Intercalibration of Cherenkov Telescopes in Telescope Arrays
Astrophysics
2008-11-26 v1
Authors:
Werner Hofmann
Abstract
A simple analysis technique is described which allows to intercalibrate the response of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes in stereoscopic telescope arrays at a level of 1-2%.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0302346,
title = {Intercalibration of Cherenkov Telescopes in Telescope Arrays},
author = {Werner Hofmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0302346},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Latex, 5 pages, 1 Figure, submitted to Astroparticle Physics
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