The STACEE-32 Ground Based Gamma-ray Detector
天体物理学
2009-12-30 v1
摘要
We describe the design and performance of the Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment detector in its initial configuration (STACEE-32). STACEE is a new ground-based gamma ray detector using the atmospheric Cherenkov technique. In STACEE, the heliostats of a solar energy research array are used to collect and focus the Cherenkov photons produced in gamma-ray induced air showers. The large Cherenkov photon collection area of STACEE results in a gamma-ray energy threshold below that of previous detectors.
引用
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0205510,
title = {The STACEE-32 Ground Based Gamma-ray Detector},
author = {STACEE Collaboration and D. S. Hanna and D. Bhattacharya and L. M. Boone and M. C. Chantell and Z. Conner and C. E. Covault and M. Dragovan and P. Fortin and D. T. Gregorich and J. A. Hinton and R. Mukherjee and R. A. Ong and S. Oser and K. Ragan and R. A. Scalzo and D. R. Schuette and C. G. Theoret and T. O. Tumer and D. A. Williams and J. A. Zweerink},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0205510},
year = {2009}
}
备注
45 pages, 25 figures, Accepted for publication in Nuclear Instruments and Methods A