Calibration of the Whipple atmospheric Čerenkov telescope

Čerenkov ring images from single muons have been used to calibrate the Whipple Observatory 10 m imaging telescope. This approach tests the total throughput of the telescope and uses a known atmospheric Cerenkov light signal that closely matches the spectrum of the atmospheric Čerenkov signal from an...

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spelling paper:paper_09276505_v5_n1_p27_Rovero2023-06-08T15:51:57Z Calibration of the Whipple atmospheric Čerenkov telescope Čerenkov ring images from single muons have been used to calibrate the Whipple Observatory 10 m imaging telescope. This approach tests the total throughput of the telescope and uses a known atmospheric Cerenkov light signal that closely matches the spectrum of the atmospheric Čerenkov signal from an air-shower. The absolute calibration is derived by matching the observed ring images with those predicted by a simple geometrical and physical model; a value of 1.25 ± 0.13 photoelectrons equivalent to 1 digital count was found. Using this value simulations indicate that the telescope had an energy threshold of 300 GeV when this calibration was made. 1996 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_09276505_v5_n1_p27_Rovero http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09276505_v5_n1_p27_Rovero
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description Čerenkov ring images from single muons have been used to calibrate the Whipple Observatory 10 m imaging telescope. This approach tests the total throughput of the telescope and uses a known atmospheric Cerenkov light signal that closely matches the spectrum of the atmospheric Čerenkov signal from an air-shower. The absolute calibration is derived by matching the observed ring images with those predicted by a simple geometrical and physical model; a value of 1.25 ± 0.13 photoelectrons equivalent to 1 digital count was found. Using this value simulations indicate that the telescope had an energy threshold of 300 GeV when this calibration was made.
title Calibration of the Whipple atmospheric Čerenkov telescope
spellingShingle Calibration of the Whipple atmospheric Čerenkov telescope
title_short Calibration of the Whipple atmospheric Čerenkov telescope
title_full Calibration of the Whipple atmospheric Čerenkov telescope
title_fullStr Calibration of the Whipple atmospheric Čerenkov telescope
title_full_unstemmed Calibration of the Whipple atmospheric Čerenkov telescope
title_sort calibration of the whipple atmospheric čerenkov telescope
publishDate 1996
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_09276505_v5_n1_p27_Rovero
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09276505_v5_n1_p27_Rovero
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