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Microchannel plate detector development for ultraviolet astronomy
S. Diebold, J. Barnstedt, J. Bayer +8
Observational data from the UV wavelength range is crucial to solve several astrophysical puzzles. Consequently, there are a number of upcoming UV missions from CubeSats up to the…
Progress towards a microchannel plate detector with AlGaN photocathode and cross-strip anode for ultraviolet astronomy
S. Diebold, J. Barnstedt, L. Conti +9
Microchannel plates (MCPs) were the driving detector technology for ultraviolet (UV) astronomy over many years, and still today MCP-based detectors are the baseline for several pla…
EUSO-SPB1 Mission and Science
EUSO Collaboration, G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe +292
The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) was launched in 2017 April from Wanaka, New Zealand. The plan of this mission of opportunity on a N…
Stratospheric Balloons as a Complement to the Next Generation of Astronomy Missions
Philipp Maier, Maria Ångerman, Jürgen Barnstedt +23
Observations that require large physical instrument dimensions and/or a considerable amount of cryogens, as it is for example the case for high spatial resolution far infrared astr…
Stratospheric balloons as a platform for the next large far infrared observatory
Philipp Maier, Jürgen Wolf, Alfred Krabbe +21
Observations that require large physical instrument dimensions and/or a considerable amount of cryogens, as it is the case for high spatial resolution far infrared (FIR) astronomy,…
Towards a European Stratospheric Balloon Observatory -- The ESBO Design Study
Philipp Maier, Jürgen Wolf, Thomas Keilig +18
This paper presents the concept of a community-accessible stratospheric balloon-based observatory that is currently under preparation by a consortium of European research institute…
Performance of the New FlashCam-based Camera in the 28\,m Telescope of H.E.S.S
Baiyang Bi, Miquel Barcelo, Christian Bauer +23
In October 2019, the central 28 m telescope of the H.E.S.S. experiment has been upgraded with a new camera. The camera is based on the FlashCam design which has been developed in v…
Status of the STUDIO UV balloon mission and platform
A. Pahler, M. Ångermann, J. Barnstedt +24
Stratospheric balloons offer accessible and affordable platforms for observations in atmosphere-constrained wavelength ranges. At the same time, they can serve as an effective step…
Microchannel-Plate Detector Development for Ultraviolet Missions
Lauro Conti, Jürgen Barnstedt, Sebastian Buntrock +19
The Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Tübingen (IAAT) has a long-term experience in developing and building space-qualified imaging and photon counting microchannel-plate…
Mapping Diffuse Emission in Lyman UV band
Li Ji, Zheng Lou, Jinlong Zhang +38
The CAFE (Census of warm-hot intergalactic medium, Accretion, and Feedback Explorer) and LyRIC (Lyman UV Radiation from Interstellar medium and Circum-galactic medium) have been pr…
Trigger performance verification of the FlashCam prototype camera
S. Sailer, F. Werner, G. Hermann +33
FlashCam is a camera proposed for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). We compare camera trigger rates obtained from measurements with the camera pro…
The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP
ShuangNan Zhang, Andrea Santangelo, Marco Feroci +146
In this paper we present the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP. eXTP is a space science mission designed to study fundamental physics under extreme conditions of…
First observations of speed of light tracks by a fluorescence detector looking down on the atmosphere
G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe, J. H. Adams +311
EUSO-Balloon is a pathfinder mission for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory onboard the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EUSO). It was launched on the moonless night of the 25$^…
Performance Verification of the FlashCam Prototype Camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
F. Werner, C. Bauer, S. Bernhard +32
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a future gamma-ray observatory that is planned to significantly improve upon the sensitivity and precision of the current generation of Chere…
An Efficient Test Facility For The Cherenkov Telescope Array FlashCam Readout Electronics Production
F. Eisenkolb, S. Diebold, C. Kalkuhl +6
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the planned next-generation instrument for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy, currently under preparation by a world-wide consortium. The Flas…
Actuator Development at IAAT for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Medium Size Telescopes
S. Diebold, J. Dick, G. Pühlhofer +5
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the future observatory for TeV gamma-ray astronomy. In order to increase the sensitivity and to extend the energy coverage beyond the ca…
FlashCam: a fully-digital camera for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array
G. Pühlhofer, C. Bauer, S. Bernhard +31
The FlashCam group is currently preparing photomultiplier-tube based cameras proposed for the medium-sized telescopes (MST) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The cameras are…
Recent developments for the testing of Cherenkov Telescope Array mirrors and actuators in Tübingen
J. Dick, A. Bonardi, S. Bressel +10
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation Cherenkov telescope facility. It will consist of a large number of segmented-mirror telescopes of three different diamete…
The Atmospheric Monitoring system of the JEM-EUSO telescope
S. Toscano, A. Neronov, M. D. Rodríguez Frías +1
The JEM-EUSO observatory on board of the International Space Station (ISS) is a proposed pioneering space mission devoted to the investigation of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHE…
FlashCam: A fully digital camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
G. Pühlhofer, C. Bauer, F. Eisenkolb +21
FlashCam is a Cherenkov camera development project centered around a fully digital trigger and readout scheme with smart, digital signal processing, and a "horizontal" architecture…
FlashCam: A fully digital camera for CTA telescopes
G. Pühlhofer, C. Bauer, A. Biland +20
The future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will consist of several tens of telescopes of different mirror sizes. CTA will provide next generation sensitivity to very high energy ph…
The JEM-EUSO Mission: Status and Prospects in 2011
EUSO Collaboration, J. H. Adams, S. Ahmad +256
Contributions of the JEM-EUSO Collaboration to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, August, 2011.