A 3.8 M IMAGING CHERENKOV TELESCOPE FOR THE TEV GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY COLLABORATION BETWEEN JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA

Authors
HARA T KIFUNE T MATSUBARA Y MIZUMOTO Y MURAKI Y OGIO S SUDA T TANIMORI T TESHIMA M YOSHIKOSHI T EDWARDS PG
Citation
T. Hara et al., A 3.8 M IMAGING CHERENKOV TELESCOPE FOR THE TEV GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY COLLABORATION BETWEEN JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 332(1-2), 1993, pp. 300-309
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
332
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
300 - 309
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1993)332:1-2<300:A3MICT>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A 3.8 m telescope for very high energy gamma-ray astronomy was install ed near Woomera, South Australia in 1991 and started operation in 1992 . The construction and operation of the 3.8 m telescope is described, showing the characteristics of the experimental apparatus, such as the electronics circuits and the phototube camera. The field of view of t he camera is of 3-degrees diameter, consisting of 220 pixels with each pixel viewing a 0.12-degrees x 0.12-degrees area of the sky. Analysis of acquired data shows the expected features of Cherenkov light from air showers, and it is concluded that the telescope is operating as an imaging Cherenkov telescope. We estimate that the energy threshold fo r gamma-rays is about 1 TeV.