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astro-ph.IM2020★ 3 cited

Supernova Model Discrimination with Hyper-Kamiokande

Jost Migenda

Supernovae are among the most magnificent events in the observable universe. They produce many of the chemical elements necessary for life to exist and their remnants---neutron sta…

astro-ph.IM2019

Calibration and operation of SiPM-based cameras for gamma-ray astronomy in presence of high night-sky light

Imen Al Samarai, Cyril Martin Alispach, Matteo Balbo +56

The next generation of Cherenkov telescope cameras feature Silicon Photo Multipliers (SiPM), which can guarantee excellent performance and allow for observation also under moonligh…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 2 cited

Monte Carlo study of a single SST-1M prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Jakub Jurysek, Imen Al Samarai, Cyril Alispach +56

The SST-1M telescope was developed as a prototype of a Small-Size-Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array observatory and it has been extensively tested in Krakow since 2017. I…

astro-ph.IM2017

Control Software for the SST-1M Small-Size Telescope prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

V. Sliusar, R. Walter, C. Alispach +40

The SST-1M is a 4-m Davies--Cotton atmospheric Cherenkov telescope optimized to provide gamma-ray sensitivity above a few TeV. The SST-1M is proposed as part of the Small-Size Tele…

astro-ph.HE2017

Development of a strategy for calibrating the novel SiPM camera of the SST-1M telescope proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

I. Al Samarai, C. Alispach, F. Cadoux +36

CTA will comprise a sub-array of up to 70 small size telescopes (SSTs) at the southern array. The SST-1M project, a 4 m-diameter Davies Cotton telescope with 9 degrees FoV and a 12…

astro-ph.IM2017

Performance of a small size telescope (SST-1M) camera for gamma-ray astronomy with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

I. Al Samarai, C. Alispach, F. Cadoux +36

The foreseen implementations of the Small Size Telescopes (SST) in CTA will provide unique insights into the highest energy gamma rays offering fundamental means to discover and un…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 32 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 3 cited

The Single Mirror Small Sized Telescope For The Cherenkov Telescope Array

M. Heller, E. jr Schioppa, A. Porcelli +46

The Small Size Telescope with Single Mirror (SST-1M) is one of the proposed types of Small Size Telescopes (SST) for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). About 70 SST telescopes wi…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 52 cited

An innovative silicon photomultiplier digitizing camera for gamma-ray astronomy

Matthieu Heller, Enrico Junior Schioppa, Alessio Porcelli +44

The single-mirror small-size telescope (SST-1M) is one of the three proposed designs for the small-size telescopes (SSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project. The SST-1M…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 13 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 7 cited

Prototype of the SST-1M Telescope Structure for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

J. Niemiec, W. Bilnik, J. Błocki +49

A single-mirror small-size (SST-1M) Davies-Cotton telescope with a dish diameter of 4 m has been built by a consortium of Polish and Swiss institutions as a prototype for one of th…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 1 cited

Using muon rings for the optical throughput calibration of the SST-1M prototype for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

S. Toscano, E. Prandini, W. Bilnik +48

Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) are ground-based instruments devoted to the study of very high energy gamma-rays coming from space. The detection technique consist…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 1 cited

Software design for the control system for Small-Size Telescopes with single-mirror of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

A. Porcelli, W. Bilnik, J. Błocki +49

The Small-Size Telescope with single-mirror (SST-1M) is a 4 m Davies-Cotton telescope and is among the proposed telescope designs for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). It is con…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 2 cited

Development of the optical system for the SST-1M telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array observatory

K. Seweryn, W. Bilnik, J. Błocki +58

The prototype of a Davies-Cotton small size telescope (SST-1M) has been designed and developed by a consortium of Polish and Swiss institutions and proposed for the Cherenkov Teles…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 1 cited

Performance of the SST-1M telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array observatory

R. Moderski, W. Bilnik, J. Błocki +51

The single mirror small-size telescope (SST-1M) is one of the telescope projects being proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array observatory by a sub-consortium of Polish and Swis…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 5 cited

The SST-1M camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

E. J. Schioppa, F. Cadoux, A. Christov +48

The prototype camera of the single-mirror Small Size Telescopes (SST-1M) proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project has been designed to be very compact and to delive…

astro-ph.IM2015

Camera calibration strategy of the SST-1M prototype of the Cherenokov Telescope Array

E. Prandini, M. Heller, E. Lyard +48

The SST-1M telescope is one of the prototypes under construction proposed to be part of the future Cherenkov Telescope Array. It uses a standard Davis-Cotton design for the optics…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 15 cited

DigiCam - Fully Digital Compact Read-out and Trigger Electronics for the SST-1M Telescope proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

P. Rajda, K. Ziętara, W. Bilnik +48

The SST-1M is one of three prototype small-sized telescope designs proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array, and is built by a consortium of Polish and Swiss institutions. The SS…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 7 cited

CTA contributions to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013)

The CTA Consortium, :, O. Abril +1102

Compilation of CTA contributions to the proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013), which took place in 2-9 July, 2013, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

astro-ph.IM2013★ 8 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 6 cited

4 m Davies-Cotton telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

R. Moderski, J. A. Aguilar, A. Barnacka +39

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation very high energy gamma-ray observatory. It will consist of three classes of telescopes, of large, medium and small sizes.…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 10 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 902 cited

Design Concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The CTA Consortium

Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has had a major breakthrough with the impressive results obtained using systems of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Ground-based gamma-ray…