Speaker
Daniel Nieto Castano
(Columbia University)
Description
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is an international project for a next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory. CTA, conceived as
an array of tens of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, comprising small, medium and large-size telescopes, is aiming to improve on the sensitivity of current-generation experiments by an
order of magnitude and provide energy coverage from 20 GeV to more than 300 TeV. The Schwarzschild-Couder (SC) medium-size candidate telescope model features a novel aplanatic two-mirror optical design capable of a wide field-of-view with significantly improved imaging resolution as compared to the traditional Davis-Cotton optics design. Achieving this imaging resolution imposes strict alignment
requirements to be accomplished by a dedicated alignment system. In this contribution we present the status of the development of the SC
optical alignment system, soon to be materialized in a full-scale prototype SC medium-size telescope at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in southern Arizona.
| Registration number following "ICRC2015-I/" | 592 |
|---|---|
| Collaboration | CTA |
Author
Daniel Nieto Castano
(Columbia University)
Co-authors
Mr
Andrew Peck
(University of California Los Angeles)
Mr
Andriy Petrashyk
(Columbia University)
Mr
Brandon Stevenson
(University of Calfornia Los Angeles)
Prof.
Brian Humensky
(University of Columbia)
Mr
Deivid Ribeiro
(Columbia University)
Dr
Isaac Mognet
(University of California Los Angeles)
Dr
Julien Rousselle
(University of California Los Angeles)
Mr
Peter Yu
(University of California Los Angeles)
Prof.
Phillip Kaaret
(University of Iowa)
Mr
Scott Griffiths
(University of Iowa)
Prof.
Vassiliev Vladimir
(University of California Los Angeles)
