Review of the Solar Array Telescopes

Details Review of the Solar Array Telescopes Review of the Solar Array Telescopes

2006-08-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608251v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 2 figures. Contribution to the proceedings of "Towards a Network of Atmospheric Cherenkov Detectors VII", 27-29 Apri

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For several years the only experiments sensitive to astrophysical gamma rays with energies beyond the reach of EGRET but below that of the Cherenkov imaging telescopes have been the "solar tower" detectors. They use >2000 m2 mirror areas to sample the Cherenkov wavefront generated by <100 GeV gamma rays, obtaining Crab sensitivities of more than 6$\sigma$ in one ON-source hour. I will review the history of the solar tower Cherenkov experiments from 1992 to the present and their key design features. I will describe some successful analysis strategies, then summarize the principal results obtained.

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