THE CAT IMAGING TELESCOPE FOR VERY-HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY

Authors
BARRAU A BAZERBACHI R BEYER E CABOT H CERUTTI M CHOUNET LM DEBIAIS G DEGRANGE B DELCHINI H DENANCE JP DESCOTES G DEZALAY JP DJANNATIATAI A DUMORA D ESPIGAT P FABRE B FLEURY P FONTAINE G GEORGE R GHESQUIERE C GILLY J GORET P GOUIFFES C GOUILLAUD JC GREGORY C GRENIER IA IACOUCCI L KALT L LEBOHEC S MALET I MEYNADIER C MOLS JP DEFREITAS PM MORANO R MORINAUD G MUNZ F PALATKA M PALFREY TA PARE E PONS Y PUNCH M QUEBERT J RAGAN K RENAULT C RIVOAL M ROB L SCHOVANEK P SMITH D TABARY A TAVERNET JP TOUSSENEL F VRANA J
Citation
A. Barrau et al., THE CAT IMAGING TELESCOPE FOR VERY-HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 416(2-3), 1998, pp. 278-292
Citations number
18
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
416
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
278 - 292
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1998)416:2-3<278:TCITFV>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The CBT (Cherenkov Array at Themis) imaging telescope, equipped with a very-high-definition camera (546 fast phototubes with 0.12 degrees sp acing surrounded by 54 larger tubes in two guard rings) started operat ion in Autumn 1996 on the site of the former solar plant Themis (Franc e). Using the atmospheric Cherenkov technique, it detects and identifi es very high energy gamma-rays in the range 250 GeV to a few tens of T eV. The instrument, which has detected three sources (Crab nebula, Mar karian 421 and Markarian 501), is described in detail. (C) 1998 Elsevi er Science B.V. All rights reserved.