A NONCONVENTIONAL APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING CHANCE-COINCIDENCE RATES INATMOSPHERIC CERENKOV TELESCOPES

Authors
BHAT CL TICKOO AK BHAT RK KAUL IK
Citation
Cl. Bhat et al., A NONCONVENTIONAL APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING CHANCE-COINCIDENCE RATES INATMOSPHERIC CERENKOV TELESCOPES, Measurement science & technology, 4(7), 1993, pp. 780-784
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Instument & Instrumentation",Engineering
Journal title
Measurement science & technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09570233
Volume
4
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
780 - 784
Database
ISI
SICI code
0957-0233(1993)4:7<780:ANAFEC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The accidental trigger rate, generated in a prompt-coincidence mode of operation, is extensively deployed in atmospheric Cerenkov telescopes as a reliable index of the 'health' of an experimental system. A nove l method of estimating this rate in these systems helps to overcome th e main shortcomings of the conventional approach, based on staggering outputs of various detector channels with respect to one another.