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imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope

(IACT)
(gamma-ray imager based on atmospheric Cherenkov radiation)

An imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope (IACT) is a Cherenkov detector that images gamma rays by detecting Cherenkov radiation in the atmosphere generated by relativistic particles produced by the interaction of incoming high-energy gamma-ray photons interacting with atmospheric molecules, then processing the collected data to produce images. Examples:

(telescope type,gamma rays,Cherenkov)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IACT
https://www.seramarkoff.com/2018/10/imaging-atmospheric-cherenkov-technique/
https://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/~rjn/teaching/4442/slides/cherenkovDetectors.pdf
https://web.physics.utah.edu/~lebohec/SIIWGWS/Slides/IACTMDaniel.pdf
https://docushare.wipac.wisc.edu/dsweb/Get/r_Document-69964/unknown
https://www.ctao.org/emission-to-discovery/science/how-ctao-works/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997ICRC....5..109A/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008ICRC....3.1535S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015JPhCS.595a2009D/abstract
WaveLFreqPhoton
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25×10-21m12×1027Hz50TeVbeginimaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope
25×10-18m12YHz50GeVendimaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope

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