Development and operations of INFN optical modules for the SCT telescope camera proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

for the CTA Consortium

Development and operations of INFN optical modules for the SCT telescope camera proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

for the CTA Consortium

Physics and Astronomy (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

The Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) is a proposal for the Medium Size Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Its concept is based on a two-mirror optical system designed to improve the telescope field of view and image resolution with respect to the single mirror Davies-Cotton solution. The SCT camera is planned to be instrumented with 177 photodetection modules, each composed of 64 Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) pixels. The third generation of 6×6 mm² high density NUV SiPMs (NUV-HD3) produced by Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) in collaboration with INFN has been used to equip optical units to be integrated on the upgrade of the camera of the SCT prototype (pSCT). Each optical unit is composed of an array of 16 NUV-HD3 SiPMs coupled with the front-end electronics, which is designed for full-waveform nanosecond readout and digitization using the TARGET-7 ASIC. Several optical units have been assembled and tested in the laboratories of INFN and have been integrated on the camera of the pSCT telescope, that is currently operating at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory. In this contribution we report on the development, assembly and calibration of the optical units that are currently taking data on the pSCT camera.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	358
State	Published - 2019
Event	36th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2019 - Madison, United States Duration: Jul 24 2019 → Aug 1 2019

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Development and operations of INFN optical modules for the SCT telescope camera proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

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