Title of article
A new analysis method for very high definition Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes as applied to the CAT telescope
Author/Authors
Le Bohec، نويسنده , , S. and Degrange، نويسنده , , B. and Punch، نويسنده , , M. and Barrau، نويسنده , , A. and Bazer-Bachi، نويسنده , , R. and Cabot، نويسنده , , H. and Chounet، نويسنده , , L.M. and Debiais، نويسنده , , G. and Dezalay، نويسنده , , J.P. and Djannati-Ata??، نويسنده , , A. and Dumora، نويسنده , , D. and Espigat، نويسنده , , P. and Fabre، نويسنده , , B. and Fleury، نويسنده , , P. and Fontaine، نويسنده , , G. and George، نويسنده ,
Pages
13
From page
425
To page
437
Abstract
A new method of shower-image analysis is presented which appears very powerful as applied to those Cherenkov Imaging Telescopes with very high definition imaging capability. It provides hadron rejection on the basis of a single cut on the image shape, and simultaneously determines the energy of the electromagnetic shower and the position of the shower axis with respect to the detector. The source location is also reconstructed for each individual γ-ray shower, even with one single telescope, so for a point source the hadron rejection can be further improved. As an example, this new method is applied to data from the CAT (Cherenkov Array at Thémis) imaging telescope, which has been operational since Autumn, 1996.
Keywords
Gamma-ray astronomy , Atmospheric Cherenkov detector
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2006734
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