The FRAM robotic telescope for atmospheric monitoring at the Pierre Auger Observatory

0548264 - FZÚ 2022 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Aab, A. - Abreu, A. - Aglietta, M. - Bakalová, Alena - Blažek, Jiří - Boháčová, Martina - Chudoba, Jiří - Ebr, Jan - Hamal, Petr - Janeček, Petr - Juryšek, Jakub - Mandát, Dušan - Palatka, Miroslav - Pech, Miroslav - Prouza, Michael - Řídký, Jan - dos Santos, Eva M. Martins - Schovánek, Petr - Tobiška, Petr - Trávníček, Petr - Vícha, Jakub - Yushkov, Alexey - Cunniffe, Ronan - Eliášek, Jiří - Jelínek, Martin - Karpov, Sergey - Mašek, Martin … Total 372 authors
The FRAM robotic telescope for atmospheric monitoring at the Pierre Auger Observatory.
Journal of Instrumentation. Roč. 16, č. 6 (2021), č. článku P06027. ISSN 1748-0221. E-ISSN 1748-0221
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LTT18004; GA MŠMT LM2015038; GA MŠMT(CZ) EF18_046/0016010; GA MŠMT EF16_013/0001402; GA MŠMT(CZ) LM2018102
Grant - others:OP VVV - AUGERII.CZ(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/18_046/0016010; OP VVV - AUGER-CZ(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001402
Institutional support: RVO:68378271 ; RVO:67985815
Keywords : large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics * optics * photon detec-tors for UV * visible and IR photons (solid-state) (PIN diodes) * APD
OECD category: Particles and field physics; Optics (including laser optics and quantum optics) (ASU-R)
Impact factor: 1.121, year: 2021
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/06/P06027

FRAM (F/Photometric Robotic Atmospheric Monitor) is a robotic telescope operated at the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina for the purposes of atmospheric monitoring using stellar photometry. As a passive system which does not produce any light that could interfere with the observations of the fluorescence telescopes of the observatory, it complements the active monitoring systems that use lasers. We discuss the applications of stellar photometry for atmospheric monitoring at optical observatories in general and the particular modes of operation employed by the Auger FRAM. We describe in detail the technical aspects of FRAM, the hardware and software requirements for a successful operation of a robotic telescope for such a purpose and their implementation within the FRAM system.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0324382