Development of an atmospheric Cherenkov imaging camera for the CANGAROO-III experiment
2003; Elsevier BV; Volume: 500; Issue: 1-3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0168-9002(03)00331-0
ISSN1872-9576
AutoresS. Kabuki, K. Tsuchiya, Ko Okumura, R. Enomoto, T. Uchida, Hajime Tsunoo, Shin. Hayashi, Sei. Hayashi, F. Kajino, A. Maeshiro, I. Tada, C. Itoh, A. Asahara, G. V. Bicknell, R. W. Clay, P. G. Edwards, S. Gunji, S. Hara, T. Hara, Takahiro Hattori, H. Katagiri, A. Kawachi, T. Kifune, H. Kubo, J. Kushida, Y. Matsubara, Y. Mizumoto, M. Mori, H. Moro, H. Muraishi, Y. Muraki, T. Naito, T. Nakase, D. Nishida, K. Nishijima, M. Ohishi, J. R. Patterson, R. J. Protheroe, K. Sakurazawa, D. L. Swaby, T. Tanimori, Fuyuki Tokanai, A. Watanabe, Shigeo Watanabe, S. Yanagita, T. Yoshida, T. Yoshikoshi,
Tópico(s)Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
ResumoA Cherenkov imaging camera for the CANGAROO-III experiment has been developed for observations of gamma-ray-induced air showers at energies from 1011 to 1014eV. The camera consists of 427pixels, arranged in a hexagonal shape at 0.17° intervals, each of which is a 34-in. diameter photomultiplier module with a Winston-cone-shaped light guide. The camera was designed to have a large dynamic range of signal linearity, a wider field of view, and an improvement in photon-collection efficiency compared with the CANGAROO-II camera. The camera, and a number of the calibration experiments made to test its performance, are described in detail in this paper.
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