Trigger performance verification of the FlashCam prototype camera

• Published in: arXiv.org
• 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
• Language: English
• 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

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...