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The reflector used by an imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope (IACT) consists of a tessellated array of mirrors mounted on a large frame. This arrangement allows for a very large reflecting surface with sufficient optical quality for the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-29 A. McCann , D. Hanna , M. McCutcheon

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 IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a Cherenkov detector located at the South Pole. Its main component consists of an in-ice array of optical modules instrumenting one cubic kilometer of deep Glacial ice. The DeepCore sub-detector is a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-29 Shiqi Yu

We discuss design considerations and simulation results for IceRay, a proposed large-scale ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrino detector at the South Pole. The array is designed to detect the coherent Askaryan radio emission from UHE neutrino…

A medium-sized Schwarzchild-Couder Telescope (SCT) is being developed as a possible extension for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The Cherenkov camera of the telescope is designed to have 11328 silicon photomultiplier pixels capable of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Santander , J. Buckley , B. Humensky , R. Mukherjee

The IceCube observatory is the first cubic kilometre scale instrument in the field of high-energy neutrino astronomy and cosmic rays. In 2009, following five successful deployment seasons, IceCube consisted of 59 strings of optical modules…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Klas Hultqvist

The VERITAS Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope array (IACT) was augmented in 2019 with high-speed focal plane electronics to allow the use of VERITAS for Stellar Intensity Interferometry (SII) observations. Since that time, several…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-23 D. B Kieda , Jonathan Davis , Tugdual LeBohec , Mike Lisa , Nolan K. Matthews

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

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is an atmospheric Cherenkov observatory that will image the cosmos in very-high-energy gamma rays. CTA will study the highest-energy particle accelerators in the Universe and potentially confirm the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 J. Vandenbroucke

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

IceCube is an all-flavor, cubic kilometer neutrino telescope currently under construction in the deep glacial ice at the South Pole. Its embedded optical sensors detect Cherenkov light from charged particles produced in neutrino…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-10-15 Michelangelo D'Agostino

The Compact High Energy Camera (CHEC) is a camera design for the Small-Sized Telescopes (SSTs; 4 m diameter mirror) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The SSTs are focused on very-high-energy $\gamma$-ray detection via atmospheric…

We report on the characterization of candidate light sensors for use in the next-generation Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope project called Cherenkov Telescope Array, a major astro-particle physics project of about 100 telescopes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 M. L. Knoetig , R. Mirzoyan , M. Kurz , J. Hose , E. Lorenz , T. Schweizer , M. Teshima , P. Buzhan , E. Popova , J. Bolmont , J. -P. Tavernet , P. Vincent , M. Shayduk

Measurement of diffuse gamma-ray emission from the Milky Way with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT) is difficult because of high level of charged cosmic ray background and small field-of-view. We show that such a measurement…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-13 A. Neronov , D. Semikoz

Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are being considered as potential replacements for conventional photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). However, a significant disadvantage of SiPMs is crosstalk (CT), wherein photons propagate through other pixels,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-06-05 Guanda Li , Lei Wang , Xilei Sun , Fang Liu , Cong Guo , Kangkang Zhao , Lei Tian , Zeyuan Yu , Zhilong Hou , Chi Li , Yu Lei , Bin Wang , Rongbin Zhou

The ALICE Collaboration is proposing a completely new apparatus, ALICE 3, for the LHC Run 5 and beyond. A key subsystem for charged particle identification will be a Ring-Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detector consisting of an aerogel radiator…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array is a world-wide project for a new generation of ground-based Cherenkov telescopes of the Imaging class with the aim of exploring the highest energy region of the electromagnetic spectrum. With two planned…

The Wavelength-shifting Optical Module (WOM) is a novel optical sensor that uses wavelength shifting and light guiding to substantially enhance the photosensitive area of UV optical modules. It has been designed for the IceCube Upgrade, a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-22 John Rack-Helleis , Anna Pollmann , Martin Rongen

Development of the Silicon photomultiplier Elementary Cell Add-on camera (SiECA) has provided extensive information regarding the use of SiPMs for future cosmic ray detection systems. We present the technical aspects of sensor readout…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-27 W. Painter , A. Haungs , T. Huber , M. Karus , A. Menshikov , M. Oehler , M. Renschler , JEM-EUSO Collaboration

A significant source of noise for Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs), which are designed to measure air showers caused by astrophysical gamma rays, is optical light emitted from the night sky. This Night Sky Background (NSB)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-30 Gerrit Roellinghoff , Samuel T. Spencer , Stefan Funk