Bulletin of the AAS (BAAS), volume 40, number 1, 2008 (38.05)
IC 443 is a shell-type supernova remnant interacting with a molecular cloud and containing a pulsar wind nebula. TeV gamma-ray emission, likely associated either with cosmic rays (leptonic or hadronic) accelerated in the shell or with the pulsar wind nebula, has been observed by both the MAGIC and VERITAS telescopes. VERITAS is an array of four 12-m telescopes dedicated to gamma-ray astronomy in the energy band above 100 GeV. Located on Mt. Hopkins in southern Arizona, VERITAS observed IC 443 during spring 2007 with three telescopes, resulting in a strong detection of VHE gamma-ray emission. Additional observations were made during fall 2007 with the full four-telescope array. In this talk, results from these observations will be discussed in the context of existing multiwavelength data on IC 443.
