Building Particle Astrophysics Capability: Partial support for a new-technology prototype camera for CTA

构建粒子天体物理能力：为 CTA 新技术原型相机提供部分支持

• 批准号: ST/L006154/1
• 负责人: James Hinton
• 金额: $ 2.92万
• 依托单位: University of Leicester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FL006154%2F1
• 关键词: Building; Particle; Astrophysics; Capability; Partial

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a global (27 nations, 1000 scientists) effort to build an observatory for astronomy with the highest energy gamma-rays, which are a billion times more energetic than X-rays. The UK is playing a major role in the CTA design and is being supported to develop a prototype camera for CTA based on multi-anode photomultipliers. Here we ask for partial support for the construction of a second prototype, based on the rapidly developing technology of silicon photomultipliers. This second prototype will allow us to maintain our UK leadership in this part of the project and holds the promise of a higher performance and cheaper camera for CTA in the long term.

切伦科夫望远镜阵列（CTA）是一个全球性的（27个国家，1000名科学家）努力建立一个最高能量伽马射线天文学天文台，它比x射线的能量高10亿倍。英国在CTA的设计中发挥了主要作用，并支持开发基于多阳极光电倍增管的CTA原型相机。在这里，我们要求部分支持建设第二个原型，基于快速发展的硅光电倍增管技术。这第二个原型机将使我们能够保持我们在英国在这部分项目中的领导地位，并为CTA长期提供更高性能和更便宜的相机。