The Application Potential of Silicon Photomultipliers for a Camera of a Small-Size Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Telescope for Reducing the Detection Threshold

Technical Physics - Source and noise signals in a new camera of the TAIGA-IACT Cherenkov γ-ray telescope based on silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) have been simulated. It is shown that...     

Cherenkov gamma-ray telescopes: Past,present, future. The ALEGRO project

A brief overview of the history of atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray telescopes is given. Topical problems of modern astrophysics and fundamental physics to be solved with these instruments are listed. The ALEGRO project of a low-threshold gamma-ray observatory is characterized in detail. The aim of this project is to examine cosmic gamma-ray sources (especially the rapidly variable gamma-ray sources, gamma-ray transients) with high statistics of detected photons in the energy range of 5–50 GeV.     

ALEGRO: A new-generation Cherenkov gamma observatory

The concept of a new-generation terrestrial Cherenkov gamma observatory is proposed on the basis of the results of numerical modeling and research and development work. The key parameters of this observatory are estimated. Its primary objective should be the observation of cosmic gamma-ray sources in the 5–50 GeV energy range. Neither ground-based Cherenkov gamma observatories nor orbital gamma telescopes are presently able to perform such observations efficiently.     

Temperature Dependence of the Sensitivity of Silicon Photomultipliers in the Regime of Single-Photon Detection of Ultraviolet Radiation

Technical Physics - The temperature dependences of the dark count and efficiency of single-photon detection for two silicon avalanche photodetectors of ultraviolet radiation (OnSemi/SensL...