Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Aug 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004head....8.1637h&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #8, #16.37; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.935
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
We discuss a possible extension of the VERITAS Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope experiment. The extension consists of 2 STAR (Small Telescope Array) telescopes, each with an effective light collection area equalling that of a 30m to 50m diameter telescope (Krawczynski, Falcone et al. 2003). The system of 2 large telescopes would achieve an energy threshold of between 20 GeV and 40 GeV and would allow us to study extragalactic GeV sources at redshifts between 1 and 2 with extremely high sensitivity on short time scales. Each large telescope consists of between 144 and 400 small, 2.5 m diameter telescopes. The small telescopes are equipped with fast pixelated cameras. After delaying and combining the signals from all the small telescopes that make up a large telescope, a telescope trigger is derived, and the signals are digitized. In this contribution, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the approach and present Monte Carlo studies of the performance of a telescope system that consists of 4 or 7 VERITAS telescopes and 2 large STAR telescopes.
Buckley Jeremiah
Falcone Abraham
Hughes Scott Brandon
Jung Inhwa
Krawczynski Henric
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