2013/07/16 by J. Niemiec, J. Michałowski, Niemiec, Jacek +13
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1307.4189
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A single-mirror small-size (1M-SST) Davies-Cotton telescope has been proposed\nfor the southern observatory of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) by a\nconsortium of scientific institutions from Poland, Switzerland, and Germany.\nThe telescope has a 4 m diameter reflector and will be equipped with a fully\ndigital camera based on Geiger avalanche photodiodes (APDs). Such a design is\nparticularly interesting for CTA because it represents a very simple, reliable,\nand cheap solution for a SST. Here we present the design and the\ncharacteristics of the mechanical structure of the 1M-SST telescope and its\ndrive system. We also discuss the results of a finite element method analysis\nin order to demonstrate the conformance of the design with the CTA\nspecifications and scientific objectives. In addition, we report on the current\nstatus of the construction of a prototype telescope structure at the Institute\nof Nuclear Physics PAS in Krakow.\n