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,
and processing the detection 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
Referenced by page:
Cherenkov detector
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