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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik
T 36: Gamma Astronomy II
T 36.5: Talk
Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 18:00–18:15, POT/0151
FACT - Ten Years of Operation — •Daniela Dorner1, Bernd Schleicher1, and FACT Collaboration2 — 1Universität Würzburg, Germany — 2ww.fact-project.org
The First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT) started operation in October 2011. Designed for remote and automatic operation and using semiconductor photosensors, the duty cycle of the instrument is maximized and the gaps in the light curves minimized. Thanks to the unbiased observing strategy, a unique and unprecedented data sample has been collected. The physics program consists of monitoring of bright TeV blazars combined with follow-up observations of multi-wavelength and multi-messenger alerts. The presentation summarizes the lessons learned from ten years of operation and the results of this legacy data sample.