Trigger performance verification of the FlashCam prototype camera

FlashCam is a camera proposed for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). We compare camera trigger rates obtained from measurements with the camera prototype in the laboratory and Monte-Carlo simulations, when scanning the parameter space of the fully-digital trigger log...

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Main Authors Sailer, S, Werner, F, Hermann, G, Barcelo, M, Bauer, C, Bernhard, S, Biegger, M, Canelli, F, Capasso, M, Diebold, S, Eisenkolb, F, Eschbach, S, Florin, D, Föhr, C, Funk, S, Gadola, A, Garrecht, F, Jung, I, Kalekin, O, Kalkuhl, C, Kihm, T, Lahmann, R, Pfeifer, M, Principe, G, Pühlhofer, G, Pürckhauer, S, Reimer, O, Santangelo, A, Scalici, M, Schanz, T, Schwab, T, Steiner, S, Straumann, U, Tenzer, C, Vollhardt, A, Wolf, D
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 22.07.2019
Subjects
Cameras
Computer simulation
Luminous intensity
Monte Carlo simulation
Night sky
Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Prototypes
Telescopes
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Summary:FlashCam is a camera proposed for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). We compare camera trigger rates obtained from measurements with the camera prototype in the laboratory and Monte-Carlo simulations, when scanning the parameter space of the fully-digital trigger logic and the intensity of a continuous light source mimicking the night sky background (NSB) during on-site operation. The comparisons of the measured data results to the Monte-Carlo simulations are used to verify the FlashCam trigger logic and the expected trigger performance.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1907.09220