Published November 2022
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Journal article
Commissioning of the MACE gamma-ray telescope at Hanle, Ladakh, India
Creators
- 1. Astrophysical Sciences Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085 (India)
Description
The MACE telescope has recently been commissioned at Hanle, Ladakh, India. It had its first light in April 2021 with a successful detection of very high energy gamma-ray photons from the standard candle Crab Nebula. Equipped with a large light collector of 21m diameter and situated at an altitude of ~4.3 km amsl, the MACE telescope is expected to explore the mysteries of the non-thermal Universe in the energy range above 20 GeV with very high sensitivity. It can also play an important role in carrying out multi-messenger astronomy in India. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Current Science (Bangalore)
- Journal Volume
- 123
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1428-1435
- CODEN
- CUSCAM
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 54010769
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALTITUDE; CRAB NEBULA; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; GEV RANGE 10-100; INDIA; PHOTONS; TELESCOPES; UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- ASIA; ASTRONOMY; BOSONS; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; GEV RANGE; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NEBULAE; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS