FACT 的设计与运行——首台 G-APD 切伦科夫望远镜
天体物理仪器与方法
2013-06-17 v1 仪器与探测器
摘要
首台 G-APD 切伦科夫望远镜 (FACT) 旨在利用成像大气切伦科夫技术探测能量从几百 GeV 到约 10 TeV 的宇宙伽马射线。与以往或现有的望远镜不同，FACT 望远镜的相机采用固态盖革模式雪崩光电二极管 (G-APD) 而非光电倍增管进行光子探测。它是采用这项新技术的首个全尺寸设备。该望远镜自 2011 年秋季以来一直在西班牙加那利群岛拉帕尔马岛的穆查乔斯岩石天文台 (Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos) 运行。本文详细描述了该系统的设计、建造和运行，包括硬件和软件方面。讨论了运行一年后获得的技术经验，并得出了关于未来项目的结论。
引用
@article{arxiv.1304.1710,
title = {Design and Operation of FACT -- The First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope},
author = {H. Anderhub and M. Backes and A. Biland and V. Boccone and I. Braun and T. Bretz and J. Buß and F. Cadoux and V. Commichau and L. Djambazov and D. Dorner and S. Einecke and D. Eisenacher and A. Gendotti and O. Grimm and H. von Gunten and C. Haller and D. Hildebrand and U. Horisberger and B. Huber and K. -S. Kim and M. L. Knoetig and J. H. K"ohne and T. Kr"ahenb"uhl and B. Krumm and M. Lee and E. Lorenz and W. Lustermann and E. Lyard and K. Mannheim and M. Meharga and K. Meier and T. Montaruli and D. Neise and F. Nessi-Tedaldi and A. -K. Overkemping and A. Paravac and F. Pauss and D. Renker and W. Rhode and M. Ribordy and U. R"oser and J. -P. Stucki and J. Schneider and T. Steinbring and F. Temme and J. Thaele and S. Tobler and G. Viertel and P. Vogler and R. Walter and K. Warda and Q. Weitzel and M. Z"anglein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.1710},
year = {2013}
}
备注
Corresponding authors: T. Bretz and Q. Weitzel