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Ground Based Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2006

Peter Cogan ,
Michael K. Daniel ,
David J. Fegan ,
Stephen Gammell ,
Andrew McCann  and
John Quinn
Peter Cogan
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University College Dublin email: [email protected] Present address: School of Physics, University College Dublin.
Michael K. Daniel
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University College Dublin email: [email protected]
David J. Fegan
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University College Dublin email: [email protected]
Stephen Gammell
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University College Dublin email: [email protected]
Andrew McCann
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University College Dublin email: [email protected]
John Quinn
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University College Dublin email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The field of ground based gamma-ray astronomy has seen rapid growth over the past thirty years with the development of the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique to search for Very High Energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma radiation. This growth continues with the construction of four third generation telescope systems in Namibia, Australia, La Palma and the USA. These systems will search for VHE gamma radiation from such objects as AGN, SNRs, microquasars, dark matter and the galactic centre.

Keywords

TeVgamma rayIACTAGNSNR
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 1 , Symposium S230: Populations of High Energy Sources in Galaxies , August 2005 , pp. 103 - 104
Copyright
2006 International Astronomical Union