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.

Cherenkov望远镜阵列（CTA）是全球（27个国家，1000个科学家）的努力，以建造具有最高能量伽马射线的天文学的天文台，这比X射线高十亿倍。英国在CTA设计中扮演着重要角色，并支持基于多动物光电塑料的CTA开发原型摄像头。在这里，我们要求基于硅光电塑料技术快速开发的技术，为建造第二个原型的构建部分支持。第二个原型将使我们能够在该项目的这一部分中保持英国领导能力，并长期拥有更高性能和更便宜的相机。