TY - JOUR
T1 - Camera design and performance of the prototype schwarzschild-couder telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
AU - for the CTA SCT Project
AU - Adams, C.
AU - Ambrosi, G.
AU - Ambrosio, M.
AU - Aramo, C.
AU - Benbow, W.
AU - Bertucci, B.
AU - Bissaldi, E.
AU - Bitossi, M.
AU - Boiano, A.
AU - Bonavolontá, C.
AU - Bose, R.
AU - Brill, A.
AU - Buckley, J. H.
AU - Caprai, M.
AU - Di Venere, L.
AU - Feng, Q.
AU - Fiandrini, E.
AU - Giglietto, N.
AU - Giordano, F.
AU - Hervet, O.
AU - Hughes, G.
AU - Humensky, T. B.
AU - Ionica, M.
AU - Jin, W.
AU - Kaaret, P.
AU - Kieda, D.
AU - Kim, B.
AU - Licciulli, F.
AU - Loporchio, S.
AU - Masone, V.
AU - Meures, T.
AU - Mode, B. A.W.
AU - Mukherjee, R.
AU - Pantaleo, F. R.
AU - Okumura, A.
AU - Petrashyk, A.
AU - Powell, J.
AU - Paoletti, R.
AU - Ribeiro, D.
AU - Rugliancich, A.
AU - Santander, M.
AU - Shang, R.
AU - Stevenson, B.
AU - Stiaccini, L.
AU - Taylor, L. P.
AU - Tosti, L.
AU - Vagelli, V.
AU - Valentino, M.
AU - Vandenbroucke, J.
AU - Wilcox, P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by National Science Foundation awards #1229792, #1828168, #1707945, and a UW 2020 award from the University of Wisconsin. Further support comes from the agencies and organizations listed in https://www.cta-observatory.org/consortium_acknowledgments/ . We thank these organizations for their financial contributions to the project.
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - 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 novel two-mirror design and is expected to yield improvements in field of view and image resolution compared to traditional Cherenkov telescopes based on single-mirror-dish optics. To match the improved optical resolution, challenging requirements of high channel count and density at low power consumption must be overcome by the camera. The prototype camera, currently commissioned and tested on the prototype SCT, has been developed based on millimeter scale SiPM pixels and a custom high density digitizer ASIC, TARGET, to provide 1600 pixels spanning a 2.7 degree field of view while being able to sample nanosecond photon pulses. It is mechanically designed to allow for an upgrade to 11,328 pixels covering a field of view of 8 degrees and demonstrating the full potential of the technology. The camera was installed on the telescope in 2018. We will present its design and performance including first light data.
AB - 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 novel two-mirror design and is expected to yield improvements in field of view and image resolution compared to traditional Cherenkov telescopes based on single-mirror-dish optics. To match the improved optical resolution, challenging requirements of high channel count and density at low power consumption must be overcome by the camera. The prototype camera, currently commissioned and tested on the prototype SCT, has been developed based on millimeter scale SiPM pixels and a custom high density digitizer ASIC, TARGET, to provide 1600 pixels spanning a 2.7 degree field of view while being able to sample nanosecond photon pulses. It is mechanically designed to allow for an upgrade to 11,328 pixels covering a field of view of 8 degrees and demonstrating the full potential of the technology. The camera was installed on the telescope in 2018. We will present its design and performance including first light data.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85086250385
SN - 1824-8039
VL - 358
JO - Proceedings of Science
JF - Proceedings of Science
T2 - 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2019
Y2 - 24 July 2019 through 1 August 2019
ER -