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The Design and Construction of the University of Adelaide Bicentennial Gamma-Ray Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

R. W. Clay ,
D. H. Giles ,
A. G. Gregory ,
J. R. Patterson ,
J. R. Prescott ,
R. J. Protheroe ,
N. I. Smith ,
L Taaffe  and
N. Wild
R. W. Clay
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A 5000
D. H. Giles
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A 5000
A. G. Gregory
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A 5000
J. R. Patterson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A 5000
J. R. Prescott
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A 5000
R. J. Protheroe
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A 5000
N. I. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A 5000
L Taaffe
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A 5000
N. Wild
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A 5000
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Abstract

The design and construction of the 30 m2 Bicentennial Gamma Ray Telescope at Woomera South Australia is described. This novel instrument is now completed and commissioning is underway. It is designed to observe astronomical sources at energies greater than ∼ 500 GeV by means of atmospheric Cerenkov light. It contains 55 spherical, glass mirrors of focal length 2.66 m arranged in three groups of 10 m2, to focus the light onto three sets of detectors operated in fast co-incidence. The recording electronics includes a rubidium clock to enable pulsars to be studied.

Type
High Energy Astrophysics
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , 1989 , pp. 41 - 45
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1989

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