Using muon rings for the optical throughput calibration of the SST-1M prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Abstract
Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) are ground-based instruments devoted to the study of very high energy gamma-rays coming from space. The detection technique consists of observing images created by the Cherenkov light emitted when gamma rays, or more generally cosmic rays, propagate through the atmosphere. While in the case of protons or gamma-rays the images present a filled and more or less elongated shape, energetic muons penetrating the atmosphere are visualised as characteristic circular rings or arcs. A relatively simple analysis of the ring images allows the reconstruction of all the relevant parameters of the detected muons, such as the energy, the impact parameter, and the incoming direction, with the final aim to use them to calibrate the total optical throughput of the given IACT telescope. We present the results of preliminary studies on the use of images created by muons as optical throughput calibrators of the single mirror small size telescope prototype SST-1M proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array.
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@article{arxiv.1509.00266,
title = {Using muon rings for the optical throughput calibration of the SST-1M prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array},
author = {S. Toscano and E. Prandini and W. Bilnik and J. Błocki and L. Bogacz and T. Bulik and F. Cadoux and A. Christov and M. Curyło and D. della Volpe and M. Dyrda and Y. Favre and A. Frankowski and Ł. Grudnik and M. Grudzińska and M. Heller and B. Idźkowski and M. Jamrozy and M. Janiak and J. Kasperek and K. Lalik and E. Lyard and E. Mach and D. Mandat and A. Marszałek and J. Michałowski and R. Moderski and T. Montaruli and A. Neronov and J. Niemiec and M. Ostrowski and P. Paśko and M. Pech and A. Porcelli and M. Rameez and P. Rajda and E. jr. Schioppa and P. Schovanek and K. Seweryn and K. Skowron and V. Sliusar and M. Sowiński and Ł. Stawarz and M. Stodulska and M. Stodulski and I. Troyano Pujadas and R. Walter and M. Więcek and A. Zagdański and K. Ziętara and P. Żychowski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.00266},
year = {2019}
}
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In Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015), The Hague, The Netherlands. All CTA contributions at arXiv:1508.05894