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most citedCalibration and performance of the photon sensor response of FACT -- The First G-APD Cherenkov telescope

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astro-ph.IM2017★ 1 cited

Mirror Position Determination for the Alignment of Cherenkov Telescopes

J. Adam, M. L. Ahnen, D. Baack +27

Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) need imaging optics with large apertures to map the faint Cherenkov light emitted in extensive air showers onto their image sensors…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 14 cited

Bokeh Mirror Alignment for Cherenkov Telescopes

M. L. Ahnen, D. Baack, M. Balbo +29

Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) need imaging optics with large apertures and high image intensities to map the faint Cherenkov light emitted from cosmic ray air sh…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 8 cited

Normalized and Asynchronous Mirror Alignment for Cherenkov Telescopes

M. L. Ahnen, D. Baack, M. Balbo +29

Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) need imaging optics with large apertures and high image intensities to map the faint Cherenkov light emitted from cosmic ray air sh…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 2 cited

Data compression for the First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope

M. L. Ahnen, M. Balbo, M. Bergmann +27

The First Geiger-mode Avalanche photodiode (G-APD) Cherenkov Telescope (FACT) has been operating on the Canary island of La Palma since October 2011. Operations were automated so t…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 5 cited

FACT -- Operation of the First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope

T. Bretz, A. Biland, J. Buß +33

Since more than two years, the First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT) is operating successfully at the Canary Island of La Palma. Apart from its purpose to serve as a monitoring fa…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 5 cited

FACT -- The G-APD revolution in Cherenkov astronomy

T. Bretz, H. Anderhub, M. Backes +53

Since two years, the FACT telescope is operating on the Canary Island of La Palma. Apart from its purpose to serve as a monitoring facility for the brightest TeV blazars, it was bu…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 69 cited

Calibration and performance of the photon sensor response of FACT -- The First G-APD Cherenkov telescope

A. Biland, T. Bretz, J. Buß +33

The First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT) is the first in-operation test of the performance of silicon photo detectors in Cherenkov Astronomy. For more than two years it is operat…