The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope, an end-to end Schwarzschild-Couder telescope prototype proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Authors
Publication date 2016
Host editors
  • C.J. Evans
  • L. Simard
  • H. Takami
Book title Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
Book subtitle 26-30 June 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
  • 9781510601956
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9781510601963
Series Proceedings of the SPIE
Event Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
Article number 990848
Volume | Issue number 3
Number of pages 9
Publisher Bellingham, WA: SPIE
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract The GCT (Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope) is a dual-mirror prototype of Small-Sized-Telescopes proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) and made by an Australian-Dutch-French-German-Indian-Japanese-UK-US consortium. The integration of this end-to-end telescope was achieved in 2015. On-site tests and measurements of the first Cherenkov images on the night sky began on November 2015. This contribution describes the telescope and plans for the pre-production and a large scale production within CTA.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232082
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