10 Jan 2020
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VERITAS Collaboration
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Abeysekara A. U. 4 and 5
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Benbow W. 4 and 5
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Bird R. 4 and 5
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Brose R. 4 and 5
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Christiansen J. L. 8
and 9
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Chromey A. J. 8
and 9
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Cui W. 8
and 9
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Daniel M. K. e
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Falcone A. e
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Fortson L. e
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Hanna D. e
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Hassan T. e
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Hervet O. e
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Holder J. e
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Hughes G. e
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Humensky T. B. e
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Kaaret P. e
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Kar P. e
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Kelley-Hoskins N. e
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Kertzman M. e
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Kieda D. e
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Krause M. e
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Lang M. J. e
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Maier G. e
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Moriarty P. e
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Nieto D. e
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Nievas-Rosillo M. e
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Ong R. A. 4
and 5
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Pandel D. 4
and 5
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Pohl M. 4
and 5
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Prado R. R.
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Pueschel E.
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Quinn J.
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Ragan K.
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Reynolds P. T.
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Richards G. T.
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Roache E.
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Sadeh I.
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Santander M.
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Sembroski G. H.
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Weinstein A.
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Wilcox P.
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Williams D. A.
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Williamson T. J
With 8 hours of observations, VERITAS confirms the detection of two very high
energy gamma-ray sources. The gamma-ray binary LS 5039 is detected with a
statistical significance of $8.8\sigma$...The measured flux above 1 TeV is $(2.5
\pm 0.4) \times 10^{-12} \rm \, cm^{-2} \, s^{-1}$ near inferior conjunction
and $(7.8 \pm 2.8) \times 10^{-13} \rm \, cm^{-2} \, s^{-1}$ near superior
conjunction. The pulsar wind nebula HESS J1825-137 is detected with a
statistical significance of $6.7\sigma$ and a measured flux above 1 TeV of
$(3.9 \pm 0.8) \times 10^{-12} \rm \, cm^{-2} \, s^{-1}$.(read more)