2015/10/19 by J. Holder, Holder, Jamie · 1 citation
Health Professions · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies #Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1510.05675
openalex publication_date 2015/10/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The stereoscopic imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique, developed in the 1980s and 1990s, is now used by a number of existing and planned gamma-ray observatories around the world. It provides the most sensitive view of the very high energy gamma-ray sky (above 30 GeV), coupled with relatively good angular and spectral resolution over a wide field-of-view. This Chapter summarizes the details of the technique, including descriptions of the telescope optical systems and cameras, as well as the most common approaches to data analysis and gamma-ray reconstruction.