Construction of a Schwarzschild-Couder telescope as a candidate for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: Implementation of the opti

Rousselle, J.; Byrum, K.; Cameron, R. A.; Connaughton, V.; Errando, M.; Guarino, V. J.; Humensky, Brian; Jenke, P.; Kieda, D.; Mukherjee, R.; Castaño, Daniel Nieto; Okumura, A.; Petrashyk, Andrii; Vassiliev, V. V.

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“…This contribution will describe the status of development of the optical system for a prototype SC-MST (pSCT), currently under construction at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO) in southern Arizona (USA) 2 . These proceedings follow up on previous reports [4,5]. A more general description of the current status of the pSCT project as a whole can be found elsewhere in these proceedings [6].…”

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Prototype 9.7m Schwarzschild-Couder telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: status of the optical system.

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2017

Proceedings of 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2017)

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“…ment and position adjustment of ∼ 15 seconds per cycle. A more detailed description of the MPM elements is given in the previous ICRC proceedings [4].…”

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Prototype 9.7m Schwarzschild-Couder telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: status of the optical system.

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2017

Proceedings of 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2017)

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“…Each panel is relatively large (∼1 m 2 ), and the overall primary mirror area of ∼50 m 2 area is about half that of VERITAS or HESS. More details on the pSCT optical system can be found in [5] After the mirrors are aligned using the equipment described in [6], the optical point spread function for the SCT is expected to be around 5', which corresponds to a physical size of 8 mm on the focal plane.…”

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Status of the Schwarzchild-Couder medium-sized telescope for the Cherenkov telescope array

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Otte²

2017

AIP Conference Proceedings

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Abstract. The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is planned to be the next-generation very-high-energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma-ray observatory. It is anticipated that CTA will improve upon the sensitivity of the current generation of VHE experiments, such as VERITAS, HESS and MAGIC, by an order of magnitude. CTA is planned to consist of two graded arrays of Cherenkov telescopes with three primary-mirror sizes. A proof-of-concept telescope, based on the dual-mirror Schwarzchild-Couder design, is being constructed on the VERITAS site at the F.L. Whipple Observatory in southern Arizona, USA, and is a candidate design for the medium-sized telescopes. The telescope's construction will be completed in early 2017, and the status of this project is presented here.

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“…The mirrors for the pSCT [5] will be mounted to the hexapod SP which in turn will be mounted to a triangular base that is mounted to the curved beams of the primary and secondary. The triangular base has to be located on the OSS within 10mm and the SP has a large enough range of adjustment to accommodate this tolerance.…”

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A Medium Sized Schwarzschild-Couder Cherenkov Telescope Design Proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2015)

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The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is an international next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory. CTA will be implemented as southern and northern hemisphere arrays of tens of small, medium and large-sized imaging Cherenkov telescopes with the goal of improving the sensitivity over the current-generation experiments by an order of magnitude. CTA will provide energy coverage from ~20 GeV to more than 300 TeV. The SchwarzschildCouder (SC) medium size (9.5m) telescopes will feature a novel aplanatic two-mirror optical design capable of accommodating a wide field-of-view with significantly improved angular resolution as compared to the traditional Davies-Cotton optical design. A full-scale prototype SC medium size telescope structure has been designed and will be constructed at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in southern Arizona during the fall of 2015. This report will concentrate on the novel features of the design.

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Construction of a Schwarzschild-Couder telescope as a candidate for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: Implementation of the opti

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Prototype 9.7m Schwarzschild-Couder telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: status of the optical system.

Prototype 9.7m Schwarzschild-Couder telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: status of the optical system.

Status of the Schwarzchild-Couder medium-sized telescope for the Cherenkov telescope array

A Medium Sized Schwarzschild-Couder Cherenkov Telescope Design Proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

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