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The future ground-based gamma-ray observatory Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will feature multiple types of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, each with thousands of pixels. To be affordable, camera concepts for these telescopes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 S. Funk , D. Jankowsky , H. Katagiri , M. Kraus , A. Okumura , H. Schoorlemmer , A. Shigenaka , H. Tajima , L. Tibaldo , G. Varner , A. Zink , J. Zorn

TARGET~5 is a new application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) of the TARGET family, designed for the readout of signals from photosensors in the cameras of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) for ground-based gamma-ray…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-21 A. Albert , S. Funk , T. Kawashima , M. Murphy , A. Okumura , R. Quagliani , L. Sapozhnikov , H. Tajima , L. Tibaldo , J. Vandenbroucke , G. Varner , T. Wu

TARGET is an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designed to read out signals recorded by the photosensors in cameras of very-high-energy gamma-ray telescopes exploiting the imaging of Cherenkov radiation from atmospheric…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 L. Tibaldo , J. A. Vandenbroucke , A. M. Albert , S. Funk , T. Kawashima , M. Kraus , A. Okumura , L. Sapozhnikov , H. Tajima , G. S. Varner , T. Wu , A. Zink

We have developed an application-specific integrated circui (ASIC) for photomultipler tube (PMT) waveform digitization which is well-suited for the Schwarzschild-Couder optical system under development for the Cherenkov Telescope Array…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Justin Vandenbroucke , Keith Bechtol , Stefan Funk , Akira Okumura , Hiro Tajima , Gary Varner

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project aims to build the largest ground-based gamma-ray observatory based on an array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). The CTA will implement a multi-level trigger system to…

The next-generation very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray observatory, the Cherenkov Telescope Array, will feature dozens of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs), each with thousands of pixels of photo-sensors. To be affordable and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 K. Bechtol , S. Funk , A. Okumura , L. Ruckman , A. Simons , H. Tajima , J. Vandenbroucke , G. Varner

A versatile and reconfigurable ASIC is presented, which implements two different concepts of low level trigger (L0) for Cherenkov telescopes: the Majority trigger (sum of discriminated inputs) and the Sum trigger concept (analogue clipped…

Time and charge measurements over a large dynamic range from 1 Photo Electron (P.E.) to 4000 P.E. are required for the Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA), which is one of the key components in the Large High Altitude Air Shower…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-26 Yu Liang , Lei Zhao , Yuxiang Guo , Jiajun Qin , Yunfang Yang , Boyu Cheng , Shubin Liu , Qi An

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

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…

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) is designed for high energy gamma ray and cosmic ray detection. A Water Cherenkov Detector Array which is sensitive to gamma ray showers above a few hundred GeV is proposed to survey…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-03-14 Jianfeng Liu , Lei Zhao , Li Yu , Yu Liang , Jiajun Qin , Yunfang Yang , Weihao Wu , Shubin Liu , Qi An

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory is in the R&D phase, in which the Water Cherenkov Detector Array is an important part. The signals of Photo-Multiplier Tubes would vary from single photo electron to 4000 photo electrons, and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-07-09 Lei Zhao , Weihao Wu , Jianfeng Liu , Yu Liang , Jiajun Qin , Li Yu , Shubin Liu , Qi An

Compact multi-channel radiation detectors rely on low noise front-end application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) to achieve high spectral resolution. Here, a new ASIC developed to readout virtual Frisch-grid cadmium zinc telluride…

The water Cherenkov detector array (WCDA) is one of the key detectors in the large high altitude air shower observatory (LHAASO), which is proposed for very high gamma ray source survey. In WCDA, there are more than 3000 photomultiplier…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-06-26 Shengzhi Zhou , Lei Zhao , Yuxiang Guo , Ruoshi Dong , Boyu Cheng , Jiajun Qin , Sifan Qian , Shubin Liu , Qi An

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

The Multi-channel Intergrated Zone-sampling Analogue-memory based Readout (MIZAR) ASIC is a new type of front-end electronics which has been developed for the detection of the optical Cherenkov signals by Extensive Air Showers directly…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the the next generation facility of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes; two sites will cover both hemispheres. CTA will reach unprecedented sensitivity, energy and angular resolution in…

Joint progresses in Cd(Zn)Te detectors, microelectronics and interconnection technologies open the way for a new generation of instruments for physics and astrophysics applications in the energy range from 1 to 1000 keV. Even working…

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