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Reconstruction of extensive air shower images of the first Large Size Telescope prototype of CTA using a novel likelihood technique

Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy aims at reconstructing the energy and direction of gamma rays from the extensive air showers they initiate in the atmosphere. Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT) collect the Cherenkov light…

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Advances in Optical / Infrared Interferometry

After decades of experimental projects and fast-paced technical advances, optical / infrared (O/IR) interferometry has seen a revolution in the last years. The GRAVITY instrument at the VLTI with four 8 meter telescopes reaches thousand…

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Simulation Study of TenTen: A new Multi-TeV IACT array

TenTen is a proposed array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT) optimized for the gamma ray energy regime of 10 TeV to 100 TeV, but with a threshold of ~1 to a few TeV. It will offer a collecting area of 10 km2 above energies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-17 V. Stamatescu , G. Rowell , R. Clay , B. Dawson , J. Denman , R. Dunbar , R. Protheroe , A. Smith , G. Thornton , N. Wild

Study on a prototype of the large dimensional refractive lens for the future large field-of-view IACT

In gamma ray astronomy, the energy range from sub-100GeV to TeV is crucial due to where there is a gap between space experiments and ground-based ones. In addition, observations in this energy range are expected to provide more details…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-08 T. L. Chen , Z. Wang , Q. Gao , C. Liu , Y. Zhang , H. B. Hu , H. Cai , X. Y. Zhang , H. Y. Yang , Y. Shi , Danzengluobu , M. Y. Liu , Z. Y. Feng , Y. L. Feng , Y. Q. Guo , Q. B. Gou , Z. Tian , Y. X. Xiao

MACHETE: A transit Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope to survey half of the Very High Energy $\gamma$-ray sky

Current Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes for Very High Energy $\gamma$-ray astrophysics are pointing instruments with a Field of View up to a few tens of sq deg. We propose to build an array of two non-steerable (drift) telescopes.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-26 J. Cortina , R. López-Coto , A. Moralejo

INFN Camera demonstrator for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-08 G. Ambrosi , M. Ambrosio , C. Aramo , B. Bertucci , E. Bissaldi , M. Bitossi , S. Brasolin , G. Busetto , R. Carosi , S. Catalanotti , M. A. Ciocci , R. Consoletti , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , F. de Palma , R. Desiante , T. Di Girolamo , C. Di Giulio , M. Doro , D. D'Urso , G. Ferraro , F. Ferrarotto , F. Gargano , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , G. Giraudo , M. Iacovacci , M. Ionica , M. Iori , F. Longo , M. Mariotti , S. Mastroianni , M. Minuti , A. Morselli , R. Paoletti , G. Pauletta , R. Rando , G. Rodriguez Fernandez , A. Rugliancich , D. Simone , C. Stella , A. Tonachini , P. Vallania , L. Valore , V. Vagelli , V. Verzi , C. Vigorito

Investigating the accuracy achievable in reconstructing the angular sizes of stars through stellar intensity interferometry observations

Context: In recent years, stellar intensity interferometry has seen renewed interest from the astronomical community because it can be efficiently applied to Cherenkov telescope arrays. Aims: We have investigated the accuracy that can be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-05 Michele Fiori , Giampiero Naletto , Luca Zampieri , Irene Jiménez Martínez , Carolin Wunderlich

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. 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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

Status of the Large Size Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will consist of two arrays of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) at the northern and southern hemispheres. CTA will feature IACTs with mirrors of three different sizes optimized to cover…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-25 Juan Cortina

A Novel Type of Very Long Baseline Astronomical Intensity Interferometer

This article presents a novel type of very long baseline astronomical interferometer that uses the fluctuations, as a function of time, of the intensity measured by a quadratic detector, which is a common type of astronomical detector. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-24 Ermanno F. Borra

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

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…

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Photonic beam-combiner for visible interferometry with SCExAO/FIRST: laboratory characterization and design optimization

Integrated optics are used to achieve astronomical interferometry inside robust and compact materials, improving the instrument's stability and sensitivity. In order to perform differential phase measurements at the H$\alpha$ line (656.3…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-06 Manon Lallement , Elsa Huby , Sylvestre Lacour , Guillermo Martin , Kevin Barjot , Guy Perrin , Daniel Rouan , Vincent Lapeyrere , Sebastien Vievard , Olivier Guyon , Julien Lozi , Vincent Deo , Takayuki Kotani , Cecil Pham , Cedric Cassagnettes , Adrien Billat , Nick Cvetojevic , Franck Marchis

PeV Gamma-ray Astronomy With Panoramic Optical SETI Telescopes

The Panoramic Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (PANOSETI) experiment is designed to detect pulsed optical signals on nanosecond timescales. PANOSETI is therefore sensitive to Cherenkov radiation generated by extensive air showers,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-21 Nikolas Korzoun , Wystan Benbow , Aaron Brown , Gregory Foote , William F. Hanlon , Olivier Hervet , John Hoang , Jamie Holder , Paul Horowitz , Wei Liu , Jérôme Maire , Nicolas Rault-Wang , Dan Werthimer , James Wiley , David A. Williams , Shelley A. Wright

The Photodetector Plane of the 4m Davies Cotton Small Size Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Photomultipliers (PMTs) are currently adopted for the photodetector plane of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). Even though PMT quantum efficiency has improved impressively in the recent years, one of the main limitation for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 V. Boccone , J. A. Aguilar , A. Basili , A. Christov , M. della Volpe , T. Montaruli , M. Rameez

Capabilities of future intensity interferometers for observing fast-rotating stars: imaging with two- and three-telescope correlations

Future large arrays of telescopes, used as intensity interferometers, can be used to image the surfaces of stars with unprecedented angular resolution. Fast-rotating, hot stars are particularly attractive targets for intensity…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-09 Paul D. Nunez , Armando Domiciano de Souza

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)…

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An image-based array trigger for Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Arrays

It is anticipated that forthcoming, next generation, atmospheric Cherenkov telescope arrays will include a number of medium-sized telescopes that are constructed using a dual-mirror Schwarzschild-Couder configuration. These telescopes will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-04 Hugh Dickinson , Frank Krennrich , Amanda Weinstein , Jonathan Eisch , Karen Byrum , John Anderson , Gary Drake

Absolute calibration of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes

A calibrated laser pulse propagating through the atmosphere produces a flash of Rayleigh scattered light with an intensity that can be calculated very accurately when atmospheric conditions are good. This is used in a technique developed…

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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…

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