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 view of 8 degrees. Each module consists of 7 photomultiplier Tubes (PMTs) equipped with light guides and a front-end board performing the data capture. NectarCAM is based on the NECTAr chip, which combines a switch capacitor array sampling at 1GHz and a 12-bit Analog to Digital Converter (ADC). The NectarCAM camera is currently under integration in CEA Paris-Saclay (France). In this contribution, I focus on the ongoing performance tests for its characterization and calibration before deployment on the CTAO North site.
@article{arxiv.2204.12942,
title = {Improved performances of the NectarCAM, a Medium-Sized Telescope Camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array},
author = {F. Bradascio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.12942},
year = {2022}
}
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Contribution to the 2022 Very High Energy Phenomena in the Universe session of the 56th Rencontres de Moriond