Author/Authors :
Hanna، نويسنده , , D.S. and Bhattacharya، نويسنده , , D. and Boone، نويسنده , , L.M. and Chantell، نويسنده , , M.C. and Conner، نويسنده , , Z. and Covault، نويسنده , , C.E. and Dragovan، نويسنده , , Laura M. Patterson-Fortin، نويسنده , , P. and Gregorich، نويسنده , , D.T. and Hinton، نويسنده , , J.A. and Mukherjee، نويسنده , , R. and Ong، نويسنده , , R.A. and Oser، نويسنده , , S. and Ragan، نويسنده , , K. and Scalzo، نويسنده , , R.A. and Schue، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We describe the design and performance of the Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment detector in its initial configuration (STACEE-32). STACEE is a new ground-based gamma-ray detector using the atmospheric Cherenkov technique. In STACEE, the heliostats of a solar energy research array are used to collect and focus the Cherenkov photons produced in gamma-ray induced air showers. The large Cherenkov photon collection area of STACEE results in a gamma-ray energy threshold below that of previous detectors.
