Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002basi...30..397g&link_type=abstract
Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, Vol.30, p. 397-402
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
1
Telescope Orientation, Control Systems, Pact, Atmospheric Cverenkov Technique, Ground Based Gamma-Ray Astronomy
Scientific paper
Pachmarhi Array of Cverenkov Telescopes (PACT) consists of 25 Telescopes deployed over an area of 100m x 80m. The experiment is based on atmospheric Cverenkov technique to detect Very High Energy celestial gamma-rays using wavefront sampling method. Each telescope consists of 7 large area parabolic mirrors mounted para-axially on an equatorial mount and a fast photo-multiplier tube at the focus of each mirror. For efficient operation of the experiment 3 automated control systems were developed and installed, viz. Automated Computerized Telescope Orientation System (ACTOS) to control the pointing and tracking of individual telescopes, Automatic Photo-multiplier Exposure System (APES) to facilitate the exposure of photo-tubes only during observations, and Computerized Automated Rate Adjustment and Monitoring System (CARAMS) to ensure uniform gains for all the phototube - mirror systems. The design features and performance of each of these systems are discussed.
Abdel Rahman A.-M. M.
Acharya Bobby Samir
Bhat Narayan P.
Chitnis Varsha R.
D'Souza Arvind I.
No associations
LandOfFree
Auxiliary control systems for Pachmarhi array of Cverenkov telescopes does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with Auxiliary control systems for Pachmarhi array of Cverenkov telescopes, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Auxiliary control systems for Pachmarhi array of Cverenkov telescopes will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1409121