TeV Studies of Supernovae Powered Regions using Advanced Shower Analysis Techniques with the VERITAS Gamma-Ray Observatory

VERITAS是目前世界上最灵敏的甚高能伽马射线观测站。VERITAS项目在亚利桑那州弗雷德·劳伦斯维普莱天文台的大本营运行，它扩展了由其前身维普莱10米望远镜开创的成像大气切伦科夫望远镜技术，包括一个由四个12米望远镜组成的阵列，该望远镜具有多望远镜触发器，灵敏度比上一代提高了一个数量级。VERITAS探测活动星系核、超新星遗迹和微类星体等源的极端物理学，并为费米伽马射线太空望远镜提供重要补充。 该奖项将为阿德勒天文馆天文博物馆研究人员的VERITAS科学和协作服务工作提供支持。Adler团队将领导先进伽马射线分析方法的开发和优化，以提高VERITAS的性能，并在校准工作中发挥主导作用。阿德勒的科学工作将利用改进的阵列性能，研究扩展的超新星遗迹和脉冲星风星云，重点是蟹状星云的情况，特别是鉴于费米探测到的快速明亮的同步加速器耀斑的最新发现。更广泛的影响阿德勒作为领导机构的VERITAS教育和推广工作。除了VERITAS EPO工作的管理方面，阿德勒VERITAS科学家将从事各种工作，包括接待来自VERITAS合作机构的本科实习生，参加在阿德勒天文馆空间可视化实验室举行的每日“天文学对话”，调查公民科学项目的可行性，以区分伽马射线和宇宙射线，并为VERITAS项目办公室提供天文馆专业知识，以开发VERITAS主题展览。

Intellectual Merit VERITAS is currently the most sensitive VHE gamma-ray observatory in the world. Operating at the basecamp of the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in Arizona, the VERITAS project expands the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope technique pioneered by its precursor, the Whipple 10m Telescope, to include an array of four 12m telescopes with a multitelescope trigger for an order-of-magnitude improved sensitivity over the previous generation. VERITAS probes the extreme physics of sources such as the jets of Active Galactic Nuclei, Supernovae Remnants, and microquasars and provides an important complement to the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. This award will provide support for the VERITAS science and collaboration service efforts of the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum researchers. The Adler group will lead the development and optimization of advanced gamma-ray analysis methods to increase the performance of VERITAS and play a leading role in calibration efforts. The Adler's science efforts will utilize the improved array performance in the study of extended supernova remnants and pulsar wind nebulae focusing on the case of the Crab Nebula, particularly in light of the recent discovery of the rapid bright synchrotron flares detected by Fermi. Broader Impact The Adler serves as the lead institution for VERITAS Education and Outreach efforts. Beyond the management aspects of the VERITAS EPO effort, the Adler VERITAS scientists will engage in a variety of efforts including hosting undergraduate interns from collaborating VERITAS institutions, participating in the daily 'Astronomy Conversations' held at the Adler Planetarium's Space Visualization Laboratory, investigating the feasibility of a Citizen Science project to distinguish gamma rays from cosmic rays, and providing planetarium expertise to the VERITAS project office to develop a VERITAS-themed show.