A high resolution imaging detector for TeV gamma-ray astronomy

M. F. Cawley; D. J. Fegan; K. Harris; A. M. Hillas; P. W. Kwok; R. C. Lamb; M. J. Lang; D. A. Lewis; D. Macomb; P. T. Reynolds; D. J. Schmid; G. Vacanti; T. C. Weekes

doi:10.1007/BF00462039

A high resolution imaging detector for TeV gamma-ray astronomy

M. F. Cawley
, D. J. Fegan
, K. Harris
, A. M. Hillas
, P. W. Kwok
, R. C. Lamb
, M. J. Lang
, D. A. Lewis
, D. Macomb
, P. T. Reynolds
, D. J. Schmid
, G. Vacanti
, T. C. Weekes

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Details are presented of an atmospheric Cherenkov telescope for use in very high energy gamma-ray astronomy which consists of a cluster of 109 close-packed photomultiplier tubes at the focus of a 10 meter optical reflector. The images of the Cherenkov flashes generated both by gamma-ray and charged cosmic-ray events are digitized and recorded. Subsequent off-line analysis of the images improves the significance of the signal to noise ratio by a factor of 10 compared with non-imaging techniques.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	173-193
Number of pages	21
Journal	Experimental Astronomy
Volume	1
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00462039
State	Published - May 1990

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