The STACEE Ground-Based Gamma-Ray Detector
Astrophysics
2008-12-18 v1
Abstract
We describe the design and performance of the Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment (STACEE) in its complete configuration. STACEE uses the heliostats of a solar energy research facility to collect and focus the Cherenkov photons produced in gamma-ray induced air showers. The light is concentrated onto an array of photomultiplier tubes located near the top of a tower. The large Cherenkov photon collection area of STACEE results in a gamma-ray energy threshold below that of previous ground-based detectors. STACEE is being used to observe pulsars, supernova remnants, active galactic nuclei, and gamma-ray bursts.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0506613,
title = {The STACEE Ground-Based Gamma-Ray Detector},
author = {STACEE Collaboration and D. M. Gingrich and L. M. Boone and D. Bramel and J. Carson and C. E. Covault and P. Fortin and D. S. Hanna and J. A. Hinton and A. Jarvis and J. Kildea and T. Lindner and C. Mueller and R. Mukherjee and R. A. Ong and K. Ragan and R. A. Scalzo and C. G. Theoret and D. A. Williams and J. A. Zweerink},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0506613},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Presented at the 2004 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium