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most citedFACT - Monitoring Blazars at Very High Energies

30 citations · 94 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

astro-ph.HE2021★ 22 cited

The relentless variability of Mrk 421 from the TeV to the radio

Axel Arbet-Engels, Dominik Baack, Matteo Balbo +22

The origin of the gamma-ray emission of the blazar Mrk 421 is still a matter of debate. We used 5.5 years of unbiased observing campaign data, obtained using the FACT telescope and…

astro-ph.HE2019

FACT -- Multi-wavelength analysis of more than 30 flares of Mrk 421

Vitalii Sliusar, Axel Arbet-Engels, Dominik Baack +22

Mrk 421 is a high-synchrotron-peaked blazar featuring bright and persistent GeV and TeV emission. We use multi-wavelength light curves of Mrk 421 spanning 5.5 years with FACT (TeV)…

astro-ph.IM2019

Cherenkov-Plenoscope

Sebastian Achim Mueller

Telescopes -- far seeing -- have since centuries revealed insights to objects at cosmic distances. Adopted for gamma-ray-astronomy, ground based Cherenkov-telescopes image the fain…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 1 cited

Towards Robotic Operation with the First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope

FACT Collaboration, Maximilian Nöthe, Dominik Neise +1

The First G-APD Cherenkov Telecope is an Imaging Air Cherenkov Tele- scope operating since 2011 at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos. One of the major goals of the FACT c…

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.IM2015★ 30 cited

FACT - Monitoring Blazars at Very High Energies

D. Dorner, M. L. Ahnen, M. Bergmann +26

The First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT) was built on the Canary Island of La Palma in October 2011 as a proof of principle for silicon based photosensors in Cherenkov Astronomy.…