TeV instrumentation: current and future

J Sitarek - Galaxies, 2022 - mdpi.com
During the last 20 years, TeV astronomy has turned from a fledgling field, with only a handful
of sources, into a fully-developed astronomy discipline, broadening our knowledge on a …

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 …

Measurement of the Crab Nebula spectrum past 100 TeV with HAWC

AU Abeysekara, A Albert, R Alfaro… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present TeV gamma-ray observations of the Crab Nebula, the standard reference source
in ground-based gamma-ray astronomy, using data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov …

A high performance likelihood reconstruction of γ-rays for imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes

M De Naurois, L Rolland - Astroparticle Physics, 2009 - Elsevier
We present a sophisticated γ-ray likelihood reconstruction technique for imaging
atmospheric Cerenkov telescopes. The technique is based on the comparison of the raw …

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 …

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 …

Comparison of techniques to reconstruct VHE gamma-ray showers from multiple stereoscopic Cherenkov images

W Hofmann, I Jung, A Konopelko, H Krawczynski… - Astroparticle …, 1999 - Elsevier
For air showers observed simultaneously by more than two imaging atmospheric Cherenkov
telescopes, the shower geometry is overconstrained by the images and image information …

A new analysis method for reconstructing the arrival direction of TeV gamma rays using a single imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope

RW Lessard, JH Buckley, V Connaughton… - Astroparticle …, 2001 - Elsevier
We present a method of atmospheric Cherenkov imaging which reconstructs the unique
arrival direction of TeV gamma rays using a single telescope. The method is derived …

Evolution of ground-based gamma-ray astronomy from the early days to the Cherenkov Telescope Arrays

AM Hillas - Astroparticle Physics, 2013 - Elsevier
Most of what we know of cosmic gamma rays has come from spacecraft, but at energies
above tens of GeV it has become possible to make observations with ground-based …

Very High Energy Gamma-ray spectral properties of Mrk 501 from CAT Cerenkov telescope observations in 1997

A Djannati-Atai, F Piron, A Barrau, L Iacoucci… - arxiv preprint astro-ph …, 1999 - arxiv.org
The BL Lac object Mrk 501 went into a very high state of activity during 1997, both in VHE
gamma-rays and X-rays. We present here results from observations at energies above 250 …