Commissioning and Performance of the Trinity Demonstrator
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2025-05-21 v2 Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract
The Trinity Demonstrator is a proof of concept prototype for the Trinity Neutrino Observatory, which is sensitive to astrophysical neutrinos above PeV energies. The Demonstrator is a one-square meter class imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope deployed on Frisco Peak, Utah, and remotely operated. The light-collection surface is equipped with 77 mirror facets with 15 cm diameter, and its field of view is instrumented with a 256-pixel camera yielding a angular resolution. The camera signals are digitized with a 100 MS/s, and 12-bit resolution switched capacitor array readout. We discuss the Demonstrator's design, the telescope's deployment on Frisco Peak, and its commissioning.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2503.11864,
title = {Commissioning and Performance of the Trinity Demonstrator},
author = {Mahdi Bagheri and Adam Barletta and Jordan Bogdan and Anthony M. Brown and Luigi Cedeno and Mariia Fedkevych and Srikar Gadamsetty and Eliza Gazda and Jamie Holder and Eleanor Judd and Dave Kieda and Evgeny Kuznetsov and Nolan Lew and Oscar Romero Matamala and Arnav Menon and Nepomuk A. Otte and Mathew Potts and Wayne Springer and Sofia Stepanoff and Ace Wilcox and Angelina Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.11864},
year = {2025}
}