Technical and scientific performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for CTA

C. B. Adams; G. Ambrosi; M. Ambrosio; C. Aramo; P. I. Batista; W. Benbow; B. Bertucci; E. Bissaldi; M. Bitossi; A. Boiano; C. Bonavolontà; R. Bose; A. Brill; A. M. Brown; J. H. Buckley; R. Canestrari; M. Capasso; M. Caprai; C. E. Covault; D. Depaoli; L. Di Venere; M. Errando; S. Fegan; Q. Feng; E. Fiandrini; A. Furniss; A. Gent; N. Giglietto; F. Giordano; E. Giro; R. Halliday; O. Hervet; J. Holder; T. B. Humensky; S. Incardona; M. Ionica; W. Jin; D. Kieda; F. Licciulli; S. Loporchio; G. Marsella; V. Masone; K. Meagher; T. Meures; B. A.W. Mode; S. A.I. Mognet; R. Mukherjee; D. Nieto; A. Okumura; N. Otte; F. R. Pantaleo; R. Paoletti; G. Pareschi; F. Di Pierro; E. Pueschel; D. Ribeiro; L. Riitano; E. Roache; D. Ross; J. Rousselle; A. Rugliancich; M. Santander; R. Shang; L. Stiaccini; H. Tajima; L. P. Taylor; L. Tosti; G. Tovmassian; G. Tripodo; V. Vagelli; M. Valentino; J. Vandenbroucke; V. V. Vassiliev; J. J. Watson; R. White; D. A. Williams; P. Yu; A. Zink

doi:10.1117/12.2594580

Technical and scientific performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for CTA

C. B. Adams
, G. Ambrosi
, M. Ambrosio
, C. Aramo
, P. I. Batista
, W. Benbow
, B. Bertucci
, E. Bissaldi
, M. Bitossi
, A. Boiano
, C. Bonavolontà
, R. Bose
, A. Brill
, A. M. Brown
, J. H. Buckley
, R. Canestrari
, M. Capasso
, M. Caprai
, C. E. Covault
, D. Depaoli

L. Di Venere, M. Errando, S. Fegan, Q. Feng, E. Fiandrini, A. Furniss, A. Gent, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, E. Giro, R. Halliday, O. Hervet, J. Holder, T. B. Humensky, S. Incardona, M. Ionica, W. Jin, D. Kieda, F. Licciulli, S. Loporchio, G. Marsella, V. Masone, K. Meagher, T. Meures, B. A.W. Mode, S. A.I. Mognet, R. Mukherjee, D. Nieto, A. Okumura, N. Otte, F. R. Pantaleo, R. Paoletti, G. Pareschi, F. Di Pierro, E. Pueschel, D. Ribeiro, L. Riitano, E. Roache, D. Ross, J. Rousselle, A. Rugliancich, M. Santander, R. Shang, L. Stiaccini, H. Tajima, L. P. Taylor, L. Tosti, G. Tovmassian, G. Tripodo, V. Vagelli, M. Valentino, J. Vandenbroucke, V. V. Vassiliev, J. J. Watson, R. White, D. A. Williams, P. Yu, A. Zink

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INFN Sezione di Napoli
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Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
University of Perugia
Politecnico di Bari
INFN Sezione di Bari
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
ISASI
Washington University in St. Louis
Durham University
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo
Barnard College
Case Western Reserve University
University of Turin
INFN Sezione di Torino
California State University - East Bay
College of Computing
INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
Michigan State University
University of California at Santa Cruz
The Bartol Research Institute
SUNY Maritime College
University of Palermo
INFN Sezione di Catania
University of Alabama
University of Utah
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Pennsylvania State University
IPARCOS-UCM (Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos)
Complutense University
Nagoya University
University of Siena
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Milan
University of Leicester
National Astronomical Observatory
University of California, Los Angeles
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Science and Research Directorate
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

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The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next-generation ground-based observatory for very-high-energy gamma rays. One candidate design for CTA’s medium-sized telescopes consists of the Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT), featuring innovative dual-mirror optics. The SCT project has built and is currently operating a 9.7-m prototype SCT (pSCT) at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO); such optical design enables the use of a compact camera with state-of-the art silicon photomultiplier detectors. A partially-equipped camera has recently successfully detected the Crab Nebula with a statistical significance of 8.6 standard deviations. A funded upgrade of the pSCT focal plane sensors and electronics is currently ongoing, which will bring the total number of channels from 1600 to 11328 and the telescope field of view from about 2.7^◦ to 8^◦. In this work, we will describe the technical and scientific performance of the pSCT.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Astronomical Optics
Subtitle of host publication	Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems III
Editors	Tony B. Hull, Daewook Kim, Pascal Hallibert, Fanny Keller
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510644786
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594580
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2021
Event	Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems III 2021 - San Diego, United States Duration: 1 Aug 2021 → 5 Aug 2021

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	11820
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems III 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	1/08/21 → 5/08/21

Keywords

Aplanatic optical system
Gamma rays
Imaging Cherenkov telescopes
Schwarzschild-Couder telescope
Silicon photomultipliers

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Adams, C. B., Ambrosi, G., Ambrosio, M., Aramo, C., Batista, P. I., Benbow, W., Bertucci, B., Bissaldi, E., Bitossi, M., Boiano, A., Bonavolontà, C., Bose, R., Brill, A., Brown, A. M., Buckley, J. H., Canestrari, R., Capasso, M., Caprai, M., Covault, C. E., ... Zink, A. (2021). Technical and scientific performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for CTA. In T. B. Hull, D. Kim, P. Hallibert, & F. Keller (Eds.), Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems III Article 118200E (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 11820). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594580

Adams, C. B. ; Ambrosi, G. ; Ambrosio, M. et al. / Technical and scientific performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for CTA. Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems III. editor / Tony B. Hull ; Daewook Kim ; Pascal Hallibert ; Fanny Keller. SPIE, 2021. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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Technical and scientific performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for CTA. / Adams, C. B.; Ambrosi, G.; Ambrosio, M. et al.
Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems III. ed. / Tony B. Hull; Daewook Kim; Pascal Hallibert; Fanny Keller. SPIE, 2021. 118200E (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 11820).

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Adams CB, Ambrosi G, Ambrosio M, Aramo C, Batista PI, Benbow W et al. Technical and scientific performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for CTA. In Hull TB, Kim D, Hallibert P, Keller F, editors, Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems III. SPIE. 2021. 118200E. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2594580

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