1. Assembly and validation of SiPM optical modules for the SCT Medium Size Telescope proposed for the CTA observatory
- Author
-
Ambrosi, G., Ambrosio, M., Aramo, C., Bertucci, B., Bissaldi, E., Bitossi, M., Boiano, A., Bonavolontà, C., Caprai, M., Consiglio, L., Di Venere, L., Fiandrini, E., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Ionica, M., Licciulli, F., Loporchio, S., Masone, V., Pantaleo, F.R., Paoletti, R., Rugliancich, A., Stiaccini, L., Tosti, L., Vagelli, V., and Valentino, M.
- Abstract
Silicon Photomultipliers are particularly suitable as optical units of Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes to detect the fast and low-intensity Cherenkov signal emitted by high energy atmospheric showers. The third generation of high density NUV SiPMs (NUV-HD3) produced by Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) in collaboration with INFN have been used to equip optical modules intended to be integrated on a possible upgrade of the focal plane camera of the Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope prototype (pSCT) in the framework of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project. NUV-HD3 SiPMs are 6 × 6 mm2devices based on 40 × 40 μm2microcells with excellent photo detection efficiency for the NUV wavelengths. Optical modules, each composed of a matrix of 4 × 4 SiPMs, have been assembled and tested in the laboratories of INFN to be integrated on the pSCT camera. In this contribution we report on the development and on the assembly of the optical modules, on their validation and on their integration on the pSCT camera.
- Published
- 2019
- Full Text
- View/download PDF