Effectiveness of TeV Gamma-Ray Observations at Large Zenith Angles with a Stereoscopic System of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes

Details Effectiveness of TeV Gamma-Ray Observations at Large Zenith Angles with a Stereoscopic System of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes Effectiveness of TeV Gamma-Ray Observations at Large Zenith Angles with a Stereoscopic System of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes

1999-06-25

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9906405v1

J.Phys.G25:1989-2000,1999

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages LaTeX, 5 tables, 7 postscript figures; Accepted for publication in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Scientific paper

10.1088/0954-3899/25/9/316

The sensitivity of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) in TeV gamma-ray observations reachs its maximum at small zenith angles (< 30 degree) which provide the minimum attainable energy threshold of an instrument. However, for a specific telescope site a number of gamma-ray sources, or source candidates, can only be observed at much larger zenith angles (< 60 degree). Moreover the observations at large zenith angles allow to extend the observation time window for any object seen at small zenith angles, as well as to enlarge the dynamic energy range of an instrument towards the highest observable energies of gamma-rays. Based on Monte Carlo simulations we present here the results on the sensitivity of a stereoscopic system of 5 IACTs in observations at large zenith angles. We point out some important parameters of the telescope design which could substantially improve the efficiency of such observations with forthcoming IACT arrays like CANGAROO III, HESS and VERITAS.

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