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The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a next-generation ground-based observatory for g -rays with energies between some ten GeV and a few hundred TeV. CTA is currently in the advanced design phase and will consist of arrays with different…

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The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory is in the R&D phase, in which the Water Cherenkov Detector Array is an important part. The signals of Photo-Multiplier Tubes would vary from single photo electron to 4000 photo electrons, and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-07-09 Lei Zhao , Weihao Wu , Jianfeng Liu , Yu Liang , Jiajun Qin , Li Yu , Shubin Liu , Qi An

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a project for a next-generation observatory for very high energy (GeV-TeV) ground-based gamma-ray astronomy, currently in its design phase, and foreseen to be operative a few years from now. Several…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next-generation gamma-ray observatory that is expected to reach one order of magnitude better sensitivity than that of current telescope arrays. The Large-Sized Telescopes (LSTs) have an essential…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-23 Yukiho Kobayashi , Akira Okumura , Franca Cassol , Hideaki Katagiri , Julian Sitarek , Paweł Gliwny , Seiya Nozaki , Yuto Nogami

LUNASKA (Lunar UHE Neutrino Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array) is a theoretical and experimental project developing the lunar Cherenkov technique for the next generation of giant radio-telescope arrays. Here we report on a series…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the the next generation facility of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes; two sites will cover both hemispheres. CTA will reach unprecedented sensitivity, energy and angular resolution in…

Tunka-Rex (Tunka Radio Extension) is an antenna array for cosmic-ray detection located in Siberia. Previous studies of cosmic rays with Tunka-Rex have shown high precision in determining the energy of the primary particle and the…

A data acquisition (DAQ) system has been developed which will read out and control calorimeters serving as prototype systems for a future detector at an electron-positron linear collider. This is a modular, flexible and scalable DAQ system…

The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) represents an important step forward in the study of extreme astrophysical processes in the universe. It combines the power of the atmospheric Cherenkov imaging technique…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 T. C. Weekes

The FemtoDAQ is a low-cost two channel data acquisition system which we have used to investigate the signal characteristics of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) coupled to fast scintillators. The FemtoDAQ system can also be used to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 Wojtek Skulski , Andreas Ruben , Segev BenZvi

The Large Area Water Cherenkov Array (LAWCA) experiment focuses on high energy gamma astronomy between 100 GeV and 30 TeV. Invoked by the idea of hardware triggerless structure, a prototype of LAWCA trigger electronics is implemented in one…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-05-22 Yao Lin , Zhao Lei , Shang Lin-Feng , Liu Shu-Bin , An Qi

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation very high energy gamma-ray observatory covering the 20 GeV - 300 TeV energy range with unprecedented sensitivity, angular and energy resolution. With a site in each hemisphere, CTA…

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) is designed for high energy gamma ray and cosmic ray detection. A Water Cherenkov Detector Array which is sensitive to gamma ray showers above a few hundred GeV is proposed to survey…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-03-14 Jianfeng Liu , Lei Zhao , Li Yu , Yu Liang , Jiajun Qin , Yunfang Yang , Weihao Wu , Shubin Liu , Qi An

Very High Energy gamma-ray astronomy with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is evolving towards the model of a public observatory. Handling, processing and archiving the large amount of data generated by the CTA instruments and delivering…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes. It will reach a sensitivity and energy resolution never obtained until now by any other high energy gamma-ray experiment. Understanding…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-22 G. Vasileiadis , O. Blanch , J. Bregeon , P. Brun , O. Calpe , M. Colak , M. Doro , L. Font , M. Gaug , S. Griffiths , C. Maggio , M. Martinez , O. Martinez , P. Ristori , S. Rivoire

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory, with dozens of telescopes located in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, will be the largest ground-based gamma-ray observatory and will provide broad energy coverage from 20 GeV to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-23 A. Bulgarelli , S. Caroff , A. Addis , P. Aubert , L. Baroncelli , G. De Cesare , A. DiPiano , V. Fioretti , E. Garcia , G. Maurin , N. Parmiggiani , T. Vuillaume , I. Oya , C. Hoischen

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory is an array of large water Cherenkov detectors sensitive to gamma rays and hadronic cosmic rays in the energy band between 100 GeV and 100 TeV. The observatory will be used to measure…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-11 A. U. Abeysekara , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Álvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. S. Barber , B. M. Baughman , N. Bautista-Elivar , E. Belmont , S. Y. BenZvi , D. Berley , M. Bonilla Rosales , J. Braun , R. A. Caballero-Lopez , A. Carramiñana , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , E. de la Fuente , C. De León , T. DeYoung , R. Diaz Hernandez , J. C. Diaz-Velez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , R. W. Ellsworth , A. Fernandez , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , A. Galindo , J. L. Garcia-Luna , G. Garcia-Torales , F. Garfias , L. X. González , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , V. Grabski , M. Gussert , Z. Hampel-Arias , C. M. Hui , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Imran , A. Iriarte , P. Karn , D. Kieda , G. J. Kunde , A. Lara , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , D. Lennarz , H. León Vargas , E. C. Linares , J. T. Linnemann , M. Longo , R. Luna-García , A. Marinelli , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. J. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , J. Nava , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , R. Noriega-Papaqui , T. Oceguera-Becerra , B. Patricelli , R. Pelayo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , J. Pretz , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , H. Salazar , F. Salesa , A. Sandoval , E. Santos , M. Schneider , S. Silich , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , K. Sparks , R. W. Springer , I. Taboada , P. A. Toale , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , T. N. Ukwatta , L. Villaseñor , T. Weisgarber , S. Westerhoff , I. G. Wisher , J. Wood , G. B. Yodh , P. W. Younk , D. Zaborov , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is designed to be the next major observatory operating in the Very High Energy (VHE, $\gtrsim 100$ GeV) gamma-ray band. It will build on the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique but will go much…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 M. G. Bernardini

A LED flasher has been developed for TUNKA-133 EAS Cherenkov detector. A blue ultra bright InGaN LED is used as a light source in the flasher. The flasher's driver is based on a fast discharge of a small capacitor via a complementary pair…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2007-09-05 B. K. Lubsandorzhiev , R. V. Poleshuk , B. A. J. Shaibonov , Y. E. Vyatchin , A. Z. Zablotsky