The Cherenkov Telescope Array potential for the study of young supernova remnants
Astroparticle Physics Elsevier 62 (2015) 152-164
The small size telescope projects for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Proceedings of Science 30-July-2015 (2015)
Abstract:
The small size telescopes (SSTs), spread over an area of several square km, dominate the CTA sensitivity in the photon energy range from a few TeV to over 100 TeV, enabling for the detailed exploration of the very high energy gamma-ray sky. The proposed telescopes are innovative designs providing a wide field of view. Two of them, the ASTRI (Astrophysics con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) and the GCT (Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope) telescopes, are based on dual mirror Schwarzschild-Couder optics, with primary mirror diameters of 4 m. The third, SST-1M, is a Davies-Cotton design with a 4 m diameter mirror. Progress with the construction and testing of prototypes of these telescopes is presented. The SST cameras use silicon photomultipliers, with preamplifier and readout/trigger electronics designed to optimize the performance of these sensors for (atmospheric) Cherenkov light. The status of the camera developments is discussed. The SST sub-array will consist of about 70 telescopes at the CTA southern site. Current plans for the implementation of the array are presented.Wavefront sensing from the image domain with the Oxford-SWIFT integral field spectrograph
Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics 9148 (2014) 914859-914859-8
Wavefront sensing from the image domain with the Oxford-SWIFT integral field spectrograph
(2014)