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The GCT camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is proposed for the Small-Sized Telescope component of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). GCT's dual-mirror Schwarzschild-Couder (SC) optical system allows the use of a compact camera with small…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 Anthony M. Brown , A. Abchiche , D. Allan , J. P. Amans , T. P. Armstrong , A. Balzer , D. Berge , C. Boisson , J. -J. Bousquet , M. Bryan , G. Buchholtz , P. M. Chadwick , H. Costantini , G. Cotter , M. K. Daniel , A. De Franco , F. De Frondat , J. -L. Dournaux , D. Dumas , G. Fasola , S. Funk , J. Gironnet , J. A. Graham , T. Greenshaw , O. Hervet , N. Hidaka , J. A. Hinton , J. -M. Huet , I. Jegouzo , T. Jogler , M. Kraus , J. S. Lapington , P. Laporte , J. Lefaucheur , S. Markoff , T. Melse , L. Mohrmann , P. Molyneux , S. J. Nolan , A. Okumura , J. P. Osborne , R. D. Parsons , S. Rosen , D. Ross , G. Rowell , Y. Sato , F. Sayede , J. Schmoll , H. Schoorlemmer , M. Servillat , H. Sol , V. Stamatescu , M. Stephan , R. Stuik , J. Sykes , H. Tajima , J. Thornhill , L. Tibaldo , C. Trichard , J. Vink , J. J. Watson , R. White , N. Yamane , A. Zech , A. Zink , J. Zorn

Inauguration and First Light of the GCT-M Prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is a candidate for the Small Size Telescopes (SSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). Its purpose is to extend the sensitivity of CTA to gamma-ray energies reaching 300 TeV. Its dual-mirror…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-09 J. J. Watson , A. De Franco , A. Abchiche , D. Allan , J. -P. Amans , T. P. Armstrong , A. Balzer , D. Berge , C. Boisson , J. -J. Bousquet , A. M. Brown , M. Bryan , G. Buchholtz , P. M. Chadwick , H. Costantini , G. Cotter , M. K. Daniel , F. De Frondat , J. -L. Dournaux , D. Dumas , J. -P. Ernenwein , G. Fasola , S. Funk , J. Gironnet , J. A. Graham , T. Greenshaw , O. Hervet , N. Hidaka , J. A. Hinton , J. -M. Huet , I. Jegouzo , T. Jogler , M. Kraus , J. S. Lapington , P. Laporte , J. Lefaucheur , S. Markoff , T. Melse , L. Mohrmann , P. Molyneux , S. J. Nolan , A. Okumura , J. P. Osborne , R. D. Parsons , S. Rosen , D. Ross , G. Rowell , C. B. Rulten , Y. Sato , F. Sayéde , J. Schmoll , H. Schoorlemmer , M. Servillat , H. Sol , V. Stamatescu , M. Stephan , R. Stuik , J. Sykes , H. Tajima , J. Thornhill , L. Tibaldo , C. Trichard , J. Vink , R. White , N. Yamane , A. Zech , A. Zink , J. Zorn , the CTA Consortium

A Compact High Energy Camera (CHEC) for the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is one of the Small Size Telescopes (SSTs) proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) aimed at the 1 TeV to 300 TeV energy range. GCT will be equipped with a Compact High-Energy Camera (CHEC)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Richard White , Harm Schoorlemmer

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

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a forthcoming ground-based observatory for very-high-energy gamma rays. CTA will consist of two arrays of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, and will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-26 L. Tibaldo , A. Abchiche , D. Allan , J. -P. Amans , T. P. Armstrong , A. Balzer , D. Berge , C. Boisson , J. -J. Bousquet , A. M. Brown , M. Bryan , G. Buchholtz , P. M. Chadwick , H. Costantini , G. Cotter , M. K. Daniel , A. De Franco , F. De Frondat , J. -L. Dournaux , D. Dumas , J. -P. Ernenwein , G. Fasola , S. Funk , J. Gironnet , J. A. Graham , T. Greenshaw , O. Hervet , N. Hidaka , J. A. Hinton , J. -M. Huet , D. Jankowsky , I. Jegouzo , T. Jogler , M. Kraus , J. S. Lapington , P. Laporte , J. Lefaucheur , S. Markoff , T. Melse , L. Mohrmann , P. Molyneux , S. J. Nolan , A. Okumura , J. P. Osborne , R. D. Parsons , S. Rosen , D. Ross , G. Rowell , C. B. Rulten , Y. Sato , F. Sayede , J. Schmoll , H. Schoorlemmer , M. Servillat , H. Sol , V. Stamatescu , M. Stephan , R. Stuik , J. Sykes , H. Tajima , J. Thornhill , C. Trichard , J. Vink , J. J. Watson , R. White , N. Yamane , A. Zech , A. Zink , J. Zorn , the CTA Consortium

The dual-mirror Small Size Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

In this paper, the development of the dual mirror Small Size Telescopes (SST) for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is reviewed. Up to 70 SST, with a primary mirror diameter of 4 m, will be produced and installed at the CTA southern site.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 G. Pareschi , G. Agnetta , L. A. Antonelli , D. Bastieri , G. Bellassai , M. Belluso , C. Bigongiari , S. Billotta , B. Biondo , G. Bonanno , G. Bonnoli , P. Bruno , A. Bulgarelli , R. Canestrari , M. Capalbi , P. Caraveo , A. Carosi , E. Cascone , O. Catalano , M. Cereda , P. Conconi , V. Conforti , G. Cusumano , V. De Caprio , A. De Luca , A. Di Paola , F. Di Pierro , D. Fantinel , M. Fiorini , D. Fugazza , D. Gardiol , M. Ghigo , F. Gianotti , S. Giarrusso , E. Giro , A. Grillo , D. Impiombato , S. Incorvaia , A. La Barbera , N. La Palombara , V. La Parola , G. La Rosa , L. Lessio , G. Leto , S. Lombardi , F. Lucarelli , M. C. Maccarone , G. Malaguti , G. Malaspina , V. Mangano , D. Marano , E. Martinetti , R. Millul , T. Mineo , A. MistÒ , C. Morello , G. Morlino , M. R. Panzera , G. Rodeghiero , P. Romano , F. Russo , B. Sacco , N. Sartore , J. Schwarz , A. Segreto , G. Sironi , G. Sottile , A. Stamerra , E. Strazzeri , L. Stringhetti , G. Tagliaferri , V. Testa , M. C. Timpanaro , G. Toso , G. Tosti , M. Trifoglio , P. Vallania , S. Vercellone , V. Zitelli , J. P. Amans , C. Boisson , C. Costille , J. L. Dournaux , D. Dumas , G. Fasola , O. Hervet , J. M. Huet , P. Laporte , C. Rulten , H. Sol , A. Zech , R. White , J. Hinton , D. Ross , J. Sykes , S. Ohm , J. Schmoll , P. Chadwick , T. Greenshaw , M. Daniel , G. Cotter , G. S. Varner , S. Funk , J. Vandenbroucke , L. Sapozhnikov , J. Buckley , P. Moore , D. Williams , S. Markoff , J. Vink , D. Berge , N. Hidaka , A. Okumura , H. Tajima

Assessment of the GCT prototype's optical system implementation and other key performances for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project, led by an international collaboration of institutes, aims to create the world's largest next generation observatory for Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy. It will be devoted to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-26 A. Dmytriiev , L. Dangeon , G. Fasola , H. Sol , A. Zech , J. Gironnet , O. Le Blanc , J. P. Amans , G. Buchholtz , J. L. Dournaux , F. de Frondat , D. Horville , J. M. Huet , I. Jégouzo , P. Laporte

The small size telescope projects for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The small size telescopes (SSTs), spread over an area of several square km, dominate the CTA sensitivity in the photon energy range from a few TeV to over 100 TeV, enabling for the detailed exploration of the very high energy gamma-ray sky.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-27 Teresa Montaruli , Giovanni Pareschi , Tim Greenshaw

Performance of the Mechanical Structure of the SST-2M GCT Proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) consortium aims to create the next generation Very High Energy gamma-ray observatory. It will be devoted to the observation of gamma rays over a wide band of energy, from 20 GeV to 300 TeV. Three…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-27 Jean-Laurent Dournaux , Jean-Michel Huet , Delphine Dumas , Jean-Philippe Amans , Gilles Fasola , Philippe Laporte , Jean-Jacques Bousquet , Hélène Sol

Observing the sky at extremely high energies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array: Status of the GCT project

The Cherenkov Telescope Array is the main global project of ground-based gamma-ray astronomy for the coming decades. Performance will be significantly improved relative to present instruments, allowing a new insight into the high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-27 Sol , H. , Greenshaw , T. , Le Blanc , O. , White , R

Perspectives With The GCT End-to-end Prototype Of The Small-Sized Telescope Proposed For The Cherenkov Telescope Array

In the framework of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the GCT (Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope) team is building a dual-mirror telescope as one of the proposed prototypes for the CTA small size class of telescopes. The telescope is based…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 H. Costantini , J. -L. Dournaux , J. -P. Ernenwein , Ph. Laporte , H. Sol

Flasher and muon-based calibration of the GCT telescopes proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The GCT is a dual-mirror Small-Sized-Telescope prototype proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Calibration of the GCT's camera is primarily achieved with LED-based flasher units capable of producing $\sim4$ ns FWHM pulses of 400 nm…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Anthony M. Brown , Thomas Armstrong , Paula M. Chadwick , Michael Daniel , Richard White

A Compact High Energy Camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Compact High Energy Camera (CHEC) is a camera-development project involving UK, US, Japanese and Dutch institutes for the dual-mirror Small-Sized Telescopes (SST-2M) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). Two CHEC prototypes, based on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. K. Daniel , R. J. White , D. Berge , J. Buckley , P. M. Chadwick , G. Cotter , S. Funk , T. Greenshaw , N. Hidaka , J. Hinton , J. Lapington , S. Markoff , P. Moore , S. Nolan , S. Ohm , A. Okumura , D. Ross , L. Sapozhnikov , J. Schmoll , P. Sutcliffe , J. Sykes , H. Tajima , G. S. Varner , J. Vandenbroucke , J. Vink , D. Williams

The SST-1M camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The prototype camera of the single-mirror Small Size Telescopes (SST-1M) proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project has been designed to be very compact and to deliver high performance over thirty years of operation. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-27 E. J. Schioppa , F. Cadoux , A. Christov , D. della Volpe , Y. Favre , M. Heller , T. Montaruli , A. Porcelli , M. Rameez , I. Troyano Pujadas , W. Bilnik , J. Blocki , L. Bogacz , T. Bulik , M. Curylo , M. Dyrda , A. Frankowski , L. Grudniki , M. Grudzinska , B. Idzkowski , M. Jamrozy , M. Janiak , J. Kasperek , K. Lalik , E. Lyard , E. Mach , D. Mandat , A. Marszalek , J. Michaowski , R. Moderski , A. Neronov , J. Niemiec , M. Ostrowski , P. Pasko , M. Pech , E. Prandini , P. Rajda , P. Schovanek , K. Seweryn , K. Skowron , V. Sliusar , M. Sowinski , L. Stawarz , M. Stodulska , M. Stodulski , S. Toscano , R. Walter , M. Wiecek , A. Zagdanski , K. Zietara , P. Zychowski

Monte Carlo Studies of the GCT Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The GCT is an innovative dual-mirror solution proposed for the small-size telescopes for CTA, capable of imaging primary cosmic gamma-rays from below a TeV to hundreds of TeV. The reduced plate scale resulting from the secondary optics…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Thomas Armstrong , Heide Costantini , Cameron Rulten , Victor Stamatescu , Andreas Zech

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

Camera design and performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) is a candidate technology for a medium-sized telescope within the Cherenkov Telescope Array, the next generation ground based observatory for very high energy gamma ray astronomy. The SCT uses a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-02 C. Adams , G. Ambrosi , M. Ambrosio , C. Aramo , W. Benbow , B. Bertucci , E. Bissaldi , M. Bitossi , A. Boiano , C. Bonavolonta , R. Bose , A. Brill , J. H. Buckley , M. Caprai , L. Di Venere , Q. Feng , E. Fiandrini , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , O. Hervet , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , M. Ionica , W. Jin , P. Kaaret , D. Kieda , B. Kim , F. Licciulli , S. Loporchio , V. Masone , T. Meures , B. A. W. Mode , R. Mukherjee , F. R. Pantaleo , A. Okumura , A. Petrashyk , J. Powell , R. Paoletti , D. Ribeiro , A. Rugliancich , M. Santander , R. Shang , B. Stevenson , L. Stiaccini , L. P. Taylor , L. Tosti , V. Vagelli , M. Valentino , J. Vandenbroucke , V. Vassiliev , P. Wilcox , D. A. Williams

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

The Medium Size Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the planned next-generation instrument for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy, covering a photon energy range of ~20 GeV to above 100 TeV. CTA will consist of the order of 100 telescopes of three sizes,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Pühlhofer

SST-GATE: A dual mirror telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the world's first open observatory for very high energy gamma-rays. Around a hundred telescopes of different sizes will be used to detect the Cherenkov light that results from gamma-ray induced…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 A. Zech , J. -P. Amans , S. Blake , C. Boisson , C. Costille , F. De-Frondat , J. -L. Dournaux , D. Dumas , G. Fasola , T. Greenshaw , O. Hervet , J. -M. Huet , P. Laporte , C. Rulten , D. Savoie , F. Sayede , J. Schmoll , H. Sol