Speaker
Sebastian Diebold
(IAAT)
Description
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation very high energy gamma-ray air-shower Cherenkov observatory. It will consist of a large number of segmented-mirror telescopes of three different diameters, placed in two locations, one in the northern and one in the southern hemisphere, thus covering the whole sky. The total number of mirror tiles will be of the order of 10.000, corresponding to a reflective area of ~ 10^4 m^2. The Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Tuebingen (IAAT) is currently developing mirror control alignment mechanics, electronics, and software optimised for the medium sized telescopes. In addition, IAAT is participating in the CTA mirror prototype testing. In this paper we present the status of the current developments, the main results of recent tests, and plans for the production phase of the mirror control system. We also briefly present the Tuebingen facility for mirror testing.
| Registration number following "ICRC2015-I/" | 1117 |
|---|---|
| Collaboration | CTA |
Primary authors
Gerd Puehlhofer
(IAAT)
Juergen Dick
(IAAT)
Co-authors
Andrea Santangelo
(IAAT)
Antonio Bonardi
(IMAPP - Radboud University Nijmegen)
Christoph Tenzer
(IAAT)
Daniel Gottschall
(Universität Tübingen)
Eckhard Kendziorra
(IAAT)
Massimo Capasso
(IAAT)
Sebastian Diebold
(IAAT)
Stephan Bressel
(IAAT)
Thomas Schanz
(IAAT)
