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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 22: Experimentelle Techniken der Astroteilchenphysik 1

T 22.2: Talk

Monday, March 27, 2017, 17:05–17:20, S 9

The FlashCam cameras for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array — •Marc Pfeifer for the FlashCam collaboration — ECAP, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation of ground-based gamma-ray observatory. It will be formed of several dozens of telescopes of different sizes. For the success of such an observatory, cost-efficient cameras with high reliability and a superior performance are mandatory. FlashCam is a camera system that has been developed for this purpose and is proposed for the medium-sized telescopes of CTA.

The design of FlashCam follows a horizontal architecture. A fully-digital signal processing chain is implemented in the readout electronics, based on commercially available parts only. The FlashCam team has built a full-size camera prototype which has been equipped with the complete readout system during 2016.

Our contribution will give an overview of the architecture of FlashCam and will show results from the performance verification of the camera.