Initial performance of CANGAROO-II 7m telescope.

Authors :: Kubo, Hidetoshi
Dazeley, S. A.
Edwards, P. G.
Gunji, S.
Hara, S.
Hara, T.
Jinbo, J.
Kawachi, A.
Kifune, T.
Kushida, J.
Matsubara, Y.
Mizumoto, Y.
Mori, M.
Moriya, M.
Muraishi, H.
Muraki, Y.
Naito, T.
Nishijima, K.
Patterson, J. R.
Roberts, M.D.
Source :: AIP Conference Proceedings. 2000, Vol. 515 Issue 1, p313. 5p. 3 Black and White Photographs, 4 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 2000
Abstract: CANGAROO group constructed an imaging air Cherenkov telescope (CANGAROO-II) in March 1999 at Woomera, South Australia to observe celestial gamma-rays in hundreds GeV region. It has a 7m parabolic mirror consisting of 60 small plastic spherical mirrors, and the prime focus is equipped with a multi-pixel camera of 512 PMTs covering the field of view of 3 degrees. We report initial performance of the telescope. © 2000 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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