The Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) is a proposal for the Medium Size Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Its concept is based on a two-mirror optical system designed to improve the telescope field of view and image resolution with respect to the single mirror Davies-Cotton solution. The SCT camera is planned to be instrumented with 177 photodetection modules, each composed of 64 Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) pixels. The third generation of $6 x 6~mm^2$ high density NUV SiPMs (NUV-HD3) produced by Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) in collaboration with INFN has been used to equip optical units to be integrated on the upgrade of the camera of the SCT prototype (pSCT). Each optical unit is composed of an array of 16 NUV-HD3 SiPMs coupled with the front-end electronics, which is designed for full-waveform nanosecond readout and digitization using the TARGET-7 ASIC. Several optical units have been assembled and tested in the laboratories of INFN and have been integrated on the camera of the pSCT telescope, that is currently operating at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory. In this contribution we report on the development, assembly and calibration of the optical units that are currently taking data on the pSCT camera.

Development and operations of INFN optical modules for the SCT Telescope camera proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory / Adams, C.; Ambrosi, G.; Ambrosio, M.; Aramo, C.; Benbow, W.; Bertucci, B.; Bissaldi, E.; Bitossi, M.; Boiano, A.; Bonavolontà, C.; Bose, R.; Brill, A.; Buckley, J. H.; Caprai, M.; Covault, C. E.; Di Venere, L.; Feng, Q.; Fiandrini, E.; Gent, A.; Giglietto, N.; Giordano, F.; Halliday, R.; Hervet, O.; Hughes, G.; Humensky, T. B.; Ionica, M.; Jin, W.; Kaaret, P.; Kieda, D.; Kim, B.; Licciulli, F.; Loporchio, S.; Masone, V.; Meures, T.; Mode, B. A. W.; Mukherjee, R.; Okumura, A.; Otte, N.; Pantaleo, F. R.; Paoletti, R.; Petrashyk, A.; Powell, J.; Powell, K.; Ribeiro, D.; Rugliancich, A.; Santander, M.; Shang, R.; Stevenson, B.; Stiaccini, L.; Taylor, L. P.; Tosti, L.; Vagelli, V.; Valentino, M.; Vandenbroucke, J.; Vassiliev, V.; Wilcox, P.; Williams, D. A.; the CTA Consortium, For. - In: POS PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENCE. - ISSN 1824-8039. - ELETTRONICO. - 358:(2019). (Intervento presentato al convegno 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC2019 tenutosi a Madison, WI nel July 24 - August 1, 2019).

Development and operations of INFN optical modules for the SCT Telescope camera proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

E. Bissaldi
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
N. Giglietto
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
S. Loporchio;
2019-01-01

Abstract

The Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) is a proposal for the Medium Size Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Its concept is based on a two-mirror optical system designed to improve the telescope field of view and image resolution with respect to the single mirror Davies-Cotton solution. The SCT camera is planned to be instrumented with 177 photodetection modules, each composed of 64 Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) pixels. The third generation of $6 x 6~mm^2$ high density NUV SiPMs (NUV-HD3) produced by Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) in collaboration with INFN has been used to equip optical units to be integrated on the upgrade of the camera of the SCT prototype (pSCT). Each optical unit is composed of an array of 16 NUV-HD3 SiPMs coupled with the front-end electronics, which is designed for full-waveform nanosecond readout and digitization using the TARGET-7 ASIC. Several optical units have been assembled and tested in the laboratories of INFN and have been integrated on the camera of the pSCT telescope, that is currently operating at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory. In this contribution we report on the development, assembly and calibration of the optical units that are currently taking data on the pSCT camera.
2019
36th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC2019
Development and operations of INFN optical modules for the SCT Telescope camera proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory / Adams, C.; Ambrosi, G.; Ambrosio, M.; Aramo, C.; Benbow, W.; Bertucci, B.; Bissaldi, E.; Bitossi, M.; Boiano, A.; Bonavolontà, C.; Bose, R.; Brill, A.; Buckley, J. H.; Caprai, M.; Covault, C. E.; Di Venere, L.; Feng, Q.; Fiandrini, E.; Gent, A.; Giglietto, N.; Giordano, F.; Halliday, R.; Hervet, O.; Hughes, G.; Humensky, T. B.; Ionica, M.; Jin, W.; Kaaret, P.; Kieda, D.; Kim, B.; Licciulli, F.; Loporchio, S.; Masone, V.; Meures, T.; Mode, B. A. W.; Mukherjee, R.; Okumura, A.; Otte, N.; Pantaleo, F. R.; Paoletti, R.; Petrashyk, A.; Powell, J.; Powell, K.; Ribeiro, D.; Rugliancich, A.; Santander, M.; Shang, R.; Stevenson, B.; Stiaccini, L.; Taylor, L. P.; Tosti, L.; Vagelli, V.; Valentino, M.; Vandenbroucke, J.; Vassiliev, V.; Wilcox, P.; Williams, D. A.; the CTA Consortium, For. - In: POS PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENCE. - ISSN 1824-8039. - ELETTRONICO. - 358:(2019). (Intervento presentato al convegno 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC2019 tenutosi a Madison, WI nel July 24 - August 1, 2019).
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