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The first GCT camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Gamma Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is proposed to be part of the Small Size Telescope (SST) array of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The GCT dual-mirror optical design allows the use of a compact camera of diameter roughly 0.4 m. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-07 A. De Franco , R. White , D. Allan , T. Armstrong , T. Ashton , A. Balzer , D. Berge , R. Bose , A. M. Brown , J. Buckley , P. M. Chadwick , P. Cooke , G. Cotter , M. K. Daniel , S. Funk , T. Greenshaw , J. Hinton , M. Kraus , J. Lapington , P. Molyneux , P. Moore , S. Nolan , A. Okumura , D. Ross , C. Rulten , J. Schmoll , H. Schoorlemmer , M. Stephan , P. Sutcliffe , H. Tajima , J. Thornhill , L. Tibaldo , G. Varner , J. Watson , A. Zink

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

The next generation Cherenkov Telescope Array observatory: CTA

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a large collaborative effort aimed at the design and operation of an observatory dedicated to the VHE gamma-ray astrophysics in the energy range 30 GeV-100 TeV, which will improve by about one order of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Stefano Vercellone

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

Quality assurance of actuators for the Medium-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a future ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy providing unparalleled sensitivity in the energy range from 20 GeV up to 300 TeV. CTA will consist of telescopes with three different sizes.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-25 Heiko Salzmann , Jürgen Dick , Sebastian Diebold , Gerd Pühlhofer , Siegbert Renner , Andrea Santangelo , CTA MST Project

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

Development and Quality Control of PMT Modules for the Large-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

The camera of the Large-Sized Telescopes (LSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) consists of 1855 pixels that are grouped into 265 high-performance photomultiplier tube (PMT) modules. Each module comprises a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-05 T. Saito , M. Takahashi , Y. Inome , H. Abe , M. Artero , O. Blanch , J. Becerra González , S. Fukami , D. Hadasch , Y. Hanabata , Y. Hattori , J. Herrera Llorente , K. Ishio , H. Iwasaki , H. Katagiri , K. Kawamura , D. Kerszberg , S. Kimura , T. Kiyomoto , T. Kojima , Y. Konno , Y. Kobayashi , S. Koyama , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. López-Oramas , S. Masuda , S. Matsuoka , D. Mazin , D. Nakajima , T. Nakamori , T. Nagayoshi , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , G. Nishiyama , Y. Nogami , S. Nozaki , M. Ogino , H. Ohoka , T. Oka , S. Ono , A. Okumura , R. Orito , A. Rugliancich , S. Sakurai , N. Sasaki , Y. Sunada , M. Suzuki , K. Tamura , J. Takeda , Y. Terada , M. Teshima , F. Tokanai , Y. Tomono , S. Tsujimoto , Y. Tsukamoto , Y. Umetsu , T. Yamamoto , T. Yoshida

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

Characterization and performance of an upgraded front-end-board for NectarCAM

This paper presents an analysis of the updated version of the Front-End Board (FEB) for the NectarCAM camera, developed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO). The FEB is a critical component responsible for reading and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-12 F. Bradascio , F. Brun , F. Cangemi , S. Caroff , E. Delagnes , D. Gascon , J. -F. Glicenstein , D. Hoffmann , P. Jean , C. Juramy-Gilles , J. -P. Lenain , V. Marandon , J. -L. Meunier , E. Pierre , M. Punch , A. Sanuy , P. Sizun , F. Toussenel , B. Vallage , V. Voisin

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

Commissioning and Performance of CHEC-S -- a compact high-energy camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will present the next leap forward in gamma-ray astronomy, pushing beyond the present energy frontier to probe beyond 300 TeV. This capability is provided by the 70 Small Sized Telescopes (SSTs). The SSTs…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-23 Jason John Watson , Justus Zorn

Characterisation and Testing of CHEC-M - a camera prototype for the Small-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-17 J. Zorn , R. White , J. J. Watson , T. P. Armstrong , A. Balzer , M. Barcelo , D. Berge , R. Bose , A. M. Brown , M. Bryan , P. M. Chadwick , P. Clark , H. Costantini , G. Cotter , L. Dangeon , M. Daniel , A. De Franco , P. Deiml , G. Fasola , S. Funk , M. Gebyehu , J. Gironnet , J. A. Graham , T. Greenshaw , J. A. Hinton , M. Kraus , J. S. Lapington , P. Laporte , S. A. Leach , O. Le Blanc , A. Malouf , P. Molyneux , P. Moore , H. Prokoph , A. Okumura , D. Ross , G. Rowell , L. Sapozhnikov , H. Schoorlemmer , H. Sol , M. Stephan , H. Tajima , L. Tibaldo , G. Varner , A. Zink

Status of the Medium-Sized Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), is an international project for the next generation ground- based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy in the energy range from 20 GeV to 300 TeV. The sensitivity in the core energy range will be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-07 Markus Garczarczyk , Stefan Schlenstedt , Louise Oakes , Ullrich Schwanke , the MST Team

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

Monte Carlo Performance Studies of Candidate Sites for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next-generation gamma-ray observatory with sensitivity in the energy range from 20 GeV to beyond 300 TeV. CTA is proposed to consist of two arrays of 40-100 imaging atmospheric Cherenkov…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Maier , L. Arrabito , K. Bernlöhr , J. Bregeon , F. Di Pierro , T. Hassan , T. Jogler , J. Hinton , A. Moralejo , M. Wood

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

The calibration of the first Large-Sized Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) represents the next generation of very high-energy gamma-ray observatory, which will provide broad coverage of gamma rays from 20 GeV to 300 TeV with unprecedented sensitivity. CTA will employ three…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-23 S. Sakurai , D. Depaoli , R. López-Coto

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

The Camera Calibration Strategy of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation ground based observatory in very high energy gamma ray astronomy. The facility will achieve a wide energy coverage, starting from a threshold of a few tens of GeV up to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. K. Daniel , M. Gaug , P. Majumdar

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