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Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) use large-aperture (~ 10 - 30 m) optical telescopes with arcminute angular resolution to detect TeV gamma-rays in the atmosphere. I show that IACTs are well-suited for optical observations of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Brian C. Lacki

When a gamma or cosmic ray strikes the top of Earth's atmosphere, a shower of secondary particles moves toward the surface. Some of these secondary particles are charged muons that subsequently enter Water Cherenkov Detectors (WCDs) on the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-08 Neerav Kaushal , Robert J. Nemiroff

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…

This Letter reports the event-by-event observation of Cherenkov light from sub-MeV electrons in a high scintillation light-yield liquid argon (LAr) detector by the Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) experiment. The CCM200 detector, located at Los…

PICOSEC is an ultrafast particle-detector concept, combining a photocathode-coated Cherenkov radiator coupled to a gas-avalanche multiplier. Particle-induced Cherenkov photons create photoelectrons emitted from an ultrathin semitransparent…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-13 A. Breskin

VERITAS employs a 12m segmented mirror and pixellated photomultiplier tube camera to detect the brief pulse of Cherenkov radiation produced by the extensive air shower initiated by a cosmic high-energy gamma ray. The VERITAS data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 P. Cogan

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a planned observatory for very-high energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will consist of several tens of telescopes of different sizes, with a total mirror area of up to 10,000 square meters. Most mirrors of…

Beam diagnostics are crucial for smooth accelerator operations. Many techniques rely on instrumentation in which the beam properties are significantly affected by the measurement. Novel approaches aim to use Cherenkov Diffraction Radiation…

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) to be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) will measure charged cosmic ray spectra of elements up to iron, in the rigidity range from 1 GV to 1 TV, for at least three years. AMS is a large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-01 Luísa Arruda , Fernando Barão , Patrícia Gonçalves , Rui Pereira

We review recent Z^0 physics results from SLD that use the Cherenkov Ring Imaging Detector for charged particle identification. The performance of the detector and likelihood method are described briefly. Several hadronization measurements…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 D. Muller , representing the SLD Collaboration

Slow liquid scintillator Cherenkov detectors have been proposed as part of several future neutrino experiments because they can provide both directionality and energy measurements. This feature is expected to enhance the sensitivities for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-02-18 Ziyi Guo , Minfang Yeh , Rui Zhang , De-Wen Cao , Ming Qi , Zhe Wang , Shaomin Chen

IceCube is a neutrino observatory at Earth's South Pole that uses glacial ice as detector medium. Secondary particles from neutrino interactions produce Cherenkov light, which is detected by an array of photo detectors deployed within the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-04-19 Sebastian Fiedlschuster

CLEO III upgrade was completed with the integration of Ring Imaging CHerenkov(RICH) detector for charged particle identification. The design of this cylindrical detector consists of LiF crystal radiators and multi-wire proportional chamber…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Gobinda Majumder

To separate scintillation and Cherenkov lights in water-based liquid scintillator detectors is a desired feature for future neutrino and proton decay researches. Linear alkyl benzene (LAB) is one important ingredient of a water-based liquid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-14 Mohan Li , Ziyi Guo , Minfang Yeh , Zhe Wang , Shaomin Chen

In my contribution I review the status of indirect detection of dark matter with gamma-rays, including results of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope as well as Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT), like H.E.S.S., MAGIC and VERITAS. I…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-30 Jan Conrad

The collection efficiency for Cherenkov light incident on a wavelength shifting plate (WLS) has been determined during a beam test at the Proton Synchrotron facility located in the National Laboratory for High Energy Physics (KEK), Tsukuba,…

Dwarf irregular galaxies (dIrrs) are rotationally supported galaxies with a low star formation rate. Thus, their gamma-ray astrophysical emission is expected to be low, making them interesting targets for WIMP dark matter (DM) indirect…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-07 Jaume Zuriaga-Puig , Viviana Gammaldi , Miguel Á. Sánchez-Conde

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…

The detection of Cerenkov light from EAS in a delayed coincidence with fluorescence light gives a strong signature to discriminate protons and neutrinos in cosmic rays. For this purpose, the ULTRA experiment has been designed with 2…

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