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astro-ph.IM2025
Advanced modelling of Night Sky Background light for Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes
Gerrit Roellinghoff, Samuel T. Spencer, Stefan Funk
A significant source of noise for Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs), which are designed to measure air showers caused by astrophysical gamma rays, is optical light e…
astro-ph.IM2024
Acceptance Tests of more than 10 000 Photomultiplier Tubes for the multi-PMT Digital Optical Modules of the IceCube Upgrade
R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +420
More than 10,000 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) with a diameter of 80 mm will be installed in multi-PMT Digital Optical Modules (mDOMs) of the IceCube Upgrade. These have been tested…