First Avalanche-photodiode camera test (FACT): A novel camera using G-APDs for the observation of very high-energy <em>ɣ</em>-rays with Cherenkov telescopes

Braun, I.; Commichau, S.C.; Rissi, M.; Backes, M.; Biland, A.; Bretz, T.; Britvitch, I.; Commichau, V.; von Gunten, H.; Hildebrand, D.; Horisberger, U.; Kranich, D.; Lorenz, E.; Lustermann, W.; Mannheim, K.; Neise, D.; Pauss, F.; Pohl, Martin; Renker, D.; Rhode, W.; Röser, U.; Straumann, U.; Viertel, G.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2009.05.082

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English

First Avalanche-photodiode camera test (FACT): A novel camera using G-APDs for the observation of very high-energy ɣ-rays with Cherenkov telescopes

Published inNuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, vol. 610, no. 1, p. 400-403

Publication date2009

Abstract

We present a project for a novel camera using Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiodes (G-APDs), to be installed in a small telescope (former HEGRA CT3) on the MAGIC site in La Palma (Canary Island, Spain). This novel type of semiconductor photon detector provides several superior features compared to conventional photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). The most promising one is a much higher Photon Detection Efficiency.

Keywords

Extensive air showers
Gamma-ray
Geiger-mode Avalanche-photodiodes
Solid-state photon detectors
Air Cherenkov telescope

Affiliation entities

Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire

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BRAUN, I. et al. First Avalanche-photodiode camera test (FACT): A novel camera using G-APDs for the observation of very high-energy ɣ-rays with Cherenkov telescopes. In: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2009, vol. 610, n° 1, p. 400–403. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.05.082

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PID : unige:41458
DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2009.05.082

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0168900209011334

Journal ISSN0168-9002

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