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

被引：58

作者：

HARA, T

KIFUNE, T

MATSUBARA, Y

MIZUMOTO, Y

MURAKI, Y

OGIO, S

SUDA, T

TANIMORI, T

TESHIMA, M

YOSHIKOSHI, T

EDWARDS, PG

机构：

[1] UNIV TOKYO,INST COSM RAY RES,TOKYO 188,JAPAN

[2] NAGOYA UNIV,SOLAR TERR ENVIRONM LAB,NAGOYA,AICHI 464,JAPAN

[3] KOBE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,HYOGO 637,JAPAN

[4] TOKYO INST TECHNOL,DEPT PHYS,TOKYO 152,JAPAN

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 1993年 / 332卷 / 1-2期

基金：

澳大利亚研究理事会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1016/0168-9002(93)90774-C

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

A 3.8 m telescope for very high energy gamma-ray astronomy was installed 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 the 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 for gamma-rays is about 1 TeV.

引用

页码：300 / 309

页数：10

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