Published December 1, 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Upgrade and performance of the VERITAS telescope array

Description

The VERITAS collaboration has been observing VHE (E>100GeV) gamma rays since 2007. It has recently completed major upgrades of the photomultiplier tubes and pattern trigger. More than a year after these implementations, these efforts have shown to improve the performance with better noise reduction, faster source detection and lowered energy threshold. Further benefits are also expected from these upgrades

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.04.075

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2014.04.075;
PII
S0168-9002(14)00488-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
766
Journal Page Range
p. 61-64
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

Conference

Title
8. international workshop on ring imaging Cherenkov detectors
Acronym
RICH2013
Dates
2-6 Dec 2013
Place
Shonan, Kanagawa (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46125291
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CHERENKOV COUNTERS; CHERENKOV RADIATION; DETECTION; GAMMA RADIATION; NOISE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; TELESCOPES
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOTUBES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS

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