The CAT Imaging Telescope
Abstract
The VHE gamma-ray imaging telescope CAT started taking data in October 1996. Located at the Themis solar site in southern France, it features a 17.7 m^2 Davies-Cotton mirror equipped with 600 PMT camera at the focal plane. The mechanics and optics, the PMTs and the electronics are presented. The performance, based on the first 7 months of operation, is discribed.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- May 1997
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/9705247
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/9705247
- Bibcode:
- 1997astro.ph..5247B
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 2 figures, Tex, contribution to 25th ICRC Durban