Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for the medium-sized telescope of Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

Vladimir V. Vassiliev; 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. A. Cameron; R. Canestrari; M. Capasso; M. Caprai; C. E. Covault; D. De Paoli; 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; S. Loporchio; G. Marsella; V. Masone; K. Meagher; T. Meures; B. A. Mode; 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; L. Stiaccini; H. Tajima; L. P. Taylor; L. Tosti; G. Tripodo; V. Vagelli; M. Valentino; J. Vandenbroucke; R. White; D. A. Williams; A. Zink

doi:10.1117/12.2630604

29 August 2022 Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for the medium-sized telescope of Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

Vladimir V. Vassiliev, 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. A. Cameron, R. Canestrari, M. Capasso, M. Caprai, C. E. Covault, D. De Paoli, 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, S. Loporchio, G. Marsella, V. Masone, K. Meagher, T. Meures, B. A. Mode, 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, L. Stiaccini, H. Tajima, L. P. Taylor, L. Tosti, G. Tripodo, V. Vagelli, M. Valentino, J. Vandenbroucke, R. White, D. A. Williams, A. Zink

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Proceedings Volume 12182, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX; 121820N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630604
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the major ground-based gamma-ray observatory under construction. The CTA South observatory is foreseen to consist of Large-, Medium-, and Small-sized imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs). The innovative Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) is a candidate IACT and a proposed major U.S. contribution for the Medium-sized, 10m aperture telescopes for CTA. The SCT is designed to simultaneously achieve 8 degrees field of view and high imaging resolution with unprecedented 11,328 pixels camera by implementing novel, aplanatic, segmented dual-mirror optics and compact silicon photomultiplier detectors. This presentation will provide an overview of the SCT program in the U.S. including the construction of a full-scale prototype instrument by an international consortium of scientists with the focus on the alignment of the segmented primary and secondary mirrors and the ongoing upgrade of the camera to full scale.

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Vladimir V. Vassiliev, 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. A. Cameron, R. Canestrari, M. Capasso, M. Caprai, C. E. Covault, D. De Paoli, 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, S. Loporchio, G. Marsella, V. Masone, K. Meagher, T. Meures, B. A. Mode, 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, L. Stiaccini, H. Tajima, L. P. Taylor, L. Tosti, G. Tripodo, V. Vagelli, M. Valentino, J. Vandenbroucke, R. White, D. A. Williams, and A. Zink "Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for the medium-sized telescope of Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory", Proc. SPIE 12182, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX, 121820N (29 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630604

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