Solid light concentrators for cherenkov astronomy

31st International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Braun, Isabel ^a   Stark, Luisa Sabrina ^a   Backes, Michael ^b   Biland, Adrian ^a   Boller, Andrea ^a   Bretz, Thomas ^c   Commichau, Sebastian ^a   Commichau, Volker ^a   Dorner, Daniela ^a,d   Gadola, Arno ^e   Von Gunten, Hanspeter ^a   Gendotti, Adamo ^a   Grimm, Oliver ^a   Hildebrand, Dorothée ^a   Horisberger, Urs ^a   Huber, Ben ^e   Krähenbühl, Thomas ^a   Kranich, Daniel ^a   Lorenz, Eckart ^a,f   Lustermann, Werner ^a   Mannheim, Karl ^c   Neise, Dominik ^d   Pauss, Felicitas ^a   Renker, Dieter ^g   Rhode, Wolfgang ^b   Rissi, Michael ^a   Rollke, Sebastian ^b   Röser, Ulf ^a   Steiner, Stefan ^e   Straumann, Ulrich ^e   Stucki, Jean Pierre ^a   Viertel, Gert ^a   Vogler, Patrick ^a   Vollhardt, Achim ^e   Weitzel, Quirin ^a   more..

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^g PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cherenkov telescopes; FACT; Solid winston cones

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; OPTICAL FIBERS; TELESCOPES;

CHERENKOV TELESCOPE; CONCENTRATION RATIO; FACT; GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; IMAGING ATMOSPHERIC CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; LIGHT CONCENTRATORS; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; REFLECTIVE SURFACES;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 84899071841     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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