WoU-MMA: Studying Extreme Particle Accelerators with VERITAS and CTA

WoU-MMA：使用 VERITAS 和 CTA 研究极端粒子加速器

• 批准号: 2200857
• 负责人: Jordan Goodman
• 金额: $ 79.73万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2024-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2200857&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WoU; MMA; Studying; Extreme; Particle

Gamma-ray astronomy impacts a broad range of key science questions, including indirect dark matter detection, tests of fundamental physical laws, cosmological studies, the jet physics associated with active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, and micro-quasars, and galactic particle acceleration. This award supports the gamma-ray group at Columbia University and Nevis Labs to focus specifically on: (1) operating and optimizing the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (pSCT); (2) coordinating deployment of advanced analysis and simulations development work for the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope array VERITAS; (3) studying the physics of central engines, their environments, and relativistic jets; (4) understanding the acceleration and propagation of Galactic cosmic rays; and (5) seeking out further time-domain opportunities for VERITAS and in preparation for the next generation Cherenkov Telescope Array, CTA. The mixture of fundamentally important questions and extreme physical environments makes this field fascinating to the public. The Columbia and Barnard groups share that excitement via public lectures, and mentoring area high school students. They also provide vital research experiences to their undergraduates.These questions cut across high-energy astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics, studying the nature of dark matter, the sources of the highest-energy cosmic rays, the interactions of matter in the most extreme environments, and the cosmic history of star formation. This project includes integrating pSCT into the VERITAS array, and extending the advanced shower reconstruction and background discrimination methods to low energy, short-time-scale exposures for GRBs and for large-zenith-angle observations of transients and the Galactic Center (GC). VERITAS, being in southern Arizona, is ideally sited to follow up events from LIGO/Virgo and IceCube, and to study multi-TeV emission from the GC. The planned analysis developments benefit all VERITAS science, but will be especially impactful for multi-messenger astronomy and the physics of the GC. As the international community works towards CTA, currently undergoing critical optimization, demonstrating the pSCT's performance will maximize the impact of CTA on particle astrophysics in the years to come. This project advances the goals of the NSF Windows on the Universe Big Idea.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

伽玛射线天文学影响了广泛的关键科学问题，包括间接暗物质探测、基本物理定律的测试、宇宙学研究、与活动星系核相关的喷流物理学、伽玛射线暴和微类星体以及星系粒子加速。该奖项支持哥伦比亚大学和尼维斯实验室的伽马射线小组专门关注：(1)操作和优化原型史瓦西-库德望远镜（pSCT）；(2)协调部署大气成像切伦科夫望远镜阵列VERITAS先进分析与模拟开发工作；(3)研究中央发动机及其环境和相对论性射流的物理特性；(4)了解银河宇宙射线的加速和传播；(5)为VERITAS寻找进一步的时域机会，并为下一代切伦科夫望远镜阵列（CTA）做准备。根本性的重要问题和极端的物理环境的结合使这个领域对公众产生了吸引力。哥伦比亚大学和巴纳德大学的小组通过公开演讲和指导当地高中生分享这种兴奋。他们还为本科生提供了重要的研究经验。这些问题跨越了高能天体物理学、宇宙学和粒子物理学，研究暗物质的本质、最高能量宇宙射线的来源、最极端环境下物质的相互作用以及恒星形成的宇宙历史。该项目包括将pSCT集成到VERITAS阵列中，并将先进的星雨重建和背景识别方法扩展到grb的低能量、短时间尺度暴露以及瞬变和银河系中心（GC）的大天顶角观测。位于亚利桑那州南部的VERITAS是跟踪LIGO/Virgo和冰立方事件的理想地点，也是研究GC多tev辐射的理想地点。计划中的分析发展对VERITAS的所有科学都有好处，但对多信使天文学和GC物理学的影响尤其大。随着国际社会对CTA的努力，目前正处于关键优化阶段，展示pSCT的性能将在未来几年最大限度地发挥CTA对粒子天体物理学的影响。这个项目推进了NSF宇宙大构想窗口的目标。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

VERITAS Discovery of Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from S3 1227+25 and Multiwavelength Observations

• DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/acd2d0
• 发表时间: 2023-05
• 期刊: The Astrophysical Journal
• 作者: A. Acharyya;C. Adams;A. Archer;P. Bangale;W. Benbow;A. Brill;J. Christiansen;A. Chromey;M. Errando;A. Falcone;Q. Feng;J. Finley;G. Foote;L. Fortson;A. Furniss;G. Gallagher;W. Hanlon;D. Hanna;O. Hervet;C. Hinrichs;J. Hoang;J. Holder;Weidong Jin;Madalyn Johnson;P. Kaaret;M. Kertzman;D. Kieda;T. Kleiner;N. Korzoun;F. Krennrich;Mark Lang;Matt Lundy;G. Maier;Conor McGrath;M. Millard;J. Millis;Connor Mooney;P. Moriarty;R. Mukherjee;S. O’Brien;R. Ong;M. Pohl;E. Pueschel;J. Quinn;K. Ragan;Paul Reynolds;D. Ribeiro;E. Roache;I. Sadeh;A. Sadun;L. Saha;M. Santander;G. Sembroski;R. Shang;M. Splettstoesser;A. Talluri;J. Tucci;V. Vassiliev;David Williams;S. Wong;T. Hovatta;S. Jorstad;S. Kiehlmann;A. Lahteenmaki;I. Liodakis;A. Marscher;W. Max-Moerbeck;A. Readhead;R. Reeves;Paul S. Smith;M. Tornikoski

Constraints on the Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from Short GRBs with HAWC

• DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac880e
• 发表时间: 2022-08
• 期刊: The Astrophysical Journal
• 作者: A. Albert;R. Alfaro;C. Álvarez;J. C. Arteaga-Vel'azquez;K. Arunbabu;D. Rojas;H. Solares;R. Babu;8. E. Belmont-Moreno;C. Brisbois;K. Caballero-Mora;T. Capistr'an;A. Carramiñana;S. Casanova;O. Chaparro-Amaro;U. Cotti;J. Cotzomi;S. Le'on;C. D. Le'on;E. D. L. Fuente;R. Hernández;S. Dichiara;B. Dingus;M. DuVernois;M. Durocher;J. C. D'iaz-V'elez;K. Engel;C. Espinoza;K. Fan;N. Fraija;A. Galv'an-G'amez;J. Garc'ia-Gonz'alez;F. Garfias;M. M. Gonz'alez-M.;J. Goodman;J. P. Harding;S. Hernández;B. Hona;D. Huang;F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla;T. Humensky;P. Huntemeyer;A. Iriarte;V. Joshi;S. Kaufmann;A. Lara;W. Lee;H. L. Vargas;J. Linnemann;A. Longinotti;G. Luis-Raya;K. Malone;S. Marinelli;O. Martinez;J. Mart'inez-Castro;J. Matthews;P. Miranda-Romagnoli;J. Morales-Soto;E. Moreno;M. A. Mostafa;A. Nayerhoda;L. Nellen;M. Newbold;R. Noriega-Papaqui;A. Peisker;Y. C;E. G. P'erez-P'erez-E.-G.-P'erez-P'erez-2180024433;Z. Ren;C. Rho;D. Rosa-Gonz'alez;M. Rosenberg;J. Sacahui;H. Salazar;F. Greus;A. Sandoval;J. Serna-Franco;A. Smith;R. Springer;P. Surajbali;O. Tibolla;K. Tollefson;I. Torres;R. Torres-Escobedo;R. Turner;L. Villaseñor;X. Wang;E. Willox;A. Zepeda;H. Zhou;The Hawc Collaboration

VTSCat: The VERITAS Catalog of Gamma-Ray Observations

VTSCat：VERITAS 伽马射线观测目录

• DOI: 10.3847/2515-5172/acb147
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Research Notes of the AAS
• 作者: Acharyya, A.;Adams, C. B.;Archer, A.;Bangale, P.;Bartkoske, J. T.;Batista, P.;Benbow, W.;Brill, A.;Brose, R.;Buckley, J. H.
• 通讯作者: Buckley, J. H.

Gamma-ray observations of MAXI J1820+070 during the 2018 outburst

2018 年爆发期间 MAXI J1820 070 的伽马射线观测

• DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac2686
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• 影响因子: 4.8
• 作者: Abe, H;Abe, S;Acciari, V A;Aniello, T;Ansoldi, S;Antonelli, L A;Arbet Engels, A;Arcaro, C;Artero, M;Asano, K
• 通讯作者: Asano, K

An Archival Search for Neutron-star Mergers in Gravitational Waves and Very-high-energy Gamma Rays

• DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac0623
• 发表时间: 2021-06
• 期刊: The Astrophysical Journal
• 作者: C. Adams;W. Benbow;A. Brill;J. Buckley;M. Capasso;J. Christiansen;A. Chromey;M. Daniel;M. Errando;A. Falcone;K. A. Farrell;Q. Feng;J. Finley;L. Fortson;A. Furniss;A. Gent;C. Giuri;D. Hanna;T. Hassan;O. Hervet;J. Holder;G. Hughes;T. Humensky;W. Jin;P. Kaaret;M. Kertzman;D. Kieda;S. Kumar;M. Lang;M. Lundy;G. Maier;C. McGrath;P. Moriarty;R. Mukherjee;D. Nieto;M. Nievas-Rosillo;S. O’Brien;R. Ong;A. Otte;N. Park;S. Patel;K. Pfrang;M. Pohl;R. Prado;E. Pueschel;J. Quinn;K. Ragan;P. Reynolds;D. Ribeiro;E. Roache;J. Ryan;M. Santander;G. Sembroski;R. Shang;A. Weinstein;D. Williams;T. Williamson;I. Bartos;K. Corley;S. M'arka;Z. Márka;D. Veske