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A new solution for mirror coating in $\gamma$-ray Cherenkov Astronomy

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2014-06-04 v1

Abstract

In the γ\gamma-ray Cherenkov Astronomy framework mirror coating plays a crucial role in defining the light response of the telescope. We carried out a study for new mirror coating solutions with both a numerical simulation software and a vacuum chamber for small sample production. In this article, we present a new mirror coating solution consisting of a 28-layer interferometric SiO2_{2}-TiO2_{2}-HfO2_{2} design deposited on a glass substrate, whose average reflectance is above 90%90\% for normally incident light in the wavelength range between 300 and 550 nm.

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@article{arxiv.1406.0622,
  title  = {A new solution for mirror coating in $\gamma$-ray Cherenkov Astronomy},
  author = {Antonio Bonardi and Gerd Pühlhofer and Stephan Hermanutz and Andrea Santangelo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.0622},
  year   = {2014}
}

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6 pages, 5 figures. Article submitted to Experimental Astronomy, the final publication is available at link.springer.com

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