@article{a397423f53834306afd534f0625c4b75,
title = "Status of the VERITAS Stellar Intensity Interferometry (VSII) System",
abstract = "The VERITAS Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope array (IACT) was augmented in 2019 with high-speed focal plane electronics to allow the use of VERITAS for Stellar Intensity Interferometry (SII) observations. Since that time, several improvements have been implemented to increase the sensitivity of the VERITAS Stellar Intensity Interferometer (VSII) and increase the speed of nightly data processing. This poster will describe the use of IACT arrays for performing ultrahigh resolution (sub-milliarcsecond) astronomical observations at short visible wavelengths. The poster presentation will include a description of the VERITAS-SII focal plane, data acquisition, and data analysis systems. The poster concludes with a description of plans for future upgrades of the VSII instrument.",
author = "{The VERITAS Collaboration} and David Kieda and Jonathan Davis and Tugdual LeBohec and Mike Lisa and Matthews, {Nolan K.} and Adams, {C. B.} and A. Archer and W. Benbow and A. Brill and Buckley, {J. H.} and M. Capasso and Christiansen, {J. L.} and Chromey, {A. J.} and M. Errando and A. Falcone and Farrell, {K. A.} and Q. Feng and Foote, {G. M.} and L. Fortson and A. Furniss and A. Gent and Gillanders, {G. H.} and C. Giuri and O. Gueta and D. Hanna and O. Hervet and J. Holder and B. Hona and Humensky, {T. B.} and W. Jin and P. Kaaret and M. Kertzman and Kleiner, {T. K.} and S. Kumar and Lang, {M. J.} and M. Lundy and G. Maier and McGrath, {C. E.} and P. Moriarty and R. Mukherjee and D. Nieto and M. Nievas-Rosillo and S. O'Brien and Ong, {R. A.} and Otte, {A. N.} and Patel, {S. R.} and S. Patel and K. Pfrang and M. Pohl and Prado, {R. R.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research is supported by grants from the US Department of Energy Office of Science, the US National Science Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution, and NSERC in Canada. This research used resources provided by the Open Science Grid, which is supported by the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Energy{\textquoteright}s Office of Science, and resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), a US Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. The authors gratefully acknowledge support under NSF Grant #AST 1806262 for the fabrication and commissioning of the VERITAS-SII instrumentation. We acknowledge the excellent work of the technical support staff at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory and the collaborating institutions in the construction and operation of the instrument. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Sissa Medialab Srl. All rights reserved.; 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 ; Conference date: 12-07-2021 Through 23-07-2021",
year = "2022",
month = mar,
day = "18",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "395",
journal = "Proceedings of Science",
issn = "1824-8039",
publisher = "Sissa Medialab Srl",
}