Description
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation ground-based TeV gamma-ray observatory comprising three telescope sizes: small, medium, and large, with an energy sensitivity ranging from 20 GeV to 300 TeV. CTA will be deployed across two locations: Paranal, Chile; and La Palma, Spain, providing full coverage of the entire sky. With a 4 m primary reflector, the Small Sized Telescopes (SSTs) will be deployed at the CTA-South site, focussing on the highest energy gamma-ray observations. The SSTs will cover a collection area of several square kilometres with the deployment of at least 37 telescopes providing an unrivalled sensitivity to gamma-rays above 1 TeV. In utilising a Schwarzschild-Couder optical design, the SSTs have been developed to achieve a large field-of-view whilst implementing a low-cost, small plate-scale, compact camera. The design of the Cherenkov-imaging camera employed by the SST has been finalised and will consist of a focal plane containing 2048 Silicon Photomultiplier pixels with full waveform readout via TARGET based digitising electronics. As the SST moves towards the first pre-production camera and deployment to CTA-South, we present the current design and status of the SST Camera, including Dutch contributions in assembly, verification, and calibration.
| Talk category | Instrumentation (contact wijnen@strw.leidenuniv.nl) |
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| Preference for a talk or poster | Poster |
