, and background rejection techniques.
Contribution
It introduces the specific analysis chain used for processing VERITAS data, enhancing gamma-ray source detection accuracy.
Findings
Effective background rejection achieved
Accurate gamma-ray direction and energy reconstruction
Established data analysis pipeline for VERITAS
Abstract
VERITAS is an array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes designed for very high energy gamma ray (E>100,GeV) observations of astrophysical sources. The experiment began its scientific observation program in the 2006/2007 observing season. We describe here the analysis chain for reducing the data, reconstructing the direction and energy of incident gamma rays and the rejection of background cosmic rays.
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Taxonomy
TopicsAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena · Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae · Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena