Performance and applications of the UVscope instrument

Details Performance and applications of the UVscope instrument Performance and applications of the UVscope instrument

Dec 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011nimpa.659..569m&link_type=abstract

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, Vol. 659, p. 569-578

Physics

Photon Detector, Single Photon Counting Mode, Diffuse Night Sky Background, Extensive Air Showers, Fluorescence And Cherenkov Detectors, Vhe Gamma Rays, Uvscope

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UVscope is a portable multi-pixels photon detector developed at IASF-Pa to support experimental activities in the high-energy astrophysics and cosmic rays field. The instrument, working in single photon counting mode, is designed to directly measure light flux in the wavelengths range 300-650 nm. Thanks to its features and operational flexibility, the instrument can be used in a wide field of applications where the knowledge of the environmental luminosity is required, as in the characterization of sites for ground-based Cherenkov and fluorescence telescopes, and for crosscalibration of their cameras. The present version of UVscope is based on a Multi Anode Photo Multiplier Tube and it is completed by a motorized mount and a filter wheel which allow to make low-light measurements, at programmed pointing directions and at different filter wavelengths. In this paper, the instrument is firstly presented in all its components; then the procedures adopted for its absolute and relative calibration are detailed. The performance of UVscope is evaluated and, finally, current and planned scientific applications are described.

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