First Results from a Search for TeV Emission from BL Lacs

Catanese, M.; Boyle, P. J.; Buckley, J. H.; Burdett, A. M.; Gordo, J. Bussons; Carter-Lewis, D. A.; Cawley, M. F.; Fegan, D. J.; Finley, J. P.; Gaidos, J. A.; Hillas, A. M.; Krennrich, F.; Lamb, R. C.; Lessard, R. W.; Masterson, C.; McEnery, J. E.; Mohanty, G.; Quinn, J.; Rodgers, A. J.; Rose, H. J.; Samuelson, F. W.; Sembroski, G. H.; Srinivasan, R.; Weekes, T. C.; Zweerink, J.

First Results from a Search for TeV Emission from BL Lacs

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Two active galactic nuclei have been detected at TeV energies using the atmospheric Cherenkov imaging technique. The Whipple Observatory gamma-ray telescope has been used to observe all the BL Lacertae objects in the northern hemisphere out to a redshift of 0.1. We report the tentative detection of VHE emission from a third BL Lac object, 1ES 2344+514. Progress in extending this survey out to z=0.2 will also be reported.
4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in proceedings of 25th ICRC (Durban)