TeV Gamma-Ray Observations of the Galactic Center

K. Kosack; the VERITAS collaboration

TeV Gamma-Ray Observations of the Galactic Center

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We report a possible detection of TeV gamma-rays from the Galactic Center by the Whipple 10m gamma-ray telescope. Twenty-six hours of data were taken over an extended period from 1995 through 2003 resulting in a total significance of 3.7 standard deviations. The measured excess corresponds to an integral flux of \Flux above an energy of $2.8 \mathrm{TeV}$, roughly 40% of the flux from the Crab Nebula at this energy. The 95% confidence region has an angular extent of about 15 arcmin and includes the position of Sgr A*. The detection is consistent with a point source and shows no evidence for variability.

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