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FlashCam: a fully-digital camera for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The FlashCam group is currently preparing photomultiplier-tube based cameras proposed for the medium-sized telescopes (MST) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The cameras are designed around the FlashCam readout concept which is the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Pühlhofer , C. Bauer , S. Bernhard , M. Capasso , S. Diebold , F. Eisenkolb , D. Florin , C. Föhr , S. Funk , A. Gadola , F. Garrecht , G. Hermann , I. Jung , O. Kalekin , C. Kalkuhl , J. Kasperek , T. Kihm , R. Lahmann , A. Manalaysay , A. Marszalek , M. Pfeifer , P. J. Rajda , O. Reimer , A. Santangelo , T. Schanz , T. Schwab , S. Steiner , U. Straumann , C. Tenzer , A. Vollhardt , Q. Weitzel , F. Werner , D. Wolf , K. Zietara

FlashCam: A fully digital camera for CTA telescopes

The future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will consist of several tens of telescopes of different mirror sizes. CTA will provide next generation sensitivity to very high energy photons from few tens of GeV to >100 TeV. Several focal plane…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 G. Pühlhofer , C. Bauer , A. Biland , D. Florin , C. Föhr , A. Gadola , G. Hermann , C. Kalkuhl , J. Kasperek , T. Kihm , J. Koziol , A. Manalaysay , A. Marszalek , P. J. Rajda , T. Schanz , S. Steiner , U. Straumann , C. Tenzer , P. Vogler , A. Vollhardt , Q. Weitzel , K. Winiarski , K. Zietara

Performance Verification of the FlashCam Prototype Camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a future gamma-ray observatory that is planned to significantly improve upon the sensitivity and precision of the current generation of Cherenkov telescopes. The observatory will consist of several…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-02 F. Werner , C. Bauer , S. Bernhard , M. Capasso , S. Diebold , F. Eisenkolb , S. Eschbach , D. Florin , C. Föhr , S. Funk , A. Gadola , F. Garrecht , G. Hermann , I. Jung , O. Kalekin , C. Kalkuhl , J. Kasperek , T. Kihm , R. Lahmann , A. Marszalek , M. Pfeifer , G. Principe , G. Pühlhofer , S. Pürckhauer , P. J. Rajda , O. Reimer , A. Santangelo , T. Schanz , T. Schwab , S. Steiner , U. Straumann , C. Tenzer , A. Vollhardt , D. Wolf , K. Zietara

An Efficient Test Facility For The Cherenkov Telescope Array FlashCam Readout Electronics Production

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the planned next-generation instrument for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy, currently under preparation by a world-wide consortium. The FlashCam group is preparing a photomultiplier-based camera for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-09 F. Eisenkolb , S. Diebold , C. Kalkuhl , G. Pühlhofer , A. Santangelo , T. Schanz , C. Tenzer , the FlashCam team , the CTA consortium

Trigger performance verification of the FlashCam prototype camera

FlashCam is a camera proposed for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). We compare camera trigger rates obtained from measurements with the camera prototype in the laboratory and Monte-Carlo simulations, when…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-23 S. Sailer , F. Werner , G. Hermann , M. Barcelo , C. Bauer , S. Bernhard , M. Biegger , F. Canelli , M. Capasso , S. Diebold , F. Eisenkolb , S. Eschbach , D. Florin , C. Föhr , S. Funk , A. Gadola , F. Garrecht , I. Jung , O. Kalekin , C. Kalkuhl , T. Kihm , R. Lahmann , M. Pfeifer , G. Principe , G. Pühlhofer , S. Pürckhauer , O. Reimer , A. Santangelo , M. Scalici , T. Schanz , T. Schwab , S. Steiner , U. Straumann , C. Tenzer , A. Vollhardt , D. Wolf

DigiCam - Fully Digital Compact Read-out and Trigger Electronics for the SST-1M Telescope proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The SST-1M is one of three prototype small-sized telescope designs proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array, and is built by a consortium of Polish and Swiss institutions. The SST-1M will operate with DigiCam - an innovative, compact…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-26 P. Rajda , K. Ziętara , W. Bilnik , J. Błocki , L. Bogacz , T. Bulik , F. Cadoux , A. Christov , M. Curyło , D. della Volpe , M. Dyrda , Y. Favre , A. Frankowski , Ł. Grudnik , M. Grudzińska , M. Heller , B. Idźkowski , M. Jamrozy , M. Janiak , J. Kasperek , K. Lalik , E. Lyard , E. Mach , D. Mandat , A. Marszałek , J. Michałowski , R. Moderski , M. Rameez , T. Montaruli , A. Neronov , J. Niemiec , M. Ostrowski , P. Paśko , M. Pech , A. Porcelli , E. Prandini , E. jr Schioppa , P. Schovanek , K. Seweryn , K. Skowron , V. Sliusar , M. Sowiński , Ł. Stawarz , M. Stodulska , M. Stodulski , S. Toscano , I. Troyano Pujadas , R. Walter , M. Więcek , A. Zagdański , P. Żychowski

Performance of the New FlashCam-based Camera in the 28\,m Telescope of H.E.S.S

In October 2019, the central 28 m telescope of the H.E.S.S. experiment has been upgraded with a new camera. The camera is based on the FlashCam design which has been developed in view of a possible future implementation in the Medium-Sized…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Baiyang Bi , Miquel Barcelo , Christian Bauer , Faical Ait Benkhali , Jacqueline Catalano , Sebastian Diebold , Christian Föhr , Stefan Funk , Gianluca Giavitto , German Hermann , Jim Hinton , Ira Jung-Richardt , Oleg Kalekin , Ruben Kankanyan , Thomas Kihm , Fabian Leuschner , Marc Pfeifer , Gerd Pühlhofer , Olaf Reimer , Simon Sailer , Heiko Salzmann , Andrea Santangelo , Simon Steinmassl , Thomas Schanz , Chris Tenzer , Felix Werner

A versatile digital camera trigger for telescopes in the Cherenkov Telescope Array

This paper describes the concept of an FPGA-based digital camera trigger for imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, developed for the future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The proposed camera trigger is designed to select images…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-09 U. Schwanke , M. Shayduk , K. -H. Sulanke , S. Vorobiov , R. Wischnewski

The NectarCAM camera project

In the framework of the next generation of Cherenkov telescopes, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), NectarCAM is a camera designed for the medium size telescopes covering the central energy range of 100 GeV to 30 TeV. NectarCAM will be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 J-F. Glicenstein , M. Barcelo , J-A. Barrio , O. Blanch , J. Boix , J. Bolmont , C. Boutonnet , S. Cazaux , E. Chabanne , C. Champion , F. Chateau , S. Colonges , P. Corona , S. Couturier , B. Courty , E. Delagnes , C. Delgado , J-P. Ernenwein , S. Fegan , O. Ferreira , M. Fesquet , G. Fontaine , N. Fouque , F. Henault , D. Gascón , D. Herranz , R. Hermel , D. Hoffmann , J. Houles , S. Karkar , B. Khelifi , J. Knödlseder , G. Martinez , K. Lacombe , G. Lamanna , T. LeFlour , R. Lopez-Coto , F. Louis , A. Mathieu , E. Moulin , P. Nayman , F. Nunio , J-F. Olive , J-L. Panazol , P-O. Petrucci , M. Punch , J. Prast , P. Ramon , M. Riallot , M. Ribó , S. Rosier-Lees , A. Sanuy , J. Siero , J-P. Tavernet , L. A. Tejedor , F. Toussenel , G. Vasileiadis , V. Voisin , V. Waegebert , C. Zurbach

NectarCAM : a camera for the medium size telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

NectarCAM is a camera proposed for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) covering the central energy range of ~100 GeV to ~30 TeV. It has a modular design and is based on the NECTAr chip, at the heart of which…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-27 J-F. Glicenstein , O. Abril , J-A. Barrio , O. Blanch~Bigas , J. Bolmont , F. Bouyjou , P. Brun , E. Chabanne , C. Champion , S. Colonges , P. Corona , E. Delagnes , C. Delgado , C. Diaz Ginzov , D. Durand , J-P. Ernenwein , S. Fegan , O. Ferreira , M. Fesquet , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , N. Fouque , D. Gascon , B. Giebels , F. Henault , R. Hermel , D. Hoffmann , D. Horan , J. Houles , P. Jean , L. Jocou , S. Karkar , J. Knoedlseder , R. Kossakowski , G. Lamanna , T. LeFlour , J-P. Lenain , A. Leveque , F. Louis , G. Martinez , Y. Moudden , E. Moulin , P. Nayman , F. Nunio , J-F. Olive , J-L. Panazol , S. Pavy , P-O. Petrucci , E. Pierre , J. Prast , M. Punch , P. Ramon , S. Rateau , T. Ravel , S. Rosier-Lees , A. Sanuy , M. Shayduk , P-Y. Sizun , K-H. Sulanke , J-P. Tavernet , L-A. Tejedor~Alvarez , F. Toussenel , G. Vasileiadis , V. Voisin , V. Waegebert , R. Wischnewski

Measurement of performance of the NectarCAM photodetectors

NectarCAM is a camera for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), which covers the energy range of 100 GeV to 30 TeV. The camera is equipped with 265 focal plane modules (FPMs). Each FPM comprises 7 pixels, each…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-13 A. Tsiahina , P. Jean , J. -F. Olive , J. Knödlseder , C. Marty , T. Ravel , C. Jarnot , B. Biasuzzi , J. Bolmont , F. Brun , S. Caroff , E. Delagnes , S. Fegan , G. Fontaine , D. Gascon , J. -F. Glicenstein , D. Hoffmann , S. Karkar , J. -P. Lenain , J. Paredes , P. -O. Petrucci , J. Prast , M. Ribó , S. Rivoire , A. Sanuy , P. Sharma , T. Suomijarvi , L. A. Tejedor , F. Toussenel

NectarCAM, a camera for the medium sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

NectarCAM is a camera proposed for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) which covers the core energy range of ~100 GeV to ~30 TeV. It has a modular design and is based on the NECTAr chip, at the heart of which…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 J-F. Glicenstein , M. Shayduk

The trigger design for AdvCam

The AdvCam is a next-generation camera for the Large-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory, based on silicon photomultipliers. Its fully digital readout system enables the design of new, sophisticated trigger logic.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-02 Leonid Burmistrov

A Smart Pixel Camera for future Cherenkov Telescopes

The Smart Pixel Camera is a new camera for imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, suited for a next generation of large multi-telescope ground based gamma-ray observatories. The design of the camera foresees all electronics needed to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 German Hermann , Svenja Carrigan , Bernhard Glück , Dominik Hauser

Development of the photomultiplier tube readout system for the first Large-Sized Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation ground-based very high energy gamma-ray observatory. The Large-Sized Telescope (LST) of CTA targets 20 GeV -- 1 TeV gamma rays and has 1855 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) installed in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Shu Masuda , Yusuke Konno , Juan Abel Barrio , Oscar Blanch Bigas , Carlos Delgado , Lluís Freixas Coromina , Shuichi Gunji , Daniela Hadasch , Kenichiro Hatanaka , Masahiro Ikeno , Jose Maria Illa Laguna , Yusuke Inome , Kazuma Ishio , Hideaki Katagiri , Hidetoshi Kubo , Gustavo Martínez , Daniel Mazin , Daisuke Nakajima , Takeshi Nakamori , Hideyuki Ohoka , Riccardo Paoletti , Stefan Ritt , Andrea Rugliancich , Takayuki Saito , Karl-Heinz Sulanke , Junki Takeda , Manobu Tanaka , Shunsuke Tanigawa , Luis Ángel Tejedor , Masahiro Teshima , Yugo Tsuchiya , Tomohisa Uchida , Tokonatsu Yamamoto , the LST team

End-to-end data acquisition pipeline for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will operate several types of telescopes and cameras. The individual camera trigger rates will vary much - from 0.6 to 15 kHz - while the content of the raw data will be heterogeneous. Raw data streams of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 E. Lyard , R. Walter

Comparison of Different Trigger and Readout Approaches for Cameras in the Cherenkov Telescope Array Project

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Shayduk , S. Vorobiov , U. Schwanke , R. Wischnewski

Improved performances of the NectarCAM, a Medium-Sized Telescope Camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

NectarCAM is a camera developed to detect Cherenkov light between 80 GeV and 30 TeV. It will equip the medium-sized telescopes (MST) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO). The camera comprises 265 modules, covering a field of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-28 F. Bradascio

Towards the Deployment of the First NectarCAM, a Medium-Sized-Telescope Camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

NectarCAM is a Cherenkov camera designed to detect gamma rays with energies between 80 GeV and 50 TeV. It will equip nine medium-sized telescopes (MSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory. NectarCAM consists of 1855 pixels…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 Pablo Correa , CTAO NectarCAM Collaboration

The AdvCam: Designing the future cameras for the Large-Sized Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

An international collaboration composed of Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Swiss institutes, is developing the advanced camera (AdvCam), the next-generation camera for Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes, designed specifically for the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-17 Matthieu Heller