The GCT camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

A. M. Brown; A. Abchiche; D. Allan; J.-P. Amans; T. P. Armstrong; A. Balzer; D. Berge; C. Boisson; J.-J. Bousquet; M. Bryan; G. Buchholtz; P. M. Chadwick; H. Costantini; G. Cotter; M. K. Daniel; A. De Franco; F. de Frondat; J.-L. Dournaux; D. Dumas; G Fasola; S. Funk; J. Gironnet; J. A. Graham; T. Greenshaw; O. Hervet; N. Hidaka; J. A. Hinton; J.-M. Huet; I. Jégouzo; T. Jogler; M. Kraus; J. S. Lapington; P. Laporte; J. Lefaucheur; S. Markoff; T. Melse; L. Mohrmann; P. Molyneux; S. J. Nolan; A. Okumura; J. P. Osborne; R. D. Parsons; S. Rosen; D. Ross; G. Rowell; Y. Sato; F. Sayede; J. Schmoll; H. Schoorlemmer; M. Servillat; H. Sol; V. Stamatescu; M. Stephan; R. Stuik; J. Sykes; H. Tajima; J. Thornhill; L. Tibaldo; C. Trichard; J. Vink; J. J. Watson; R. White; N. Yamane; A. Zech; A. Zink; J. Zorn

doi:10.1117/12.2231685

27 July 2016 The GCT camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

A. M. Brown, A. Abchiche, D. Allan, J.-P. Amans, T. P. Armstrong, A. Balzer, D. Berge, C. Boisson, J.-J. Bousquet, M. Bryan, G. Buchholtz, P. M. Chadwick, H. Costantini, G. Cotter, M. K. Daniel, A. De Franco, F. de Frondat, J.-L. Dournaux, D. Dumas, G Fasola, S. Funk, J. Gironnet, J. A. Graham, T. Greenshaw, O. Hervet, N. Hidaka, J. A. Hinton, J.-M. Huet, I. Jégouzo, T. Jogler, M. Kraus, J. S. Lapington, P. Laporte, J. Lefaucheur, S. Markoff, T. Melse, L. Mohrmann, P. Molyneux, S. J. Nolan, A. Okumura, J. P. Osborne, R. D. Parsons, S. Rosen, D. Ross, G. Rowell, Y. Sato, F. Sayede, J. Schmoll, H. Schoorlemmer, M. Servillat, H. Sol, V. Stamatescu, M. Stephan, R. Stuik, J. Sykes, H. Tajima, J. Thornhill, L. Tibaldo, C. Trichard, J. Vink, J. J. Watson, R. White, N. Yamane, A. Zech, A. Zink, J. Zorn

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Proceedings Volume 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI; 99065K (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231685
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT) is proposed for the Small-Sized Telescope component of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). GCT's dual-mirror Schwarzschild-Couder (SC) optical system allows the use of a compact camera with small form-factor photosensors. The GCT camera is ~ 0:4 m in diameter and has 2048 pixels; each pixel has a ~ 0:2° angular size, resulting in a wide field-of-view. The design of the GCT camera is high performance at low cost, with the camera housing 32 front-end electronics modules providing full waveform information for all of the camera's 2048 pixels. The first GCT camera prototype, CHEC-M, was commissioned during 2015, culminating in the first Cherenkov images recorded by a SC telescope and the first light of a CTA prototype. In this contribution we give a detailed description of the GCT camera and present preliminary results from CHEC-M's commissioning.

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A. M. Brown, A. Abchiche, D. Allan, J.-P. Amans, T. P. Armstrong, A. Balzer, D. Berge, C. Boisson, J.-J. Bousquet, M. Bryan, G. Buchholtz, P. M. Chadwick, H. Costantini, G. Cotter, M. K. Daniel, A. De Franco, F. de Frondat, J.-L. Dournaux, D. Dumas, G Fasola, S. Funk, J. Gironnet, J. A. Graham, T. Greenshaw, O. Hervet, N. Hidaka, J. A. Hinton, J.-M. Huet, I. Jégouzo, T. Jogler, M. Kraus, J. S. Lapington, P. Laporte, J. Lefaucheur, S. Markoff, T. Melse, L. Mohrmann, P. Molyneux, S. J. Nolan, A. Okumura, J. P. Osborne, R. D. Parsons, S. Rosen, D. Ross, G. Rowell, Y. Sato, F. Sayede, J. Schmoll, H. Schoorlemmer, M. Servillat, H. Sol, V. Stamatescu, M. Stephan, R. Stuik, J. Sykes, H. Tajima, J. Thornhill, L. Tibaldo, C. Trichard, J. Vink, J. J. Watson, R. White, N. Yamane, A. Zech, A. Zink, and J. Zorn "The GCT camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array", Proc. SPIE 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI, 99065K (27 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231685

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