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JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/9/10/P10012
关键词
Cherenkov detectors; Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid-state) (PIN diodes, APDs, Si-PMTs, G-APDs, CCDs, EBCCDs, EMCCDs etc); Gamma detectors; Gamma telescopes
资金
- ETH Zurich [ETH-10.08-2, ETH-27.12-1]
- Swiss SNF
- German BMBF (Verbundforschung Astro- und Astroteilchenphysik)
- DFG [SFB 876/C3]
The First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT) is the first in-operation test of the performance of silicon photo detectors in Cherenkov Astronomy. For more than two years it is operated on La Palma, Canary Islands (Spain), for the purpose of long-term monitoring of astro-physical sources. For this, the performance of the photo detectors is crucial and therefore has been studied in great detail. Special care has been taken for their temperature and voltage dependence implementing a correction method to keep their properties stable. Several measurements have been carried out to monitor the performance. The measurements and their results are shown, demonstrating the stability of the gain below the percent level. The resulting stability of the whole system is discussed, nicely demonstrating that silicon photo detectors are perfectly suited for the usage in Cherenkov telescopes, especially for long-term monitoring purpose.
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