TY - JOUR A1 - Abeysekara, A. U. A1 - Archer, A. A1 - Benbow, Wystan A1 - Bird, Ralph A1 - Brose, Robert A1 - Buchovecky, M. A1 - Buckley, J. H. A1 - Bugaev, V. A1 - Chromey, A. J. A1 - Connolly, M. P. A1 - Cui, Wei A1 - Daniel, M. K. A1 - Falcone, A. A1 - Feng, Qi A1 - Finley, John P. A1 - Fortson, L. A1 - Furniss, Amy A1 - Huetten, M. A1 - Hanna, David A1 - Hervet, O. A1 - Holder, J. A1 - Hughes, G. A1 - Humensky, T. B. A1 - Johnson, Caitlin A. A1 - Kaaret, Philip A1 - Kar, P. A1 - Kertzman, M. A1 - Kieda, David A1 - Krause, M. A1 - Krennrich, F. A1 - Kumar, S. A1 - Lang, M. J. A1 - Lin, T. T. Y. A1 - McArthur, S. A1 - Moriarty, P. A1 - Mukherjee, Reshmi A1 - Ong, R. A. A1 - Otte, Adam Nepomuk A1 - Park, Nahee A1 - Petrashyk, A. A1 - Pohl, Martin A1 - Pueschel, Elisa A1 - Quinn, J. A1 - Ragan, K. A1 - Reynolds, P. T. A1 - Richards, Gregory T. A1 - Roache, E. A1 - Rulten, C. A1 - Sadeh, I. A1 - Santander, Marcos A1 - Sembroski, G. H. A1 - Shahinyan, Karlen A1 - Sushch, I. A1 - Tyler, J. A1 - Wakely, S. P. A1 - Weinstein, A. A1 - Wells, R. M. A1 - Wilcox, P. A1 - Wilhelm, Alina A1 - Williams, D. A. A1 - Williamson, T. J. A1 - Zitzer, B. A1 - Abdollahi, S. A1 - Ajello, Marco A1 - Baldini, Luca A1 - Barbiellini, G. A1 - Bastieri, Denis A1 - Bellazzini, Ronaldo A1 - Berenji, B. A1 - Bissaldi, Elisabetta A1 - Blandford, R. D. A1 - Bonino, R. A1 - Bottacini, E. A1 - Brandt, Terri J. A1 - Bruel, P. A1 - Buehler, R. A1 - Cameron, R. A. A1 - Caputo, R. A1 - Caraveo, P. A. A1 - Castro, D. A1 - Cavazzuti, E. A1 - Charles, Eric A1 - Chiaro, G. A1 - Ciprini, S. A1 - Cohen-Tanugi, Johann A1 - Costantin, D. A1 - Cutini, S. A1 - de Palma, F. A1 - Di Lalla, N. A1 - Di Mauro, M. A1 - Di Venere, L. A1 - Dominguez, A. A1 - Favuzzi, C. A1 - Fegan, S. J. A1 - Franckowiak, Anna A1 - Fukazawa, Yasushi A1 - Funk, Stefan A1 - Fusco, Piergiorgio A1 - Gargano, Fabio A1 - Gasparrini, Dario A1 - Giglietto, Nicola A1 - Giordano, F. A1 - Giroletti, Marcello A1 - Green, D. A1 - Grenier, I. A. A1 - Guillemot, L. A1 - Guiriec, Sylvain A1 - Hays, Elizabeth A1 - Hewitt, John W. A1 - Horan, D. A1 - Johannesson, G. A1 - Kensei, S. A1 - Kuss, M. A1 - Larsson, Stefan A1 - Latronico, L. A1 - Lemoine-Goumard, Marianne A1 - Li, J. A1 - Longo, Francesco A1 - Loparco, Francesco A1 - Lovellette, M. N. A1 - Lubrano, Pasquale A1 - Magill, Jeffrey D. A1 - Maldera, Simone A1 - Mazziotta, Mario Nicola A1 - McEnery, J. E. A1 - Michelson, P. F. A1 - Mitthumsiri, W. A1 - Mizuno, Tsunefumi A1 - Monzani, Maria Elena A1 - Morselli, Aldo A1 - Moskalenko, Igor V. A1 - Negro, M. A1 - Nuss, E. A1 - Ojha, R. A1 - Omodei, Nicola A1 - Orienti, M. A1 - Orlando, E. A1 - Palatiello, M. A1 - Paliya, Vaidehi S. A1 - Paneque, D. A1 - Perkins, Jeremy S. A1 - Persic, M. A1 - Pesce-Rollins, Melissa A1 - Petrosian, Vahe' A1 - Piron, F. A1 - Porter, Troy A. A1 - Principe, G. A1 - Raino, S. A1 - Rando, Riccardo A1 - Rani, B. A1 - Razzano, Massimilano A1 - Razzaque, Soebur A1 - Reimer, A. A1 - Reimer, Olaf A1 - Reposeur, T. A1 - Sgro, C. A1 - Siskind, E. J. A1 - Spandre, Gloria A1 - Spinelli, P. A1 - Suson, D. J. A1 - Tajima, Hiroyasu A1 - Thayer, J. B. A1 - Thompson, David J. A1 - Torres, Diego F. A1 - Tosti, Gino A1 - Troja, Eleonora A1 - Valverde, J. A1 - Vianello, Giacomo A1 - Vogel, M. A1 - Wood, K. A1 - Yassine, M. A1 - Alfaro, R. A1 - Alvarez, C. A1 - Alvarez, J. D. A1 - Arceo, R. A1 - Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C. A1 - Rojas, D. Avila A1 - Ayala Solares, H. A. A1 - Becerril, A. A1 - Belmont-Moreno, E. A1 - BenZvi, S. Y. A1 - Bernal, A. A1 - Braun, J. A1 - Brisbois, C. A1 - Caballero-Mora, K. S. A1 - Capistran, T. A1 - Carraminana, A. A1 - Casanova, Sabrina A1 - Castillo, M. A1 - Cotti, U. A1 - Cotzomi, J. A1 - Coutino de Leon, S. A1 - De Leon, C. A1 - De la Fuente, E. A1 - Dichiara, S. A1 - Dingus, B. L. A1 - DuVernois, M. A. A1 - Diaz-Velez, J. C. A1 - Engel, K. A1 - Enriquez-Rivera, O. A1 - Fiorino, D. W. A1 - Fleischhack, H. A1 - Fraija, N. A1 - Garcia-Gonzalez, J. A. A1 - Garfias, F. A1 - Gonzalez Munoz, A. A1 - Gonzalez, M. M. A1 - Goodman, J. A. A1 - Hampel-Arias, Z. A1 - Harding, J. P. A1 - Hernandez, S. A1 - Hernandez-Almada, A. A1 - Hona, B. A1 - Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, F. A1 - Hui, C. M. A1 - Huntemeyer, P. A1 - Iriarte, A. A1 - Jardin-Blicq, A. A1 - Joshi, V. A1 - Kaufmann, S. A1 - Lara, A. A1 - Lauer, R. J. A1 - Lee, W. H. A1 - Lennarz, D. A1 - Leon Vargas, H. A1 - Linnemann, J. T. A1 - Longinotti, A. L. A1 - Luis-Raya, G. A1 - Luna-Garcia, R. A1 - Lopez-Coto, R. A1 - Malone, K. A1 - Marinelli, S. S. A1 - Martinez, O. A1 - Martinez-Castellanos, I. A1 - Martinez-Castro, J. A1 - Martinez-Huerta, H. A1 - Matthews, J. A. A1 - Miranda-Romagnoli, P. A1 - Moreno, E. A1 - Mostafa, M. A1 - Nayerhoda, A. A1 - Nellen, L. A1 - Newbold, M. A1 - Nisa, M. U. A1 - Noriega-Papaqui, R. A1 - Pelayo, R. A1 - Pretz, J. A1 - Perez-Perez, E. G. A1 - Ren, Z. A1 - Rho, C. D. A1 - Riviere, C. A1 - Rosa-Gonzalez, D. A1 - Rosenberg, M. A1 - Ruiz-Velasco, E. A1 - Salazar, H. A1 - Greus, F. Salesa A1 - Sandoval, A. A1 - Schneider, M. A1 - Arroyo, M. Seglar A1 - Sinnis, G. A1 - Smith, A. J. A1 - Springer, R. W. A1 - Surajbali, P. A1 - Taboada, Ignacio A1 - Tibolla, O. A1 - Tollefson, K. A1 - Torres, I. A1 - Ukwatta, Tilan N. A1 - Villasenor, L. A1 - Weisgarber, T. A1 - Westerhoff, Stefan A1 - Wisher, I. G. A1 - Wood, J. A1 - Yapici, Tolga A1 - Yodh, G. A1 - Zepeda, A. A1 - Zhou, H. T1 - VERITAS and Fermi-LAT Observations of TeV Gamma-Ray Sources Discovered by HAWC in the 2HWC Catalog JF - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics N2 - The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) collaboration recently published their 2HWC catalog, listing 39 very high energy (VHE; >100 GeV) gamma-ray sources based on 507 days of observation. Among these, 19 sources are not associated with previously known teraelectronvolt (TeV) gamma-ray sources. We have studied 14 of these sources without known counterparts with VERITAS and Fermi-LAT. VERITAS detected weak gamma-ray emission in the 1 TeV-30 TeV band in the region of DA 495, a pulsar wind nebula coinciding with 2HWC J1953+294, confirming the discovery of the source by HAWC. We did not find any counterpart for the selected 14 new HAWC sources from our analysis of Fermi-LAT data for energies higher than 10 GeV. During the search, we detected gigaelectronvolt (GeV) gamma-ray emission coincident with a known TeV pulsar wind nebula, SNR G54.1+0.3 (VER J1930+188), and a 2HWC source, 2HWC J1930+188. The fluxes for isolated, steady sources in the 2HWC catalog are generally in good agreement with those measured by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. However, the VERITAS fluxes for SNR G54.1+0.3, DA 495, and TeV J2032+4130 are lower than those measured by HAWC, and several new HAWC sources are not detected by VERITAS. This is likely due to a change in spectral shape, source extension, or the influence of diffuse emission in the source region. KW - gamma rays: general Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aade4e SN - 0004-637X SN - 1538-4357 VL - 866 IS - 1 PB - IOP Publ. Ltd. CY - Bristol ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Benbow, W. A1 - Bird, R. A1 - Brill, A. A1 - Brose, Robert A1 - Chromey, A. J. A1 - Daniel, M. K. A1 - Feng, Q. A1 - Finley, J. P. A1 - Fortson, L. A1 - Furniss, A. A1 - Gillanders, G. H. A1 - Giuri, C. A1 - Gueta, O. A1 - Hanna, D. A1 - Halpern, J. P. A1 - Hassan, Tarek A1 - Holder, J. A1 - Hughes, G. A1 - Humensky, T. B. A1 - Joyce, Amy M. A1 - Kaaret, P. A1 - Kar, P. A1 - Kelley-Hoskins, N. A1 - Kertzman, M. A1 - Kieda, D. A1 - Krause, M. A1 - Lang, M. J. A1 - Lin, T. T. Y. A1 - Maier, Gernot A1 - Matthews, N. A1 - Moriarty, P. A1 - Mukherjee, R. A1 - Nieto, D. A1 - Nievas-Rosillos, M. A1 - Ong, R. A. A1 - Park, N. A1 - Petrashyk, A. A1 - Pohl, Martin A1 - Pueschel, Elisa A1 - Quinn, John A1 - Ragan, K. A1 - Reynolds, P. T. A1 - Richards, G. T. A1 - Roache, E. A1 - Rulten, C. A1 - Sadeh, Iftach A1 - Santander, M. A1 - Sembroski, G. H. A1 - Shahinyan, K. A1 - Sushch, Iurii A1 - Wakely, S. P. A1 - Wells, R. M. A1 - Wilcox, P. A1 - Wilhelm, Alina A1 - Williams, David A. A1 - Williamson, T. J. T1 - Direct measurement of stellar angular diameters by the VERITAS Cherenkov telescopes JF - Nature astronomy N2 - The angular size of a star is a critical factor in determining its basic properties1. Direct measurement of stellar angular diameters is difficult: at interstellar distances stars are generally too small to resolve by any individual imaging telescope. This fundamental limitation can be overcome by studying the diffraction pattern in the shadow cast when an asteroid occults a star2, but only when the photometric uncertainty is smaller than the noise added by atmospheric scintillation3. Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes used for particle astrophysics observations have not generally been exploited for optical astronomy due to the modest optical quality of the mirror surface. However, their large mirror area makes them well suited for such high-time-resolution precision photometry measurements4. Here we report two occultations of stars observed by the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS)5 Cherenkov telescopes with millisecond sampling, from which we are able to provide a direct measurement of the occulted stars’ angular diameter at the ≤0.1 mas scale. This is a resolution never achieved before with optical measurements and represents an order of magnitude improvement over the equivalent lunar occultation method6. We compare the resulting stellar radius with empirically derived estimates from temperature and brightness measurements, confirming the latter can be biased for stars with ambiguous stellar classifications. Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0741-z SN - 2397-3366 VL - 3 IS - 6 SP - 511 EP - 516 PB - Nature Publ. Group CY - London ER - TY - GEN A1 - Driel-Gesztelyi, L. van A1 - Baker, Daniel N. A1 - Török, Tibor A1 - Pariat, Etienne A1 - Green, L. M. A1 - Williams, D. R. A1 - Carlyle, J. A1 - Valori, G. A1 - Démoulin, Pascal A1 - Matthews, S. A. A1 - Kliem, Bernhard A1 - Malherbe, J.-M. T1 - Magnetic reconnection driven by filament eruption in the 7 June 2011 event T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - During an unusually massive filament eruption on 7 June 2011, SDO/AIA imaged for the first time significant EUV emission around a magnetic reconnection region in the solar corona. The reconnection occurred between magnetic fields of the laterally expanding CME and a neighbouring active region. A pre-existing quasi-separatrix layer was activated in the process. This scenario is supported by data-constrained numerical simulations of the eruption. Observations show that dense cool filament plasma was re-directed and heated in situ, producing coronal-temperature emission around the reconnection region. These results provide the first direct observational evidence, supported by MHD simulations and magnetic modelling, that a large-scale re-configuration of the coronal magnetic field takes place during solar eruptions via the process of magnetic reconnection. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 608 KW - MHD KW - instabilities KW - Sun: activity KW - magnetic fields KW - coronal mass ejections (CMEs) KW - filaments KW - methods: numerical KW - data analysis Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-415671 IS - 608 SP - 502 EP - 503 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - van Driel-Gesztelyi, L. A1 - Baker, Daniel N. A1 - Toeroek, T. A1 - Pariat, E. A1 - Green, L. M. A1 - Williams, D. R. A1 - Carlyle, J. A1 - Valori, G. A1 - Demoulin, Pascal A1 - Kliem, Bernhard A1 - Long, D. M. A1 - Matthews, S. A. A1 - Malherbe, J. -M. T1 - Coronal magnetic reconnection driven by CME expansion-the 2011 June 7 event JF - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics N2 - Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) erupt and expand in a magnetically structured solar corona. Various indirect observational pieces of evidence have shown that the magnetic field of CMEs reconnects with surrounding magnetic fields, forming, e.g., dimming regions distant from the CME source regions. Analyzing Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observations of the eruption from AR 11226 on 2011 June 7, we present the first direct evidence of coronal magnetic reconnection between the fields of two adjacent active regions during a CME. The observations are presented jointly with a data-constrained numerical simulation, demonstrating the formation/intensification of current sheets along a hyperbolic flux tube at the interface between the CME and the neighboring AR 11227. Reconnection resulted in the formation of new magnetic connections between the erupting magnetic structure from AR 11226 and the neighboring active region AR 11227 about 200 Mm from the eruption site. The onset of reconnection first becomes apparent in the SDO/AIA images when filament plasma, originally contained within the erupting flux rope, is redirected toward remote areas in AR 11227, tracing the change of large-scale magnetic connectivity. The location of the coronal reconnection region becomes bright and directly observable at SDO/AIA wavelengths, owing to the presence of down-flowing cool, dense (1010 cm(-3)) filament plasma in its vicinity. The high-density plasma around the reconnection region is heated to coronal temperatures, presumably by slow-mode shocks and Coulomb collisions. These results provide the first direct observational evidence that CMEs reconnect with surrounding magnetic structures, leading to a large-scale reconfiguration of the coronal magnetic field. KW - magnetic reconnection KW - magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) KW - Sun: corona KW - Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs) KW - Sun: magnetic fields KW - Sun: UV radiation Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/85 SN - 0004-637X SN - 1538-4357 VL - 788 IS - 1 PB - IOP Publ. Ltd. CY - Bristol ER -