Astroparticle physics equipment for CTA
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leicester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Please see joint UK CTA proposal submitted by Tim Greenshaw, University of Liverpool
Planned Impact
Please see joint UK CTA proposal submitted by Tim Greenshaw, University of Liverpool
Organisations
- University of Leicester (Lead Research Organisation)
- Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Collaboration)
- Columbia University (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Nuclear Physics (Collaboration)
- University of Utah (Collaboration)
- Aix-Marseille University (Collaboration)
- National Research Council (Collaboration)
- DURHAM UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- University of Amsterdam (Collaboration)
- University of Siena (Collaboration)
- University of Hawaii (Collaboration)
- Stanford University (Collaboration)
- University of Adelaide (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (Collaboration)
- Observatory of Paris (Collaboration)
- Polytechnic University of Bari (Collaboration)
- University of Iowa (Collaboration)
- Leiden University (Collaboration)
- University of Alabama in Huntsville (Collaboration)
- Washington University in St. Louis (Collaboration)
- Nagoya University (Collaboration)
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- Argonne National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- University of Perugia (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Jonathan Lapington (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Lapington J
(2017)
The GCT camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
| Description | This funding gave us the capability to prototype complex electronic circuits fpr cameras for use in the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). Without this in-house capability the costs and timescale of procurement from industry would have limited the scope of the electronics development. This equipment has substantially reduced production costs allowing design iteration to optimise performance. In 2016-2017 this equipment was used extensively indevelopment of the TARGET electronics module, a multi-channel high speed data acquisition system, a core component in the camera developed for the UK involvement in Cerenkov Telscope Array. This work could not have been undertaken without the equipment funded in this project. It has also proved extremely valuable for many other research council funded projects at the University of Leicester. |
| Exploitation Route | The facility is available for other University of Leicester projects and for CTA collaborators. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Environment,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Description | This electronics production facility has been intensively used for the research and development of the front-end electronics for the CHEC camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. These FEE electronics include a) a miniaturised low power 64 channel high speed preamplifier, and b) a matching 64 channel 1GSa/s waveform digitiser and trigger module. The CHEC FEE module, developed at Leicester University, was designed, manufactured and delivered in Q3 2017 for the CHEC-S prototype camera which is now undergoing laboratory testing prior to on-telescope tests in Q2/Q3 2018. The facility will also be used for projects with non-academic impact at the University of Leicester, making outputs from these projects more cost-effective and productive. Leicester has joined the US-led SCT collaboration developing a Medium-Sized Telescope (MST) for CTA, and the facility has helped to develop a modified FEE module for SCT. The facility is also being incorporated in the new advanced manufacturing infrastructure suite being assembled at Leicester. This will form part of the Space Park Leicester project to integrate space research at Leicester with aerospace companies, bringing low cost access to space capabilities to the East Midlands. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Electronics,Environment,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic |
| Description | CTA-UK |
| Amount | £820,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/S00260X/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 12/2019 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | Argonne National Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | Columbia University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | Nagoya University |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | National Institute for Nuclear Physics |
| Department | National Institute of Nuclear Physics - Perugia |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | National Institute for Nuclear Physics |
| Department | National Institute for Nuclear Physics - Bari |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | National Institute for Nuclear Physics |
| Department | National Institute for Nuclear Physics - Napoli |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | National Institute for Nuclear Physics |
| Department | National Institute for Nuclear Physics - Pisa |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | National Research Council |
| Department | SuPerconducting and other INnovative materials and devices institute |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | Polytechnic University of Bari |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | Stanford University |
| Department | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Alabama in Huntsville |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Department | Division of Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Iowa |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Perugia |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Siena |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Cherenkov Telescope Array Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Utah |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leicester joined the SCT collaboration in 2018 to bring expertise in front end electronics (FEE) to the SCT project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SCT partners have pioneered the design of a Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope as one of the Medium-Sized Telescope designs for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. The SCT's two-mirror optical system is designed to better focus the light for greater imaging detail and improved detection of faint sources. |
| Impact | Transfer of sensor and front-end electronics design and implementation technologies from the CTA-GCT project to the CTA-SCT collaboration. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving detector physics, mechanical and electronic design expertise |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope |
| Organisation | Aix-Marseille University |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UK contribution is to lead the development, manufacture and characterisation of the camera which includes the photon-counting sensor array, electronics system and the mechnical design. |
| Collaborator Contribution | International collaboration to jointly develop and deply the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), a Small-Sized Telescope (SST) design for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. Contributions to the development and deployment of GCT in all areas, including design and development, including exchange of research and techcical staff, provision of required skills and expertise, training of personnel, support of component and system testing, manufacture and procurement of hardware, software and firmware, support for field trials. and eventual deployment of many (30+) GCT telescopes at final site in Chile. |
| Impact | Development and manufacture of the GCT telescope (several tens+) for deployment on the Cherenkov Telescope Array facility in Chile. Multi-disciplinary: Telescope optics, detector system design, mechanical engineering, Monte Carlo modelling of physics. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope |
| Organisation | Durham University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UK contribution is to lead the development, manufacture and characterisation of the camera which includes the photon-counting sensor array, electronics system and the mechnical design. |
| Collaborator Contribution | International collaboration to jointly develop and deply the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), a Small-Sized Telescope (SST) design for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. Contributions to the development and deployment of GCT in all areas, including design and development, including exchange of research and techcical staff, provision of required skills and expertise, training of personnel, support of component and system testing, manufacture and procurement of hardware, software and firmware, support for field trials. and eventual deployment of many (30+) GCT telescopes at final site in Chile. |
| Impact | Development and manufacture of the GCT telescope (several tens+) for deployment on the Cherenkov Telescope Array facility in Chile. Multi-disciplinary: Telescope optics, detector system design, mechanical engineering, Monte Carlo modelling of physics. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope |
| Organisation | Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg |
| Department | Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UK contribution is to lead the development, manufacture and characterisation of the camera which includes the photon-counting sensor array, electronics system and the mechnical design. |
| Collaborator Contribution | International collaboration to jointly develop and deply the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), a Small-Sized Telescope (SST) design for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. Contributions to the development and deployment of GCT in all areas, including design and development, including exchange of research and techcical staff, provision of required skills and expertise, training of personnel, support of component and system testing, manufacture and procurement of hardware, software and firmware, support for field trials. and eventual deployment of many (30+) GCT telescopes at final site in Chile. |
| Impact | Development and manufacture of the GCT telescope (several tens+) for deployment on the Cherenkov Telescope Array facility in Chile. Multi-disciplinary: Telescope optics, detector system design, mechanical engineering, Monte Carlo modelling of physics. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope |
| Organisation | Leiden University |
| Department | Leiden Observatory |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UK contribution is to lead the development, manufacture and characterisation of the camera which includes the photon-counting sensor array, electronics system and the mechnical design. |
| Collaborator Contribution | International collaboration to jointly develop and deply the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), a Small-Sized Telescope (SST) design for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. Contributions to the development and deployment of GCT in all areas, including design and development, including exchange of research and techcical staff, provision of required skills and expertise, training of personnel, support of component and system testing, manufacture and procurement of hardware, software and firmware, support for field trials. and eventual deployment of many (30+) GCT telescopes at final site in Chile. |
| Impact | Development and manufacture of the GCT telescope (several tens+) for deployment on the Cherenkov Telescope Array facility in Chile. Multi-disciplinary: Telescope optics, detector system design, mechanical engineering, Monte Carlo modelling of physics. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope |
| Organisation | Max Planck Society |
| Department | Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UK contribution is to lead the development, manufacture and characterisation of the camera which includes the photon-counting sensor array, electronics system and the mechnical design. |
| Collaborator Contribution | International collaboration to jointly develop and deply the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), a Small-Sized Telescope (SST) design for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. Contributions to the development and deployment of GCT in all areas, including design and development, including exchange of research and techcical staff, provision of required skills and expertise, training of personnel, support of component and system testing, manufacture and procurement of hardware, software and firmware, support for field trials. and eventual deployment of many (30+) GCT telescopes at final site in Chile. |
| Impact | Development and manufacture of the GCT telescope (several tens+) for deployment on the Cherenkov Telescope Array facility in Chile. Multi-disciplinary: Telescope optics, detector system design, mechanical engineering, Monte Carlo modelling of physics. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope |
| Organisation | Nagoya University |
| Department | Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UK contribution is to lead the development, manufacture and characterisation of the camera which includes the photon-counting sensor array, electronics system and the mechnical design. |
| Collaborator Contribution | International collaboration to jointly develop and deply the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), a Small-Sized Telescope (SST) design for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. Contributions to the development and deployment of GCT in all areas, including design and development, including exchange of research and techcical staff, provision of required skills and expertise, training of personnel, support of component and system testing, manufacture and procurement of hardware, software and firmware, support for field trials. and eventual deployment of many (30+) GCT telescopes at final site in Chile. |
| Impact | Development and manufacture of the GCT telescope (several tens+) for deployment on the Cherenkov Telescope Array facility in Chile. Multi-disciplinary: Telescope optics, detector system design, mechanical engineering, Monte Carlo modelling of physics. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope |
| Organisation | Observatory of Paris |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UK contribution is to lead the development, manufacture and characterisation of the camera which includes the photon-counting sensor array, electronics system and the mechnical design. |
| Collaborator Contribution | International collaboration to jointly develop and deply the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), a Small-Sized Telescope (SST) design for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. Contributions to the development and deployment of GCT in all areas, including design and development, including exchange of research and techcical staff, provision of required skills and expertise, training of personnel, support of component and system testing, manufacture and procurement of hardware, software and firmware, support for field trials. and eventual deployment of many (30+) GCT telescopes at final site in Chile. |
| Impact | Development and manufacture of the GCT telescope (several tens+) for deployment on the Cherenkov Telescope Array facility in Chile. Multi-disciplinary: Telescope optics, detector system design, mechanical engineering, Monte Carlo modelling of physics. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope |
| Organisation | University of Adelaide |
| Department | School of Chemistry and Physics |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UK contribution is to lead the development, manufacture and characterisation of the camera which includes the photon-counting sensor array, electronics system and the mechnical design. |
| Collaborator Contribution | International collaboration to jointly develop and deply the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), a Small-Sized Telescope (SST) design for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. Contributions to the development and deployment of GCT in all areas, including design and development, including exchange of research and techcical staff, provision of required skills and expertise, training of personnel, support of component and system testing, manufacture and procurement of hardware, software and firmware, support for field trials. and eventual deployment of many (30+) GCT telescopes at final site in Chile. |
| Impact | Development and manufacture of the GCT telescope (several tens+) for deployment on the Cherenkov Telescope Array facility in Chile. Multi-disciplinary: Telescope optics, detector system design, mechanical engineering, Monte Carlo modelling of physics. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope |
| Organisation | University of Amsterdam |
| Department | Center of Excellence for Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UK contribution is to lead the development, manufacture and characterisation of the camera which includes the photon-counting sensor array, electronics system and the mechnical design. |
| Collaborator Contribution | International collaboration to jointly develop and deply the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), a Small-Sized Telescope (SST) design for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. Contributions to the development and deployment of GCT in all areas, including design and development, including exchange of research and techcical staff, provision of required skills and expertise, training of personnel, support of component and system testing, manufacture and procurement of hardware, software and firmware, support for field trials. and eventual deployment of many (30+) GCT telescopes at final site in Chile. |
| Impact | Development and manufacture of the GCT telescope (several tens+) for deployment on the Cherenkov Telescope Array facility in Chile. Multi-disciplinary: Telescope optics, detector system design, mechanical engineering, Monte Carlo modelling of physics. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope |
| Organisation | University of Hawaii |
| Department | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UK contribution is to lead the development, manufacture and characterisation of the camera which includes the photon-counting sensor array, electronics system and the mechnical design. |
| Collaborator Contribution | International collaboration to jointly develop and deply the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), a Small-Sized Telescope (SST) design for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. Contributions to the development and deployment of GCT in all areas, including design and development, including exchange of research and techcical staff, provision of required skills and expertise, training of personnel, support of component and system testing, manufacture and procurement of hardware, software and firmware, support for field trials. and eventual deployment of many (30+) GCT telescopes at final site in Chile. |
| Impact | Development and manufacture of the GCT telescope (several tens+) for deployment on the Cherenkov Telescope Array facility in Chile. Multi-disciplinary: Telescope optics, detector system design, mechanical engineering, Monte Carlo modelling of physics. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope |
| Organisation | University of Liverpool |
| Department | Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UK contribution is to lead the development, manufacture and characterisation of the camera which includes the photon-counting sensor array, electronics system and the mechnical design. |
| Collaborator Contribution | International collaboration to jointly develop and deply the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), a Small-Sized Telescope (SST) design for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. Contributions to the development and deployment of GCT in all areas, including design and development, including exchange of research and techcical staff, provision of required skills and expertise, training of personnel, support of component and system testing, manufacture and procurement of hardware, software and firmware, support for field trials. and eventual deployment of many (30+) GCT telescopes at final site in Chile. |
| Impact | Development and manufacture of the GCT telescope (several tens+) for deployment on the Cherenkov Telescope Array facility in Chile. Multi-disciplinary: Telescope optics, detector system design, mechanical engineering, Monte Carlo modelling of physics. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Division of Structural Biology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UK contribution is to lead the development, manufacture and characterisation of the camera which includes the photon-counting sensor array, electronics system and the mechnical design. |
| Collaborator Contribution | International collaboration to jointly develop and deply the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), a Small-Sized Telescope (SST) design for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. Contributions to the development and deployment of GCT in all areas, including design and development, including exchange of research and techcical staff, provision of required skills and expertise, training of personnel, support of component and system testing, manufacture and procurement of hardware, software and firmware, support for field trials. and eventual deployment of many (30+) GCT telescopes at final site in Chile. |
| Impact | Development and manufacture of the GCT telescope (several tens+) for deployment on the Cherenkov Telescope Array facility in Chile. Multi-disciplinary: Telescope optics, detector system design, mechanical engineering, Monte Carlo modelling of physics. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope |
| Organisation | Washington University in St Louis |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UK contribution is to lead the development, manufacture and characterisation of the camera which includes the photon-counting sensor array, electronics system and the mechnical design. |
| Collaborator Contribution | International collaboration to jointly develop and deply the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), a Small-Sized Telescope (SST) design for the CHerenkov Telescope Array. Contributions to the development and deployment of GCT in all areas, including design and development, including exchange of research and techcical staff, provision of required skills and expertise, training of personnel, support of component and system testing, manufacture and procurement of hardware, software and firmware, support for field trials. and eventual deployment of many (30+) GCT telescopes at final site in Chile. |
| Impact | Development and manufacture of the GCT telescope (several tens+) for deployment on the Cherenkov Telescope Array facility in Chile. Multi-disciplinary: Telescope optics, detector system design, mechanical engineering, Monte Carlo modelling of physics. |
| Start Year | 2012 |