Simulation of the optical performance of the fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes

0537085 - FZÚ 2021 RIV FR eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Pech, Miroslav - Albury, J. - Farmer, J. - Fujii, T. - Hamal, P. - Horváth, P. - Hrabovský, M. - Chytka, L. - Malacari, M. - Mandát, Dušan - Matthews, J.N. - Ni, X. - Nožka, Libor - Palatka, Miroslav - Privitera, P. - Schovánek, Petr - Thomas, S.B. - Trávníček, Petr
Simulation of the optical performance of the fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes.
EPJ Web of Conferences.. Vol. 210. Les Ulis: EDP Sciences, 2019 - (Lhenry-Yvon, I.; Biteau, J.; Deligny, O.; Ghia, P.), s. 1-6, č. článku 05014. ISSN 2100-014X.
[Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays 2018 (UHECR 2018). Paris (FR), 08.10.2018-12.10.2018]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LM2015038; GA MŠMT EF16_013/0001402
Grant - others:OP VVV - AUGER-CZ(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001402
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : simulation * optical performance * fluorescence detector Array * Single-pixel Telescopes
OECD category: Particles and field physics

The Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST) is a proposed large-area, next-generation experiment for the detection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays via the atmospheric fluorescence technique. The telescope's large field-of-view (30 degrees x30 degrees) is imaged by four 200 mm photomultiplier-tubes at the focal plane of a segmented spherical mirror of 1.6 m diameter. Two prototypes are installed and taking data at the Black Rock Mesa site of the Telescope Array experiment in central Utah, USA. We present the process used for optimization of the optical performance of this compact and low-cost telescope, which is based on a simulation of the telescope's optical point spread function.

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