Calibration of cameras of the H.E.S.S. detector.

By H. C. F. Aharonian, et al. 2004

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H.E.S.S.—the high energy stereoscopic system—is a new system of large atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes for GeV/TeV astronomy. Each of the four telescopes of 107 m2 mirror area is equipped with a 960-pixel photomultiplier-tube camera. This paper describes the methods used to convert the photomultiplier signals into the quantities needed for Cherenkov image analysis. Two independent calibration techniques have been applied in parallel to provide an estimation of uncertainties. Results on the long-term stability of the H.E.S.S. cameras are also presented.

Subfields: Aerospace Engineering, Radiation

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In Aerospace Engineering

1. T. H. C. Aharonian
2. Oleg Ruchayskiy
3. Alexey Boyarsky
4. Ł. Stawarz
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• The 2HWC HAWC Observatory Gamma-Ray Catalog (2017, methodology): “Unlike imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs), such as H.E.S.S. (Aharonian et al. 2004), MAGIC (Aleksić et al. 2016), VERITAS (Holder et al. 2006), and FACT (Anderhub et al. 2011), which observe the Cherenkov light emitted by the extensive air showers as they develop in the atmosphere,…”
• 3.9 day orbital modulation in the TeV gamma-ray flux and spectrum from the X-ray binary LS 5039 (2006, methodology): “Data were analysed, employing two separate calibration procedures (Aharonian et al. 2004) and several background re- ⋆ Present address: School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, 5005, Australia jection and direction reconstruction methods.”
• The H.E.S.S. Survey of the Inner Galaxy in Very High Energy Gamma Rays (2005, methodology): “7 3946 by the CANGAROO (Enomoto et al. 2002) and the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) collaborations (Aharonian et al. 2004c).”
• A comment on the emission from the Galactic Center as seen by the Fermi telescope (2010, background): “2, (Aharonian et al. 2004; van Eldik et al. 2008)) and continuing all the way down to ∼ 1 GeV.”
• An Exceptional Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Flare of PKS 2155–304 (2007, methodology): “The standard H.E.S.S. calibration (Aharonian et al. 2004) and analysis tools (Benbow 2005) are used to extract the results shown here.”