Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy: history and development of techniques

D Bose, VR Chitnis, P Majumdar… - The European Physical …, 2022 - Springer
Very high energy (VHE) γ-rays constitute one of the main pillars of high energy astrophysics.
Gamma-rays are produced under extreme relativistic conditions in the Universe. VHE γ-rays …

Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: an advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy

CTA Consortium J. Knapp@ leeds. ac. uk http … - Experimental …, 2011 - Springer
Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has had a major breakthrough with the impressive
results obtained using systems of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Ground …

A Monte Carlo template based analysis for air-Cherenkov arrays

RD Parsons, JA Hinton - Astroparticle Physics, 2014 - Elsevier
We present a high-performance event reconstruction algorithm: an Image Pixel-wise fit for
Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (ImPACT). The reconstruction algorithm is based …

VERITAS: the very energetic radiation imaging telescope array system

TC Weekes, H Badran, SD Biller, I Bond, S Bradbury… - Astroparticle …, 2002 - Elsevier
The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) represents an
important step forward in the study of extreme astrophysical processes in the universe. It …

Optimized dark matter searches in deep observations of Segue 1 with MAGIC

J Aleksić, S Ansoldi, LA Antonelli… - … of Cosmology and …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of stereoscopic observations of the satellite galaxy Segue 1 with the
MAGIC Telescopes, carried out between 2011 and 2013. With almost 160 hours of good …

The optical system of the HESS imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Part I: layout and components of the system

K Bernlöhr, O Carrol, R Cornils, S Elfahem, P Espigat… - Astroparticle …, 2003 - Elsevier
HESS––the high energy stereoscopic system––is a new system of large imaging
atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, with about 100 m2 mirror area for each of four …

Using muon rings for the calibration of the Cherenkov telescope array: a systematic review of the method and its potential accuracy

M Gaug, S Fegan, AMW Mitchell… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The analysis of ring images produced by muons in an Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov
Telescope (IACT) provides a powerful and precise method to calibrate the IACT optical …

Calibration of cameras of the HESS detector

F Aharonian, AG Akhperjanian, KM Aye… - Astroparticle …, 2004 - Elsevier
HESS—the high energy stereoscopic system—is a new system of large atmospheric
Cherenkov telescopes for GeV/TeV astronomy. Each of the four telescopes of 107m2 mirror …

Temporal and spectral gamma-ray properties of Mkn 421 above 250 GeV from CAT observations between 1996 and 2000

F Piron, A Djannati-Atai, M Punch, JP Tavernet… - Astronomy & …, 2001 - aanda.org
The γ-ray emission above from the BL Lac object Markarian 421 was observed by the CAT
Cherenkov imaging telescope between December, 1996, and June, 2000. In 1998, the …

Design Concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

TCTA Consortium - arxiv preprint arxiv:1008.3703, 2010 - arxiv.org
Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has had a major breakthrough with the impressive
results obtained using systems of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Ground …