Exploiting VERITAS Timing Information
Astrophysics
2019-08-14 v1
Abstract
The 499 pixel photomultiplier cameras of the VERITAS gamma ray telescopes are instrumented with 500MHz sampling Flash ADCs. This paper describes a preliminary investigation of the best methods by which to exploit this information so as to optimize the signal-to-noise ratio for the detection of Cherenkov light pulses. The FADCs also provide unprecedented resolution for the study of the timing characteristics of Cherenkov images of cosmic-ray and gamma-ray air showers. This capability is discussed, together with the implications for gamma-hadron separation.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0507450,
title = {Exploiting VERITAS Timing Information},
author = {J. Holder},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0507450},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
4 pages. To appear in the Proceedings of the 29th ICRC, Pune