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Design and Performance of the first IceAct Demonstrator at the South Pole

In this paper we describe the first results of a compact imaging air-Cherenkov telescope, IceAct, operating in coincidence with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory (IceCube) at the geographic South Pole. An array of IceAct telescopes (referred…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 M. G. Aartsen , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , M. Ahrens , C. Alispach , K. Andeen , T. Anderson , I. Ansseau , G. Anton , C. Argüelles , T. C. Arlen , J. Auffenberg , S. Axani , P. Backes , H. Bagherpour , X. Bai , A. Balagopal V. , A. Barbano , I. Bartos , S. W. Barwick , B. Bastian , V. Baum , S. Baur , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , K. -H. Becker , J. Becker Tjus , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , E. Blaufuss , S. Blot , C. Bohm , M. Bohmer , M. Börner , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Böttcher , E. Bourbeau , J. Bourbeau , F. Bradascio , J. Braun , S. Bron , J. Brostean-Kaiser , A. Burgman , J. Buscher , R. S. Busse , T. Carver , C. Chen , E. Cheung , D. Chirkin , S. Choi , K. Clark , L. Classen , A. Coleman , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , P. Coppin , P. Correa , D. F. Cowen , R. Cross , P. Dave , C. De Clercq , J. J. DeLaunay , H. Dembinski , K. Deoskar , S. De Ridder , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , M. de With , T. DeYoung , A. Diaz , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , H. Dujmovic , M. Dunkman , M. A. DuVernois , E. Dvorak , B. Eberhardt , T. Ehrhardt , P. Eller , R. Engel , J. J. Evans , P. A. Evenson , S. Fahey , K. Farrag , A. R. Fazely , J. Felde , K. Filimonov , C. Finley , D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , E. Friedman , A. Fritz , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , E. Ganster , S. Garrappa , A. Gartner , L. Gerhardt , R. Gernhaeuser , K. Ghorbani , T. Glauch , T. Glüsenkamp , A. Goldschmidt , J. G. Gonzalez , D. Grant , Z. Griffith , S. Griswold , M. Günder , M. Gündüz , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , R. Halliday , L. Halve , F. Halzen , K. Hanson , J. Haugen , A. Haungs , D. Hebecker , D. Heereman , P. Heix , K. Helbing , R. Hellauer , F. Henningsen , S. Hickford , J. Hignight , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , B. Hoffmann , R. Hoffmann , T. Hoinka , B. Hokanson-Fasig , K. Holzapfel , K. Hoshina , F. Huang , M. Huber , T. Huber , T. Huege , K. Hultqvist , M. Hünnefeld , R. Hussain , S. In , N. Iovine , A. Ishihara , G. S. Japaridze , M. Jeong , K. Jero , B. J. P. Jones , F. Jonske , R. Joppe , O. Kalekin , D. Kang , W. Kang , A. Kappes , D. Kappesser , T. Karg , M. Karl , A. Karle , T. Katori , U. Katz , M. Kauer , A. Keivani , J. L. Kelley , A. Kheirandish , J. Kim , T. Kintscher , J. Kiryluk , T. Kittler , S. R. Klein , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , S. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , M. Kowalski , C. B. Krauss , K. Krings , G. Krückl , N. Kulacz , N. Kurahashi , A. Kyriacou , M. Labare , J. L. Lanfranchi , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , J. P. Lazar , K. Leonard , A. Leszczyńska , M. Leuermann , Q. R. Liu , E. Lohfink , J. LoSecco , C. J. Lozano Mariscal , L. Lu , F. Lucarelli , J. Lünemann , W. Luszczak , Y. Lyu , W. Y. Ma , J. Madsen , G. Maggi , K. B. M. Mahn , Y. Makino , P. Mallik , K. Mallot , S. Mancina , S. Mandalia , I. C. Mariş , S. Marka , Z. Marka , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , R. Maunu , F. McNally , K. Meagher , M. Medici , A. Medina , M. Meier , S. Meighen-Berger , T. Menne , G. Merino , T. Meures , J. Micallef , D. Mockler , G. Momenté , T. Montaruli , R. W. Moore , R. Morse , M. Moulai , P. Muth , R. Nagai , P. Nakarmi , U. Naumann , G. Neer , H. Niederhausen , M. U. Nisa , S. C. Nowicki , D. R. Nygren , A. Obertacke Pollmann , M. Oehler , A. Olivas , A. O'Murchadha , E. O'Sullivan , T. Palczewski , H. Pandya , D. V. Pankova , L. Papp , N. Park , P. Peiffer , C. Pérez de los Heros , T. C. Petersen , S. Philippen , D. Pieloth , E. Pinat , J. L. Pinfold , A. Pizzuto , M. Plum , A. Porcelli , P. B. Price , G. T. Przybylski , C. Raab , A. Raissi , M. Rameez , L. Rauch , K. Rawlins , I. C. Rea , R. Reimann , B. Relethford , M. Renschler , G. Renzi , E. Resconi , W. Rhode , M. Richman , M. Riegel , S. Robertson , M. Rongen , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , D. Ryckbosch , D. Rysewyk , I. Safa , S. E. Sanchez Herrera , A. Sandrock , J. Sandroos , P. Sandstrom , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , S. Sarkar , K. Satalecka , M. Schaufel , H. Schieler , P. Schlunder , T. Schmidt , A. Schneider , J. Schneider , F. G. Schröder , L. Schumacher , S. Sclafani , D. Seckel , S. Seunarine , M. H. Shaevitz , S. Shefali , M. Silva , R. Snihur , J. Soedingrekso , D. Soldin , S. Söldner-Rembold , M. Song , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , J. Stachurska , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , R. Stein , P. Steinmüller , J. Stettner , A. Steuer , T. Stezelberger , R. G. Stokstad , A. Stößl , N. L. Strotjohann , T. Stürwald , T. Stuttard , G. W. Sullivan , I. Taboada , A. Taketa , H. K. M. Tanaka , F. Tenholt , S. Ter-Antonyan , A. Terliuk , S. Tilav , K. Tollefson , L. Tomankova , C. Tönnis , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , A. Trettin , M. Tselengidou , C. F. Tung , A. Turcati , R. Turcotte , C. F. Turley , B. Ty , E. Unger , M. A. Unland Elorrieta , M. Usner , J. Vandenbroucke , W. Van Driessche , D. van Eijk , N. van Eijndhoven , S. Vanheule , J. van Santen , D. Veberic , M. Vraeghe , C. Walck , A. Wallace , M. Wallraff , N. Wandkowsky , T. B. Watson , C. Weaver , A. Weindl , M. J. Weiss , J. Weldert , C. Wendt , J. Werthebach , B. J. Whelan , N. Whitehorn , K. Wiebe , C. H. Wiebusch , L. Wille , D. R. Williams , L. Wills , M. Wolf , J. Wood , T. R. Wood , K. Woschnagg , G. Wrede , S. Wren , D. L. Xu , X. W. Xu , Y. Xu , J. P. Yanez , G. Yodh , S. Yoshida , T. Yuan , M. Zöcklein , T. Bretz , L. Rädel , S. Schoenen , J. Schumacher

Synergies between the Cherenkov Telescope Array and THESEUS

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

Status of the Monoscopic Analysis Chains for H.E.S.S. II

H.E.S.S. is a system of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) measuring cosmic gamma-rays with very high energies in Namibia. Extending the array with a fifth telescope with a mirror area of 600 m$^2$ leads to a lower energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Holler , A. Balzer , Y. Becherini , S. Klepser , T. Murach , M. de Naurois , R. Parsons

Status of the technologies for the production of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) mirrors

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation very high-energy gamma-ray observatory, with at least 10 times higher sensitivity than current instruments. CTA will comprise several tens of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-08 G. Pareschi , T. Armstrong , H. Baba , J. Bähr , A. Bonardi , G. Bonnoli , P. Brun , R. Canestrari , P. Chadwick , M. Chikawa , P. -H. Carton , V. de Souza , J. Dipold , M. Doro , D. Durand , M. Dyrda , A. Förster , M. Garczarczyk , E. Giro , J. -F. Glicenstein , Y. Hanabata , M. Hayashida , M. Hrabovski , C. Jeanney , M. Kagaya , H. Katagiri , L. Lessio , D. Mandat , M. Mariotti , C. Medina , J. Michałowski , P. Micolon , D. Nakajima , J. Niemiec , A. Nozato , M. Palatka , M. Pech , B. Peyaud , G. Pühlhofer , M. Rataj , G. Rodeghiero , G. Rojas , J. Rousselle , R. Sakonaka , P. Schovanek , K. Seweryn , C. Schultz , S. Shu , F. Stinzing , M. Stodulski , M. Teshima , P. Travniczek , C. van Eldik , V. Vassiliev , Ł. Wiśniewski , A. Wörnlein , T. Yoshida

Towards final characterisation and performance of the GCT prototype telescope structure for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is an innovative dual-mirror solution proposed for the Small Size Telescopes of the future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), capable of imaging the showers induced by cosmic gamma-rays with energies…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-22 Oriane Le Blanc , Gilles Fasola , Jean-Laurent Dournaux , Lucie Dangeon , Vincent Hocdé , Jean-Philippe Amans , Jean-Michel Huet , Isabelle Jégouzo , Philippe Laporte , Hélène Sol , Fatima De Frondat , Cédric Perennes , Johann Gironnet , Gilles Buchholtz , Abdel Abchiche

An Approach to Gamma-Hadron Separation via Measurements of the Middle-UV Fraction of EAS emission by an Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope with UV-Sensitive SiPM detectors

The operation of a small-size Cherenkov gamma-ray telescope TAIGA-IACT with camera on SiPMs OnSemi MicroFJ-60035 has been modelled by multiparticle Monte Carlo (MC) methods. The model implies that telescope camera is equipped with two…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-15 E. E. Kholupenko , D. V. Badmaev , N. M. Budnev , A. M. Bykov , A. M. Krassilchtchikov , L. A. Kuzmichev , A. A. Bogdanov , Yu. V. Chichagov , G. A. Repman , Yu. V. Tuboltsev

Detection methods for the Cherenkov Telescope Array at very-short exposure times

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation ground-based observatory for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy, with the deployment of tens of highly sensitive and fast-reacting Cherenkov telescopes. It will cover a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Ambra Di Piano , Andrea Bulgarelli , Valentina Fioretti , Leonardo Baroncelli , Nicolò Parmiggiani , Francesco Longo , Antonio Stamerra , Alicia López-Oramas , Giulia Stratta , and Giovanni De Cesare

Detailed Studies of Atmospheric Calibration in Imaging Cherenkov Astronomy

The current generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes are allowing the sky to be probed with greater sensitivity than ever before in the energy range around and above 100 GeV. To minimise the systematic errors on derived fluxes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Sam Nolan , Gerd Puehlhofer , Cameron Rulten

Cross Calibration of Telescope Optical Throughput Efficiencies using Reconstructed Shower Energies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

For reliable event reconstruction of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs), calibration of the optical throughput efficiency is required. Within current facilities, this is achieved through the use of ring shaped images generated…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-25 A. M. W. Mitchell , R. D. Parsons , W. Hofmann , K. Bernloehr

Probing extreme environments with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The physics of the non-thermal Universe provides information on the acceleration mechanisms in extreme environments, such as black holes and relativistic jets, neutron stars, supernovae or clusters of galaxies. In the presence of magnetic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-11 C. Boisson , A. M. Brown , A. Burtovoi , M. Cerruti , M. Chernyakova , T. Hassan , J. -P. Lenain , M. Manganaro , P. Romano , H. Sol , F. Tavecchio , S. Vercellone , L. Zampieri , R. Zanin , A. Zech , I. Agudo , R. Alves Batista , E. O. Anguner , L. A. Antonelli , M. Backes , C. Balazs , J. Becerra González , C. Bigongiari , E. Bissaldi , J. Bolmont , P. Bordas , Ž. Bošnjak , M. Böttcher , M. Burton , F. Cangemi , P. Caraveo , M. Cardillo , S. Caroff , A. Carosi , S. Casanova , S. Chaty , J. L. Contreras , J. G. Coelho , G. Cotter , A. D'Aì , F. D'Ammando , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , D. de Martino , C. Delgado , D. della Volpe , A. Djannati-Ataï , R. C. Dos Anjos , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , V. Dwarkadas , G. Emery , E. Fedorova , S. Fegan , M. D. Filipovic , G. Galanti , D. Gasparrini , G. Ghirlanda , P. Goldoni , J. Granot , J. G. Green , M. Heller , B. Hnatyk , R. Hnatyk , D. Horan , T. Hovatta , S. Inoue , M. Jamrozy , B. Khélifi , N. Komin , K. Kohri , A. Lamastra , N. La Palombara , E. Lindfors , I. Liodakis , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , F. Lucarelli , P. L. Luque-Escamilla , J. Marti , M. Martinez , D. Mazin , J. D. Mbarubucyeye , S. Menchiari , L. Mohrmann , T. Montaruli , A. Moralejo Olaizola , D. Morcuende , G. Morlino , A. Morselli , C. G. Mundell , T. Murach , A. Nagai , A. Nayerhoda , J. Niemiec , M. Nikolajuk , B. Olmi , M. Orienti , J. M. Paredes , G. Pareschi , A. Pe'er , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , O. Reimer , M. Ribó , F. Rieger , G. Rodriguez , J. Rodriguez , G. Romeo , M. Roncadelli , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , I. Sadeh , F. Salesa Greus , U. Sawangwit , F. Schüssler , O. Sergijenko , R. C. Shellard , F. G. Saturni , A. Stamerra , Th. Stolarczyk , G. Tagliaferri , V. Testa , L. Tibaldo , S. Ventura , A. Viana , J. Vink , V. Vitale , S. Vorobiov , A. Wierzcholska , M. Zacharias , D. Zavrtanik

The STACEE Project

The Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment (STACEE) is a telescope designed to explore the gamma-ray sky between 20 and 250 GeV using the atmospheric Cherenkov technique. STACEE is currently under construction. When completed,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rene A. Ong , Corbin E. Covault

Performance of the Large-Sized Telescope prototype of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The next-generation ground-based gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) will consist of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) of three different sizes distributed in two sites. The Large-Sized Telescopes will…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-21 Daniel Morcuende , Rubén López-Coto , Abelardo Moralejo , Seiya Nozaki , Thomas Vuillaume

Layout optimization and Performance of Large Array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (LACT)

Large Array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (LACT) is an array of 32 Cherenkov telescopes with 6-meter diameter mirrors to be constructed at the LHAASO site. In this work, we present a study on the layout optimization and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-24 Zhipeng Zhang , Ruizhi Yang , ShouShan Zhang , Zhen Xie , Jiali Liu , LiQiao Yin , YuDong Wang , Lingling Ma , Zhen Cao

GAW - A very large field-of-view Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope

GAW (Gamma Air Watch) is a pathfinder experiment in the TeV range to test the feasibility of a new generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT). It combines high flux sensitivity with large field-of-view (FoV=24deg x 24deg)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-06-14 Luisa Arruda , GAW collaboration

A parameterisation of the longitudinal Cherenkov emission profiles of gamma induced electromagnetic showers in the atmosphere in the GeV-TeV energy range

In gamma-ray astronomy through Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT), the atmosphere is used as a calorimeter. Incident gamma-rays in the GeV-TeV energy range are observed through the electromagnetic showers they produce in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-02 S. Sajjad , A. Falvard

Analysis of the Cherenkov Telescope Array first Large-Sized Telescope real data using convolutional neural networks

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the future ground-based gamma-ray observatory and will be composed of two arrays of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) located in the Northern and Southern hemispheres respectively. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-10 Thomas Vuillaume , Mikaël Jacquemont , Mathieu de Bony de Lavergne , David A. Sanchez , Vincent Poireau , Gilles Maurin , Alexandre Benoit , Patrick Lambert , Giovanni Lamanna , CTA-LST Project

A Butterfly's Eye Camera for Intensity Interferometry with Cherenkov Telescopes

In recent years, imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) have emerged as promising platforms for optical interferometry through the use of intensity interferometry. IACTs combine large segmented mirrors, photodetectors with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-21 Juan Cortina , Alejo Cifuentes-Santos , Tarek Hassan , Fernando Frias

Prospects for joint reconstruction of imaging air Cherenkov Telescope array and extensive air shower array

In this paper we proposed a joint reconstruction of \gray events using both extensive air array (EAS) and Imaging air Cherenkov Telescope array (IACT). We considered eight Cherenkov telescopes to be built on the LHAASO (Large High Altitude…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-23 Zhipeng Zhang , Ruizhi Yang , Shoushan Zhang , Liqiao Yin , Jiali Liu , Yudong Wang , Lingling Ma , Zhen Cao

Using muon rings for the optical throughput calibration of the SST-1M prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 S. Toscano , E. Prandini , 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 , T. Montaruli , A. Neronov , J. Niemiec , M. Ostrowski , P. Paśko , M. Pech , A. Porcelli , M. Rameez , P. Rajda , E. jr. Schioppa , P. Schovanek , K. Seweryn , K. Skowron , V. Sliusar , M. Sowiński , Ł. Stawarz , M. Stodulska , M. Stodulski , I. Troyano Pujadas , R. Walter , M. Więcek , A. Zagdański , K. Ziętara , P. Żychowski

CHEC: A Compact High Energy Camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array will provide unprecedented sensitivity and angular resolution to gamma rays across orders of magnitude in energy. Above 1 TeV up to around 300 TeV an array of Small-Sized Telescopes (SSTs) will cover several…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-17 Richard White