TY - JOUR A1 - Acciari, V. A. A1 - Arlen, T. A1 - Aune, T. A1 - Benbow, W. A1 - Bird, R. A1 - Bouvier, A. A1 - Bradbury, S. M. A1 - Buckley, J. H. A1 - Bugaev, V. A1 - de la Calle Perez, I. A1 - Carter-Lewis, D. A. A1 - Cesarini, A. A1 - Ciupik, L. A1 - Collins-Hughes, E. A1 - Connolly, M. P. A1 - Cui, W. A1 - Duke, C. A1 - Dumm, J. A1 - Falcone, A. A1 - Federici, Simone A1 - Fegan, D. J. A1 - Fegan, S. J. A1 - Finley, J. P. A1 - Finnegan, G. A1 - Fortson, L. A1 - Gaidos, J. A1 - Galante, N. A1 - Gall, D. A1 - Gibbs, K. A1 - Gillanders, G. H. A1 - Griffin, S. A1 - Grube, J. A1 - Gyuk, G. A1 - Hanna, D. A1 - Horan, D. A1 - Humensky, T. B. A1 - Kaaret, P. A1 - Kertzman, M. A1 - Khassen, Y. A1 - Kieda, D. A1 - Krawczynski, H. A1 - Krennrich, F. A1 - Lang, M. J. A1 - McEnery, J. E. A1 - Madhavan, A. S. A1 - Moriarty, P. A1 - Nelson, T. A1 - Ong, R. A. A1 - Orr, M. A1 - Otte, A. N. A1 - Perkins, J. S. A1 - Petry, D. A1 - Pichel, A. A1 - Pohl, M. A1 - Quinn, J. A1 - Ragan, K. A1 - Reynolds, T. A1 - Roache, E. A1 - Rovero, A. A1 - Schroedter, M. A1 - Sembroski, G. H. A1 - Smith, A. A1 - Telezhinsky, Igor O. A1 - Theiling, M. A1 - Toner, J. A1 - Tyler, J. A1 - Varlotta, A. A1 - Vivier, M. A1 - Wakely, S. P. A1 - Ward, J. E. A1 - Weekes, T. C. A1 - Weinstein, A. A1 - Welsing, R. A1 - Williams, D. A. A1 - Wissel, S. T1 - Observation of Markarian 421 in TeV gamma rays over a 14-year time span JF - Astroparticle physics N2 - The variability of the blazar Markarian 421 in TeV gamma rays over a 14-year time period has been explored with the Whipple 10 m telescope. It is shown that the dynamic range of its flux variations is large and similar to that in X-rays. A correlation between the X-ray and TeV energy bands is observed during some bright flares and when the complete data sets are binned on long timescales. The main database consists of 878.4 h of observation with the Whipple telescope, spread over 783 nights. The peak energy response of the telescope was 400 GeV with 20% uncertainty. This is the largest database of any TeV-emitting active galactic nucleus (AGN) and hence was used to explore the variability profile of Markarian 421. The tithe-averaged flux from Markarian 421 over this period was 0.446 +/- 0.008 Crab flux units. The flux exceeded 10 Crab flux units on three separate occasions. For the 2000-2001 season the average flux reached 1.86 Crab units, while in the 1996-1997 season the average flux was only 0.23 Crab units. KW - AGN KW - TeV gamma rays KW - Markarian 421 Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.10.004 SN - 0927-6505 SN - 1873-2852 VL - 54 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Abeysekara, A. U. A1 - Archambault, S. A1 - Archer, A. A1 - Benbow, W. A1 - Bird, R. A1 - Buchovecky, M. A1 - Buckley, J. H. A1 - Byrum, K. A1 - Cardenzana, J. V. A1 - Cerruti, M. A1 - Chen, Xuhui A1 - Christiansen, J. L. A1 - Ciupik, L. A1 - Cui, W. A1 - Dickinson, H. J. A1 - Eisch, J. D. A1 - Errando, M. A1 - Falcone, A. A1 - Fegan, D. J. A1 - Feng, Q. A1 - Finley, J. P. A1 - Fleischhack, H. A1 - Fortin, P. A1 - Fortson, L. A1 - Furniss, A. A1 - Gillanders, G. H. A1 - Griffin, S. A1 - Grube, J. A1 - Gyuk, G. A1 - Huetten, M. A1 - Hakansson, Nils A1 - Hanna, D. A1 - Holder, J. A1 - Humensky, T. B. A1 - Johnson, C. A. A1 - Kaaret, P. A1 - Kar, P. A1 - Kelley-Hoskins, N. A1 - Kertzman, M. A1 - Kieda, D. A1 - Krause, M. A1 - Krennrich, F. A1 - Kumar, S. A1 - Lang, M. J. A1 - Lin, T. T. Y. A1 - Maier, G. A1 - McArthur, S. A1 - McCann, A. A1 - Meagher, K. A1 - Moriarty, P. A1 - Mukherjee, R. A1 - Nieto, D. A1 - Ong, R. A. A1 - Otte, A. N. A1 - Park, N. A1 - Perkins, J. S. A1 - Petrashyk, A. A1 - Pohl, Martin A1 - Popkow, A. A1 - Pueschel, Elisa A1 - Quinn, J. A1 - Ragan, K. A1 - Ratliff, G. A1 - Reynolds, P. T. A1 - Richards, G. T. A1 - Roache, E. A1 - Santander, M. A1 - Sembroski, G. H. A1 - Shahinyan, K. A1 - Staszak, D. A1 - Telezhinsky, Igor O. A1 - Tucci, J. V. A1 - Tyler, J. A1 - Vincent, S. A1 - Wakely, S. P. A1 - Weiner, O. M. A1 - Weinstein, A. A1 - Williams, D. A. A1 - Zitzer, B. T1 - A SEARCH FOR BRIEF OPTICAL FLASHES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SETI TARGET KIC 8462852 JF - The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics ; Part 2, Letters N2 - The F-type star KIC. 8462852 has recently been identified as an exceptional target for search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) observations. We describe an analysis methodology for optical SETI, which we have used to analyze nine hours of serendipitous archival observations of KIC. 8462852 made with the VERITAS gamma-ray observatory between 2009 and 2015. No evidence of pulsed optical beacons, above a pulse intensity at the Earth of approximately 1 photon m(-2), is found. We also discuss the potential use of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope arrays in searching for extremely short duration optical transients in general. KW - astrobiology KW - extraterrestrial intelligence KW - methods: observational KW - stars: individual ( KIC 8462852) KW - techniques: photometric Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/818/2/L33 SN - 2041-8205 SN - 2041-8213 VL - 818 PB - IOP Publ. Ltd. CY - Bristol ER -