The camera of the fifth H.E.S.S. telescope. Part I: System description
Abstract
In July 2012, as the four ground-based gamma-ray telescopes of the H.E.S.S. (High Energy Stereoscopic System) array reached their tenth year of operation in Khomas Highlands, Namibia, a fifth telescope took its first data as part of the system. This new Cherenkov detector, comprising a 614.5 m^2 reflector with a highly pixelized camera in its focal plane, improves the sensitivity of the current array by a factor two and extends its energy domain down to a few tens of GeV. The present part I of the paper gives a detailed description of the fifth H.E.S.S. telescope's camera, presenting the details of both the hardware and the software, emphasizing the main improvements as compared to previous H.E.S.S. camera technology.
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@article{arxiv.1310.5877,
title = {The camera of the fifth H.E.S.S. telescope. Part I: System description},
author = {J. Bolmont and P. Corona and P. Gauron and P. Ghislain and C. Goffin and L. Guevara Riveros and J. -F. Huppert and O. Martineau-Huynh and P. Nayman and J. -M. Parraud and J. -P. Tavernet and F. Toussenel and D. Vincent and P. Vincent and W. Bertoli and P. Espigat and M. Punch and D. Besin and E. Delagnes and J. -F. Glicenstein and Y. Moudden and P. Venault and H. Zaghia and L. Brunetti and P. -Y. David and J-M. Dubois and A. Fiasson and N. Geffroy and I. Gomes Monteiro and L. Journet and F. Krayzel and G. Lamanna and T. Le Flour and S. Lees and B. Lieunard and G. Maurin and P. Mugnier and J. -L. Panazol and J. Prast and L. -M. Chounet and B. Degrange and E. Edy and G. Fontaine and B. Giebels and S. Hormigos and B. Khélifi and P. Manigot and P. Maritaz and M. de Naurois and M. Compin and F. Feinstein and D. Fernandez and J. Mehault and S. Rivoire and S. Royer and M. Sanguillon and G. Vasileiadis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.5877},
year = {2015}
}
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16 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in NIM A