Wide field aplanatic two-mirror telescopes for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy

Abstract

Paper describes novel wide field Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes based on a modified Ritchey-Chretien design. The performance characteristics of aplanatic telescopes are compared with traditional Davies-Cotton reflectors.

34 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in Astropart.Phys

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