VERITAS Scientific Program

The proposed three year program for the full VERITAS array is outlined in Table 1 below.

 

Table 1: Proposed 3 Year Observation Program of VERITAS

Mode	Scientific Program	Allocation	Hours	Total
B1/B2	Galactic Plane Survey	80 nights @ 8 hrs/nt	640	640
A	Survey follow-up	20 sources @ 10 hrs/src	200	840
A	XBL AGN $^{\dagger}$	30 w/ z < 0.3 @ 10 hrs/AGN	300	1140
A	EGRET AGN $^{\dagger}$	top 20 @ 10 hrs ea.	200	1340
A	Neutralino search	30 hrs/yr for 2 yrs	60	1400
A	Pulsars $^{\dagger\dagger}$	top 5 @ 50 hrs/pulsar	250	1650
B1/B2	Supernova Remnants $^{\dagger\dagger\dagger}$-shell type	top 10 @ 25 hrs/SNR	250	1900
B1/B2	Supernova Remnants $^{\dagger\dagger\dagger}$-plerionic	top 10 @ 25 hrs/SNR	-	1900
B1/B2/C	AGN Monitoring $^{\dagger\dagger\dagger}$	brightest- 50 hrs/yr	-	1900
A	Gamma-Ray Bursts $^{\dagger}$	50 hrs/yr	150	2050
any	Discretionary/Target of Opportunity	100 hrs/yr	300	2350
-	Engineering	10% total	300	2650
$^{\dagger}$Scientific goals depend on sensitivity and energy threshold of the full VERITAS array.
$^{\dagger\dagger}$Scientific goals are compromised without the full VERITAS array.
$^{\dagger\dagger\dagger}$These programs can be carried out in parallel so additional targets do not increase observing time.