Wide-field prime-focus Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes: A systematic study

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dc.creatorSchliesser, Albert
dc.creatorMirzoyan, Razmick
dc.date2005-07-26
dc.date2005-08-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:43:16Z
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dc.descriptionBy means of third-order optical theory as well as ray-tracing simulations we have investigated the feasibility of wide-field imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes with a reflective prime-focus design. For a range of desired optical resolutions, we have determined the largest available field-of-view of single-piece spherical, single-piece parabolic, tessellated spherical, tessellated parabolic and Davies-Cotton designs, always considering a wide range of design parameters. The Davies-Cotton design exhibits a surprising similarity to the tessellated parabolic design in its qualitative behaviour. Also, elliptic telescope designs with better off-axis imaging properties than Davies-Cotton are presented. We show that by using f/2 optics it is possible to build prime-focus telescopes with a full field-of-view of 10 degree at 0.1 degree resolution.
dc.description18 pages, 10 figures. Changed version contains all figures in eps format
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507617
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507617
dc.identifierAstropart.Phys.24:382-390,2005
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2005.08.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/182183
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleWide-field prime-focus Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes: A systematic study
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