Development of the camera for the Large Size Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Inome, Y.; Ambrosi, G.; Awane, Y.; Baba, H.; Bamba, A.; Barcelo, M.; Barres de Almeida, U.; Barrio, J. A.; Blanch Bigas, O.; Boix, J.; Brunetti, L.; Carmona, E.; Chabanne, E.; Chikawa, M.; Cho, N.; Colin, P.; Conteras, J. L.; Cortina, J.; Dazzi, F.; Deangelis, A.; Deleglise, G.; Delgado, C.; Diaz, C.; Dubois, F.; Fiasson, A.; Fink, D.; Fouque, N.; Freixas, L.; Fruck, C.; Gadola, A.; Garcia, R.; Gascon, D.; Geffroy, N.; Giglietto, N.; Giordano, F.; Granena, F.; Gunji, S.; Hagiwara, R.; Hamer, N.; Hanabata, Y.; Hassan, T.; Hatanaka, K.; Haubold, T.; Hayashida, M.; Hermel, R.; Herranz, D.; Hirotani, K.; Hose, J.; Hugh, D.; Inoue, S.; Inoue, Y.; Ioka, K.; Jablonski, C.; Kagaya, M.; Katagiri, H.; Kataoka, J.; Kellermann, H.; Kishimoto, T.; Knoetig, M.; Kodani, K.; Kohri, K.; Kojima, T.; Konno, Y.; Koyama, S.; Kubo, H.; Kushida, J.; Lamanna, G.; Le Flour, T.; Lopez Moya, M.; Lopez, R.; Lorenz, E.; Majumdar, P.; Manalaysay, A.; Mariotti, M.; Martinez, G.; Martinez, M.; Masuda, S.; Matsuoka, S.; Mazin, D.; Menzel, U.; Miranda, J. M.; Mirzoyan, R.; Monteiro, I.; Moralejo, A.; Murase, K.; Nagataki, S.; Nagayoshi, T.; Nakajima, D.; Nakamori, T.; Nishijima, K.; Noda, K.; Nozato, A.; Ogino, M.; Ohira, Y.; Ohishi, M.; Ohoka, H.; Okumura, A.; Ono, S.; Orito, R.; Panazol, J. L.; Paneque, D.; Paoletti, Riccardo; Paredes, J. M.; Pauletta, G.; Podkladkin, S.; Prast, J.; Rando, R.; Reimann, O.; Ribo, M.; Rosier Lees, S.; Saito, K.; Saito, T.; Saito, Y.; Sakaki, N.; Sakonaka, R.; Sanuy, A.; Sawada, M.; Scalzotto, V.; Schultz, S.; Schweizer, T.; Shibata, T.; Shu, S.; Sieiro, J.; Stamatescu, V.; Steiner, S.; Straumann, U.; Sugawara, R.; Tajima, H.; Takami, H.; Takahashi, M.; Tanaka, S.; Tanaka, M.; Tejedor, L. A.; Terada, Y.; Teshima, M.; Tomono, Y.; Totani, T.; Toyama, T.; Tsubone, Y.; Tsuchiya, Y.; Tsujimoto, S.; Ueno, H.; Umehara, K.; Umetsu, Y.; Vollhardt, A.; Wagner, R.; Wetteskind, H.; Yamamoto, T.; Yamazaki, R.; Yoshida, A.; Yoshida, T.; Yoshikoshi, T.

doi:10.1117/12.2054619

The Large Size Telescopes, LSTs, located at the center of the Cherenkov Telescope Array, CTA, will be sensitive for low energy gamma-rays. The camera on the LST focal plane is optimized to detect low energy events based on a high photon detection efficiency and high speed electronics. Also the trigger system is designed to detect low energy showers as much as possible. In addition, the camera is required to work stably without maintenance in a few tens of years. In this contribution we present the design of the camera for the first LST and the status of its development and production.

Inome, Y., Ambrosi, G., Awane, Y., Baba, H., Bamba, A., Barcelo, M., et al. (2014). Development of the camera for the Large Size Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array. In Advances in optical and mechanical technologies for telescopes and instrumentation. Bellingham : SPIE-INT soc optical engineering [10.1117/12.2054619].