Monte-Carlo studies of the angular resolution of a future Cherenkov gamma-ray telescope

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X- And Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Instrumentation, Applications Of Monte Carlo Methods, Gamma-Ray

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The current generation of Imaging Atmospheric telescopes (IACTs) has demonstrated the power of this observational technique, providing high sensitivity and an angular resolution of ~0.1° per event above an energy threshold of ~100 GeV. Planned future arrays of IACTs such as AGIS or CTA are aiming at significantly improving the angular resolution. Preliminary results have shown that values down to ~1' might be achievable. Here we present the results of Monte-Carlo simulations that aim to exploring the limits of angular resolution for next generation IACTs and investigate how the resolution can be optimised by changes to array and telescope parameters such as the number of pixel in the camera, the field of view of the camera, the angular pixel size, the mirror size, and also the telescope separation.

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