The Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope, an end-to end Schwarzschild-Couder telescope prototype proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
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| Publication date | 2016 |
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| Book title | Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI |
| Book subtitle | 26-30 June 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232082
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