Operating performance of the gamma-ray Cherenkov telescope: An end-to-end Schwarzschild-Couder telescope prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Dournaux JL, De Franco A, Laporte P, White R, Greenshaw T, Sol H, Abchiche A, Allan D, Amans JP, Armstrong TP, Balzer A, Berge D, Boisson C, Bousquet JJ, Brown AM, Bryan M, Buchholtz G, Chadwick PM, Costantini H, Cotter G, Daniel M, De Frondat F, Dumas D, Ernenwein JP, Fasola G, Funk S, Gaudemard J, Graham JA, Gironnet J, Hervet O, Hidaka N, Hinton JA, Huet JM, Jégouzo I, Jogler T, Kawashima T, Kraus M, Lapington JS, Lefaucheur J, Markoff S, Melse T, Mohrmann L, Molnyeux P, Nolan SJ, Okumura A, Parsons RD, Ross D, Rowell G, Sato Y, Sayède F, Schmoll J, Schoorlemmer H, Servillat M, Stamatescu V, Stephan M, Stuik R, Sykes J, Tajima H, Thornhill J, Tibaldo L, Trichard C, Vink J, Watson J, Yamane N, Zech A, Zink A (2017)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2017

Journal

Publisher: Elsevier

Book Volume: 845

Pages Range: 355-358

DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.059

Abstract

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) consortium aims to build the next-generation ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray observatory. The array will feature different sizes of telescopes allowing it to cover a wide gamma-ray energy band from about 20. GeV to above 100. TeV. The highest energies, above 5. TeV, will be covered by a large number of Small-Sized Telescopes (SSTs) with a field-of-view of around 9°. The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), based on Schwarzschild-Couder dual-mirror optics, is one of the three proposed SST designs. The GCT is described in this contribution and the first images of Cherenkov showers obtained using the telescope and its camera are presented. These were obtained in November 2015 in Meudon, France.

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National Center for Scientific Research / Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) France (FR) University of Oxford United Kingdom (GB) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU) France (FR) Durham University United Kingdom (GB) University of Amsterdam Netherlands (NL) Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules (IN2P3) France (FR) The University of Liverpool United Kingdom (GB) Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Germany (DE) Nagoya University / 名古屋大学 Japan (JP) University of Leicester United Kingdom (GB) University of Adelaide Australia (AU) Leiden University Netherlands (NL)

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APA:

Dournaux, J.L., De Franco, A., Laporte, P., White, R., Greenshaw, T., Sol, H.,... Zink, A. (2017). Operating performance of the gamma-ray Cherenkov telescope: An end-to-end Schwarzschild-Couder telescope prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 845, 355-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.059

MLA:

Dournaux, J. L., et al. "Operating performance of the gamma-ray Cherenkov telescope: An end-to-end Schwarzschild-Couder telescope prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 845 (2017): 355-358.

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