Status of the Whipple Observatory Cerenkov air shower imaging telescope array

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Feb 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992nascp3137..406a&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center, The Compton Observatory Science Workshop p 406-411 (SEE N92-21874 12-90)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Cerenkov Counters, Cerenkov Radiation, Construction, Design Analysis, Gamma Ray Telescopes, Imaging Techniques, Reflectors, Crab Nebula, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Gamma Rays, Observatories, Statistical Analysis

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Recently the power of the Cerenkov imaging technique in Very High Energy gamma-ray astronomy was demonstrated by the detection of the Crab nebula at high statistical significance. In order to further develop this technique to allow the detection of weaker or more distant sources a second 10 m class reflector was constructed about 120 m from the original instrument. The addition of the second reflector will allow both a reduction in the energy threshold and an improvement in the rejection of the hadronic background. The design and construction of the second reflector, Gamma Ray Astrophysics New Imaging TElescope (GRANITE) is described.

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