The Whipple Observatory 10 m gamma-ray telescope, 1997-2006

被引：26
作者：
Kildea, J. [1 ]
Atkins, R. W.
Badran, H. M.
Blaylock, G.
Bond, I. H.
Bradbury, S. M.
Buckley, J. H.
Carter-Lewis, D. A.
Celik, O.
Chow, Y. C. K.
Cui, W.
Cogan, P.
Daniel, M. K.
Perez, I. de la Calle
Dowdall, C.
Duke, C.
Falcone, A. D.
Fegan, D. J.
Fegan, S. J.
Finley, J. P.
Fortson, L. F.
Gall, D.
Gillanders, G. H.
Grube, J.
Gutierrez, K. J.
Hall, J.
Hall, T. A.
Holder, J.
Horan, D.
Hughes, S. B.
Jordan, M.
Jung, I.
Kenny, G. E.
Kertzman, M.
Knapp, J.
Konopelko, A.
Kosack, K.
Krawczynski, H.
Krennrich, F.
Lang, M. J.
LeBohec, S.
Lloyd-Evans, J.
Millis, J.
Moriarty, P.
Nagai, T.
Ogden, P. A.
Ong, R. A.
Perkins, J. S.
Petry, D.
Pizlo, F.
机构：
[1] McGill Univ, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T8, Canada
[2] Univ Utah, Dept Phys, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
[3] Tanta Univ, Dept Phys, Tanta, Egypt
[4] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
[5] Univ Leeds, Sch Phys & Astron, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England
[6] Washington Univ, Dept Phys, St Louis, MO 63130 USA
[7] Iowa State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Ames, IA 50011 USA
[8] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[9] Purdue Univ, Dept Phys, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
[10] Univ Coll Dublin, Sch Phys, Dublin, Ireland
[11] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Oxford OX1 3RH, England
[12] Grinnell Coll, Dept Phys, Grinnell, IA 50112 USA
[13] Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[14] Adler Planetarium & Astron Museum, Dept Astron, Chicago, IL 60605 USA
[15] Natl Univ Ireland Univ Coll Galway, Dept Phys, Galway, Ireland
[16] Univ Arkansas, Dept Phys & Astron, Little Rock, AR 72204 USA
[17] Univ Delaware, Dept Phys & Astron, Sharp Lab, Newark, DE 19716 USA
[18] Argonne Natl Lab, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
[19] Depauw Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Greencastle, IN 46135 USA
[20] Max Planck Inst Kernphys, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
[21] Galway Mayo Inst Technol, Dept Phys & Life Sci, Galway, Ireland
[22] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Fred Lawrence Whipple Observ, Amado, AZ 85645 USA
[23] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[24] Univ Chicago, Enrico Fermi Inst, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
来源：
ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS | 2007年 / 28卷 / 02期
基金：
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会; 美国国家科学基金会; 爱尔兰科学基金会;
关键词：
gamma-ray astronomy; gamma-ray telescope; atmospheric Cherenkov effect; imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique; Whipple collaboration; VERITAS; GRANITE; imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope;
D O I：
10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.05.004
中图分类号：
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号：
0704 ;
摘要：
Details are presented of the Whipple Observatory's 10 m atmospheric Cherenkov telescope and camera, as it evolved during the period 1997 until 2006. The design of the telescope and camera's optical and electronic systems is discussed together with a detailed description of the four-stage GRANITE (Gamma-RAy New Imaging TElescope) upgrade program, undertaken during the same time period. The objective of the upgrade was to improve the telescope's sensitivity for the detection of very-high-energy gamma-rays. Results from the program are provided and are briefly discussed in the context of the design of VERITAS. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码：182 / 195
页数：14
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